Show 0 THE dollarhide MINE times hailey idaho edward A king of chicago formerly president and principal owner of the minnie moore mine was in hailey yesterday being on his way east after a trip to tonopah To where he has important mining interests last week in company with professor arthur lakes the eminent geologist he made a three days visit to the dollarhide mine in talking of his trip yesterday to a times representative mr king said in substance after my many experiences in mining in this and other parts of the west it was positively refreshing to visit such a property as the dollarhide a real live producing and shipping mine and one with such a remarkable showing considering the very short time in which it has been developing not only was I 1 surprised at the great amount of ore showing for over feet with scarcely a break in the different levels but what attracted me most was the cheapness of mining the ore because of the character of the vein A single stick of powder would thrown down half a dozen tons of ore while the sott soft overlying vein matter could almost be taken down with the pick the cost of mining I 1 should judge cannot be more than one third what it was at the minnie moore and this should many times offset the 4 per ton additional cost of transportation to railroad what inter ested me most however was the tact fact that the mine is self draining and can be worked by tunnels from both sides of the mountain to probably 1000 feet below the present deepest workings and for a distance of a mile on the vein when mr has his main tunnel driven through to the warm springs side direct to the mill which is on the vein and can operate the year around the dollarhide will be one of the great mines of the west and probably a more steady continuous and profitable p table producer than even the minnie moore has been it seems to me that the dollarhide is today not only the banner mine of this region but the brightest hope of the wood river district I 1 think a great deal of it I 1 dont see how I 1 could say too much os of it as it is a great big proposition I 1 am perfectly perfect sincere in this and every word I 1 am telling you about it is in good faith professor lakes who visited the mine with me is very much pleased with it and while I 1 do not feel at liberty to quote him at length I 1 feel free to say that he was glad to see a big mine at last and he said 1 I dont like to be a pessimist but I 1 have seen so many hungry mines that show just enough ore to induce the spending of money to find more that I 1 cannot help being one but the dollarhide has changed me mr king was so favorably impressed impress ea with the section of country adjoining the dollarhide that he has begun beg un negotiations to secure important properties in that section having made a fortune in the minnie moore which has already produced over he says he has decided to spend part of it in the country where he made it and that no section looks to him more promising than the little smoky and the immediate vicinity of the dollarhide |