Show 1 i j florida mountain Movin tain mines 2 2 mountain is the of ln florida scene opera on cy eions of the trade dollar consolidated mining company here are located the famous trade dollar and black jack mines which have produced for the shareholders of afterwards he purchased a group of claims on the south side of the mountain and incorporated the trade dollar mining milling company this was in the spring of 1892 under his direction some extensive develop X 25 it aw 6 N et w aa d 4 y U u bocal jack mine and mill silver cily v idaho the corporation named more than in the past ten years to col W H dewey who has probably done more than any other one mining man to build up his home state is due the credit for the discovery of the black jack mine while mining was at a very low ebb in the camp after its disastrous setback set back in the col dewey with his characteristic persistence kept pegging away in 1880 the colonel took out of his empire claim now included in the black jack group the snug sum of he made other similar successes successes on the mountain he incorporated the black jack mine in 1879 and ten years later disposed ot of it to a crowd of pittsburg capitalists ment work was performed on the property resulting in the opening up of some marvelously ly rich territory he also built a large mill at the present town of dewey this plant is splendidly equipped but before he 1 le had fully carried out his plans for the operation of the florida mountain properties he disposed of his interests to the pittsburg cap capitalists ta lists who consolidated all the florida mountain mines into one gigantic corporation now known as the trade dollar consolidated soli dated mining co the present officers of that cordore corporation tion are J M guff guffey ey president A W mellon vice president T B mckaig secretary and treasurer james hutchinson general manager james mcdonald and charles J hutchison foreman manager hutchinson came to idaho from colorado where he spent ma many dy years in the harness one of his chief accomplishments since assuming abar charge ge of the trade dollar mines is the completion of the dewey tunnel this treat great tunnel is feet long and connects the dewey mill with the workings s of the mines on florida mountain the bore extends through the mountain so that a person can pass through it from the blaine mill just above silver city to dewey this tunnel has demons demonstrated rated that the veins of florida mountain extend to the deep they having been tapped with it 1700 feet below the surface while the trade dollar company has acquired qui red a vast amount of territory on florida mountain there is property upon the bi big hill yet available property too of undisputed I 1 merit n erit and which will justify development among some of the more prominent groups there might be mentioned the holland palmer hoosier sullivan noble and berg |