The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-04-20

wants steam and a ten-stamp mill a
starter, and then scrap the plan
The first gold mill in Colorado was
three stamp battery. 1t demonstrate
possibilities, and made the Centennia
state, next to California. the creates
gold producing state in the Union. /
was an humble beginning, but its re
suits were convincing, and capital bull
on substantial foundation. All Idah,
has suffered from huge plants anC
equally huge mismanagement TIL,
writer knows of no failure in the run.
of the little local plant Whenever
enough quartz that will pay is taker
out it drops stamps. and when no more
quartz is on hand. the stamps are hung
up. There is no failure and no scrap
ping Mr.. Honeker made an enduring
| investment on a blanket layout, with
out vein in place or in sight, but the
mill has been of great benefit to 9TH
ers, and, as stated, has yielded quite a
lot of gold. and is as good today as
when first installed. The mill is now
in possession of VIM. Wylie
The KEENAN, Mining company hold
ings on Pony gulch are within the gold
belt of the North Side, on the extreme
southern end. Historically the Fay
Templeton claim became the most
prominent of the group of locations
that cover the watershed, a basin over
mile square, walled in by high ranges
with only one outlet to the county road
three miles distant on Beaver creek
rather attractive site for a small
village spread out at the Templeton.
which was dubbed Fay City" and
was subsequently spotted with some
handsome block houses and cabins
Placer and quartz mining divided the
attention of the occupants, who speed
lily engaged in a controversy over the
control of the surface, lasting for many
years. and on several occasions leading
up to near tragedies. A man named
Frost, who had located a placer claim.
declined to place a reasonable price on
his title and refused any concessions
to the owners of the Fay Templeton
quartz group, then owned by the three
Ward brothers, Jim, Sam and Blaine
(the latter now in charge of the basin
for the KEENAN, Mining company, Eu-
gene Klein (shot to death by a miner |
1t the Mammoth Mining company Of
ice at Mace a few years ago), Henry |
5 Gregory and w. Nolan Murphy. the |
after two being members of the Sho-
lhone county bar during the pioneer |
lays. Development of the Fay Tenn
'leton continued successfully for sew J
raj years from 1885, but no mill loca-
ion was permitted by Frost and the
company was compelled to make site
or the plant farther up the gulch, very
and expensive for opera
ions, as well as detrimental for water
Mercy. However, a five-stamp mill
vas installed. on a free basis, although
he quartz was complex from the start
nd extremely hard. A partial success
vas made with the stamps by Jim and ,
Elaine Ward. but the chief values went
own the gulch. At this period a man /
AIMED Lockwood, of st. Paul, Mimi.
isited the property. secured an option 7
n it for 100000, returned to st. Paul Y
, interest some friends in the pur- y
base, and, not successful in his eff 2
'rts, committed suicide The mill. be- n
lg closed down during negotiations, a
ID not resume. A year or so later the n
'ard brothers leased the property and n
trapped the stamps, putting in their n
ace Huntington wheeler" a rather =,
range change for sucn bright me- "
ianics and millmen as the Wards had p
oven themselves to be- The trouble a,
rs not in the reduction OF the quartz .,
It in the saving of the values in the n
artz, which required concentration n
d smelling. The same condition no q,
ubt exists today The Huntington n ,
leels were revolved for about three
'nths and added to the North Side WI
II Boneyard." After a period of sew h,
u years a cannon balr mill was in al
duced This was of very novel con- az
uetion, Of an upright cylinder and u
pound balls. These balls were re- W.
we'd from an uplift pressure of water m,