Show THE WILD ROSE MINE splendid showing in this idaho property of big ledges special correspondence pierce city idaho jan 9 wild rose mine in the pierce city district of central idaho owned by the ozark mining and milling company which has taken out more than in gold since 1905 will ie be equipped with a ton concentrating and cyanide mill to be in operation in july or august ore from the ozark mine two miles distant owned by the same company will be handled on the plant the properties are controlled by george S bailey and his associates including joseph A muir aluir J H bethel A J parker and other residents of spokane and points in minnesota J H jones of the washington state school of mines is secretary though a bidder for the property for more than twelve years ago when the development was limited to a 40 foot hole mr air bailey and his people were unable 1 to 0 obtain control until 1905 as there was a 11 period of counterclaim counter claim and denial of armed guards partisanship and bitterly fought litigation before their offer received consideration when W S wilkinson and al A ellis invaded the idaho wilds wild s in 1898 they found the hole that J F or 0 spokane had abandoned it showed less metal than the outcrop that inspired him to sink but they persisted they fired not more than two rounds of shots when the apex appeared gaudy with gold and of undetermined width upward of worth of metal pounded out in a mortar gave them a start they were carrying out worth of bullion produced by a little mill when they were met on the road by mr bailey bearing a certified check for for he was told he could not look in for that amount underhand to a depth of forty feet provided the operators net the fame of the property spread to james H morrow who sat u up p claim for an interest on the basis of a grubstake this was resisted on the ground that the grubstake was for an earlier effort when mr bailey reentered entered re the contest had reached a point where all claimants were denied the right to take out ore the gold of the ledge stood in plain view from the surface inviting removal it was by the purchase of interests and the harmonizing of diff differences er that he obtained control four years was spent by mr bailey in bringing the property up to the point of its million dollar exhibit A crosscut driven 1319 feet pierced nine ledges the last thirty two feet in width at a depth of feet sixteen inches of ore on the has a value ranging from 20 to in gold to the ton upward of twenty eight feet averages 94 A continuance of these conditions has been en proven by a drift run feet it is learned while ore shows in both faces one hundred and fifteen thousand dollars has been expended to date this amount has been taken out of a feet long in in the upper workings without disturbing the mill ore A raise of feet is to connect these workings a drift to be run a half mile south on the ledge in the lower level has for its objective a shoot sixty feet wide that has been opened for feet at the surface where it shows values of 9 to 50 in gold to the ton the ore is white quartz decorated with and lying between quartzite and porphyry the comparative freedom of the gold is indicated by the saving of by amalgamation |