Show FAMOUS OLD BAYHORSE MINE COMES BACK the U S metals company a spokane wash corporation is developing one of the most promising silver mines in the west the property is on the snake river eight miles north of huntington and near the track of the homestead branch of the oregon short line this 6 property is the famous old bayhorse badhorse Bay horse in mine ine which was operated extensively 40 years ago when high grade ore taken from a chamber near the surface was p packed ached out on the old oregon trail and shipped to swansea wales for si sm elting b after the m mine ine had been unworked for 28 years P H miller an operator r in the seven devils mining dist district brict in idaho secured a lease and bond on it in 1919 he found the old workings which were caved in and has taken out considerable good milling ore recently the property passed into the hands hand s of spokane and north idaho interests and plans are now under tinder for extensive development A sidetrack is to be built way will connect the mine with the track surface tramway and a completed shipments of ore 0 lo 10 o the tacoma and when these are inaugurated eight to ten cars of ore are on smelter w will ill be the dump and ready for shipment the development work consists which of a foot tunnel in which are several 20 feet in width which assay records show veins from ni nine ne to from 86 to ounces of silver mine show carry at the with di disseminated argentite is a blue gray porphyry the ore similar to that which carried the chief values in the and trade dollar mines i in n the silver city district old delamar of talc throughout the tunnel indicate a strong layers where the talc joins the veins it carries good at points vein avem well defined mineralized indicates a formation values lues the the va massive asive ore body which should mean a rna porphyry dyke northeast by southwest w with ith a dip veins in the district run the tunnel in the face of 65 degrees of about to the north done is a handsome v vein ein of silver ore being where is now about 40 feet in width |