The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-04-27
RICH GOLD POCKET
ON BUCKLEY CLAIM
CONTINUED from Page II

Continued from Page H.
take was also made by the machinery
company something very unusual for
a San Francisco house, in forwarding
a 1O-horse power boiler for 15-horse
power engine, when the machinery
should have been reversed Even then
the power would have been made
quate to handle the rock breaker the
ore feeder. the drum and a Whitley.
the latter being absolutely essential
to make a success with any kind of
mill on the Prichard gold quartz.
Reeds Unhappy Fate
The failure of the Dodge improved
Mill" was the wreck of Mr. Reed In
stead of developing his own splendid
group of claims, embracing the entire
watershed of Dream gulch. he began
prospecting elsewhere. Discovering a
ledge on Ophir mountain that provoked
a controversy. he attempted to shoot
his alleged enemy in a saloon and
killed a friend accidentally. For this
was sentenced to eight years in the
penitentiary but was shortly after
ward pardoned on account of illness
and died in a hospital His attorney
James H. Hawley. of Boise. who had
taken a mortgage on the property Of
Mr. Reed foreclosed the document and
secured title. Mr.. Hawley placed the
property in charge of the writer. who
finally bought it, including the Dodge
mill. The Dodge mill was thereupon
replaced by a regular two-stamp bat
terry of $50 pounds. which is the pres
ent plant, the Dodge mill being in re-
serve and may be placed on another
property owned by the writer during
the present year.
The Buckeye Boy group is now being
worked in a moderate way. The proup
consists of five patented claims and n
traction. About 1000 feet of ievelop-
nent work has been done on the
group mostly in tunneling. there be-
ng nine different adits, veins showing
n seven. The main ledge. which runs
lorth and SOUTH has not vet been
respected. 1t is well defined bv
arge outcrop, both iron and quartz.
The latest Improvement is a Tin Liz
ie' highway that connects the mine
With the town, the section up Dream
ulch having a grade of 10 to Is per
ent only One of the features of geo
'sical interest of the Buckeye group is
he massive iron overlap on the south
IN end of the claims. and if this iron
as any value at all it will bring good
neer to the owner.
Last Letter of Series.
This letter terminates the series
oout the gold mining resources of the
orth Side. which have had milling
cilities, except in three instances.
nese three instances referred to prop
ties that are in such a stage of de-
iopment that small reduction plants
e almost a necessity. Therefore they
ere embraced in the general round
T. There are other prospects, that
stify mention as coming POSSIBLE
IS but they will have to await special
'its during the year Reports as TO
ogress by individual owners are
metimes unintentionally misleading.
d the writer prefers to state under
signature what he has personal
owledge of. As merely bit OF min
news to reporter it is. of course.
report seldom a fact. Having 30
4 odd years of experience in this
Id of newspaper work we have vet
make our first apology or correction
statements published about mining
perties personally visited. Hence
do not want to be lacked -up. as the
ing is at this late day What we
e given to the Miner thus far has
n from personal knowledge. Per
IS the review in some instances has
n too limited. but it must be taken
consideration that three-quarters
lalf century were covered. There
no apology need be offered on that
punt
resent day gold mining conditions
thew have developed in different
camns in this and other countries
Justify another letter at the writ
convenience.