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Show Western mining gazetteer. present manager of the reduction works at Bay Horse. It is rumored that a third smelter will go up yet this fall somewhere ou the mineral belt included in Bay Horse district. Grad-uallIDAHO. the mineral wealth of the Salmon River Hay Horne Distiict. country is coming to the favorable notice of We lake this item from the Herald: and it will not be long until the The company erecting the smelter on Bay capitalists, bullion returns begin begin to speak louder Horse creek, about eight miles from Clmllis, than words of the richness of our great ore is pushing ahead as rapidly as possible, and belts. expect to have everything in readiness for startDickens The lower tunnel is in ing the works inside of a month. A good 400Charles feet, the lace being nearly 200 feet below wagon road has been built from Challis to the varies from three to fifsmelter, and roads are being made to thediller-en- t the surface. The vein mines in the vicinity. The company has teen feet in 'width, and the ore improves with erected a boarding house and other buildings depth. A large quantity of the ore is worth for their own use, and the various branches of $2,000 per ton, the gold and silver being about business are already represented in the new equal. The old works, which are 100 feet above field of operations. Quite a town is springing the tunnel, will soon he passed. The is known to be 700 feet in length on the vein, up, which is likely to increase rapidly from and 200 feet further east $2,000 ore has been this time on. Two large contracts have been let for the delivery of charcoal, and on most of struck on the surface, but its extent is not the mines in lhat vicinity work is going steadi- known. The upper tunnel is 500 feet in length. and we think the ly forward and much ore coming out. There The arastra is kept running, are several hundred men at work in the neigh- day not distant when it will be replaced by a borhood, taking out ore, making roads, etc., large mill. and there is said to be employment for many Summit The work of development on this to the in close more. Oliallis, being mine is going steadily on. The new shaft is proximity works, and connected therewith by a good down 32 feet on the vein. The ore is similar in road, is being greatly benefitted by the new character to that of the Gen Custer, and assays order of things. The reduction works arc fa- hi eh in both gold and silver. The mine is sitvorably located where ore, timber, water, and uated on the summit of Mt. Custer, and is conevery advantage for the successful working of sidered one among the most valuable mining silver mines is at hand. The group ol mines properties on the hill. in the midst of which the smelter is located, is Golden Gate Con. This location joins the famous for the high grade ores contained Montana on the southwest, and is an extension in, the shipments of which for three seasons of that vein. Recently an exceedingly rich but past have netted large profits for the owners. narrow ledge was struck, the ore being literally Several of these rich veins arc on what is filled with gold. known as the Kamshorn Bell different locaNew' Custeu Mill.1 The work on the new tions on the Ramshorn ledge. From ihe smeltmill for the Custer company is proer up Bay Horse creek to the foot of Ramshorn llill, distant three to four miles, a road is being gressing favorably. MOXTAXA. built. On the Ramshorn vein, at the base of iv. the hill, the Post Boy; next the Utah Boy; Peterson Creek District. then the Ramshorn, and beyond this the Shy-lar- k Iowa. A trio of Deer Lodgers on last Saturall showing strong, well defined ledges, day staked and commenced development on the containing first class shipping ores. The Iowa lode about seven miles from town near Ramshorn has a large amount of ore on the where the placer stampede was on Peterson dump, already sacked. A tramway is being Creek ten years ago. It shows four feet of ore constructed from the mine to the foot of the at twelve feet depth with perfect granite walls; hill. Maj. Jones is superintendent of the no assays yet made An extension has already Ramshorn. The mine is looking better than been located. Xew XvHli-Wcsit ever did. West of the Ramshorn is the Bull XE VADA. of Ihe Woods, with about $10,000 worth of ore on the dump and much in sight. One portion White Pine District. Another. Says the Nctcs: Work will be of the location is leased, and an excellent at once on Dr. Brooks quality of ore is being raised. West of this is commenced Hie Cuba, at present under development, with mill at Silver Canyon and it is thought will be a good vein of ore, some high grade. The ready to start up by the middle of October. A Strike. Ore of a good quality has been Queen of the Hills is north of the Cuba. There are a number of other mines on Ramshorn struck in the Central Treasure mine on TreasHill and in that immediate vicinity. The cel- ure Hill. The vein is about three feet wide, ebrated Beardsley mine is one half mile from and pitches east at an angle of 45 degrees. the smelter. It has a fine showing of ore, anil Amalgam The Eberhardt mill is turning is furnishing on contract fifteen tons per day out large quantities of amalgam. It is now to the smelting company. West of the Beardsrunning to better advantage than at any time ley is the Ilood, with a large amount of ore out. since the work was commenced. The Log Cabin, lower down the mountain, has considerable ore on the dump. All the ore on Enreha District. Williams. The Sentinel learns that an imthe hill is carbonate of lead, carrying some copper. On the summit is the Keno, with over portant development has lately been made in thirty tons of ore out that assays from 100 to the Williams mine, on Prospect Mountain. 500 ounces of silver. Parallel with the Keno About one week since a horizontal cave was enis the Good Enough, with about ten tons of countered in a drift on the t level. Good first class ore on the dump. There are also ore at once came in, and the body lias been two extensions of the Good Enough, both well steadily improving to the present date. The defined and containing a good quality of ore. body has been represented to the Sentinel as beThere are many other mines in that section ing about eight feet in width. Its dimensions that will be producers, since there is a market ii other directions have not yet been deter-miefor the on s. Most of the mines we have menThe discovery was made at the lowest one-haf from are to two aud tioned point reached in the mine. The fact that the mi cs from the smelter, whPe none are over ore carries a larger per cent, of lead (47) than four miles distant. Some of the best veins usual, leads the fortunate owners to believe carry ore that yields over 1,000 ounces of sil ver that they have made a development unequalled per ton, while others are less rich in silver and on the Mountain for its value and contain a large per cent, of lead. The com- The Williams has always been permanency. a pany is buying ores, and everything points to mine, yielding ores immensely rich in gold. lively times ab'ut Bay Horse anil Challis at no Now that a great bonanza has been discovered distant day. Mr. Crooks, a man ot experience there is no estimating the value of the property. in the art of smelting ilvcr-leaores, and fora Deadruokk. This is one of the most valulong time connected with the Omaha Smelting able mining properties on Prospect Mountain. ami Refining Works, is, we understand, the The ore is both rich and abundant. There Custom Minn Jack llallahan has purebas-ea prospecting mill which he will put up near Lundy. It will be a custom mill. d ARIZONA. District. Tin; IIkkmosa Tiit'Kon Mill Thu Ilermosa mill, which started upon thu Oili, works like a charm. Thu mill, which is a JO stamp, with a capacity Jnr It), is perhaps the bust built and most complete structure ol the kind in thu Territory. T!iu ore from thu Ilermosa mine, which is free and easily crushed, will bu thu first treated, and it U believed that 50 to 70 ions per day can bu put through thu nuw mill. This ore is expected to .nil I .rioo pur ton, so we may look for a daily yield from the Ilermosa, after she gets fairly to work, of Irom live to seven thousand dollars. Citizen. (Suspended. From the Epitaph we learn that work has been suspended on the Ajax and Bradshaw mines. In ilie former to await eastern advices, and on the latter because jui wider, which at a depth of 130 feet, entirely precludes work. As soon as the necessary machinery which is now on the way arrives, work on tliu latter will lie resumed. Thu last of the purchase money on Ihc Hardshell group of mines has been paid, and Mr. Richards., n, of Pennsylvania, is here to take charge of the property lor the new com- Paid pany. American. The woiking shaft or the Amer- ican mine, Pal agon ia, is down about 80feit. It is expected to cut the ledge at a depth of loO leet. works for the Hoisting Works.-Hoisti- ng Trench mine have been ordered and are now cu route. 'Hie Holland smelters will he retuly to begin operations about the first of Sep- Smelters. tember. VAUFOEXIA. n ohm3! District, Homer. Operations are being steadily prosecuted at the Homer mine, which continues to improve in appearance. The south drift on the tunnel level ot the Wasatch vein is now in about thiriy feet from the crosscut, and is being rapidly extended. In the face the ledge shows a niaikrd improvement, being fully five leet wide, two and a half feet being ore of a splendid quality. The main tunnel, along the Crevasse vein, is progressing finely, with the ledge in tiie lace looking much belter than lor some time. About twenty inches of it is very fine re, some of it slowing free gold. Winter quarters for the men, storehouse and blacksmith shop arc in course of construction at the mine. Four Dollars a Pound The following is a little tough but the Index is responsible: The Little Emma is developing into a won-derlbonanza. The rock is iabulously rich and iroe milling. Recently lour pounds of it and an was pounded up in a hand-morta- r ul ounce of heavy course gold was the SSmo of the chunks would weigh as a dollar. PoumLng up this ore to get is just like cracking nuts and taking product. much as the gold out the kernels. Something Cood to Take. A mighty nice thing has been struck in the Bn ant mine. A shaft has been sunk JO feet on the vein, the latter being five feet wide. Two feet of it is solid ore so rich that a sight of it is good for sore eyes. The pure truck cm he seen sticking out of every piece of the rock. Quite a lot of the ore has been taken out and lies on the dump. May Lundy. This is a great mine, and one that has never had its good points set forth in We public print, says the Minir.f Index. would have published the article entire but the good points were set forth a little too strong for our weak stomach. Ei. Ga-.ethe- r. The Lucky Morton has been sold to Is.t jc icadinan, of Xew York, lor $0,000, and a force of men will be put on to develop it at Soi.u. once. . y pay-chut- e 20-stam- p t. 10-stam- p 300-foo- d. lt one-hal- first-clas- s d |