Show OWYHEE MINING NOTES t S D mclain formerly manager of the owyhee owahee commercial co since the disposal f of the batters lat business in silver city expects to devote his entire attention to mining the south sinker is a property now under f going development on war eagle mountain f the management is in the hands bands of mr A F stevens the ground is very favorably located on the mountain 1 silver city is well supplied with hotels the idaho is under the management of it connors evans and 0 D brumbaugh is in charge of the war eagle where he makes j things pleasant for his patrons I 1 the illustrations of owyhee owahee county mines r in this issue were made from photographs taken by mr C C hedum of silver city mr hedum is a progressive citizen of the t camp and desires to see the mines of the camp in active operation S the black jack mill of the trade dollar company will likely be abandoned in the spring now that the dewey tunnel is com plated it is the intention to place the dewey I 1 mill in commission the dewey plant j equipped with 20 1000 pound stamps will will eventually be the main milling plant of the company mr A F stevens manager of the addle addie consolidated mining company came to owyhee owahee county from california a number of years ago he was at once attracted by its mineral possibilities and decided to I 1 drive his stakes in silver city he is thoroughly posted on the geological conditions of the 7 camp having made that a careful study the whiskey mine is located on the same vein as the addle this property was recently incorporated under the name of the owyhee owahee gold mining company developments made there in th the e past two weeks indicates that abs tbs L pr property perty will soon become enrolled among the regular producers of the camp the development of the property is in charge of superintendent C B mckinnon 1 0 W roberts and J E wardman of west w superior wisconsin were in camp recently and made an inspection of the prop y ey of tw the traders bold M mining inin company consisting of seven claims located near dewey they were very well pleased with the appearance of the property work is being pushed energetically in a tunnel being run to tap the ore chute indicated by the surface droppings crop pings mr wardman is mana ger of the property and state s that an air compressor will shortly be installed considerable activity is expected next year in the flint district located nine miles south of silver city INT marcus arcus white and brothers are operating a splendid property in that section they have a mill which was operated successfully this year some improvements are being made to the plant preparatory prep artory to next seasons run the ores carry v values alues principally in silver the south mountain country also shows indications of revival silver city union no 66 of the western federation of miners has a membership of at the present time the union is well organized and managed and has been a power for good in the camp since its organization on august 8 1896 among the commendable things done by the union was the establish ment of a hospital for the care of sick and injured members which was opened in october 1697 the union has paid out in b benefits to members and families of members since its organization more than and about 2500 was expended in fitting up the hospital the union has maintained the most cordial relations with the m mine ine operators the first officers of the union chosen were 0 D brumbaugh president simon harris vice president D C wilson recording secret secretary arv thomas james treasurer I 1 W drew conductor JM leary warden the present officers of that body are alex main president H H halloway financial secretary and W H roberts recording secretary at delamar is also a well conducted miners union no 53 john Fret heway is president debt james H rodda financial secretary and albert tallon recording secretary |