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Show MINING GAZKTTKKR. WESTl'-R- N IE cstcvu QX in in 3 05 a 2 d WOOD RIVER DISTRICT, IDAHO. 'flu town of Ihiliiou was formerly called Croy's (luleh. 'flu t c cr. TIIE LAST ACT IN THE FARCE. mines were discovered bv Croy the middle yl last .May. '1 he most prominent are the Mayllower, .lay (Jmdd and () k, bonded bv Lirhard McIntosh, ol Salt Lake, which hru'c for k ;o,noii. The Ibiliion is the fust south extension of the Mavllower and was lately sold to tlu Wood Liver Silver M Company. It crops out tlu full Iriiirlh of the claim and Wood Liver country. 'IHm is one of tin lest claims, in h shaft is down dll feet and shipping ore is boiiitu extracted. Assays of s.1 lilltl per tmi have been had. In the Ihiv State the Nciu is '2 feet wide and has been traced liiHI leet on "l thesurlaee. The shalt in tlu A entire assay 2b ounces silver per ton. Sunny South is down 1'2 feet, vein narrow but jjoes ilK) ounces, 'file aboe mines are ualena. 'flu Cass niiue carries carries carbonate ore worth lb ozs. I tali .01 h t. 'flu vein in the Kiuvka assays experts Kn. w hv not uive their names; it would have more weight (iA.KTi 1:1:1: say the indications an very favorabie for larrc chambers at some depth, 'flu ore from this mine is the rich- cst carbonate in the camp. A lrdjrr owned by two Limcli-is traced d.HiMl feet, and they have two locations on it;, 'flu vein is from C2 t lb feet and a sample assayed iravr dll ounces per ton. The on is a combination of carbonate, iron and galena. It is situated at the extreme north end of tlu miuei.il licit, which is four miles lonir hv half a mile with and the formal ion is limestone, 'flu Ibiliion Company have in in tlu Treasury and will hasten tlu development of ilu mine this winter. They also own tin ( )phir ami Lookout claims, 'flu latest discovery was made hv .lolmnv IJovIe three miles south-wes- t of (billion, 'flu vein has three locations on it and crops out tin length of two of them. It is III feet wide and selected black sulpliuret on assayed as hijh as N.,tHi per ton. ( 001 judges say the rock will work as liiclt as pet ton. This strike is said to be the best oil Wood Liver. lbn. M. .1. IJidly has three locations close to tin alley cast of liclleviu, ore from one of which assays as liiirli '2lMl (unices and the vein is lour feet wide, 'flu North Star is a lieod properly. Then an three pay selnites on tin eiu; one b, one d, and the other S feet of iralena and carbonate ore. At one time tin mine could have been bought for a small sum, blit since sinking bO feet they have st tlu price at lb(),-0- 1 Then are several oilier tlatterimr phospects in tlu camp, 'flu Llkliorn is about two miles from kctclimu, and was latr-I- v Tt purehaseil by Lewis Co., of .Montana, tor Sl2,lHit. was struck bv a Swede known as lloisest .lolm," Irom Idaho Already euoun-- ore to insure 1; s.lllill profits has been City. taken out. Shepard, Lease, Creen and Taylor are sinking and extract inn shippisiii on frem the mines they purchased last winter at ( i.tleiia. 'fhey improve with depth, especially b.-e- Tlu management of tin Raymond & Kly Company have rohhcd tlu stockholders, mortiratred tin mine for eerv dollar possible, pocketed tin money and now, after tin entire real and personal property has been sold by the sheri If, oiler tin following eonsolation to those who an so nnlbi tunati as to havt retained confidence in the ultimate out come f this one valuable property : The indebtedness of this eompany amounts to Si),i'il. Tin property of the eompany, both real and personal, has been attached bv its creditors and was sold bv tin sherill on the 2d of Septtinber. At tin dclinijucut asstssmeut sahs die comshares of its stork; there are pany has bid in about about bO,tMM) shares outstanding. We deem it our duy, as Trust(es for tin stockholders, to ;i v them an opportunity to redeem tlu property and pay oil the debts of tin eompany; We have, therefore, levied an assessment siiHieient lor that purpose. The assessment calls for nth '2 per share. -- 31 1 XING. u in-ii- 1 . I 1 1 ot I 1 1 1 1 1 i b(),-(Mi- The New York lnih M in nnj Xt n's has this to say about sin-li- minnijj: r An absurd idea, fostered by a few narrow-mindewriters, who know almost nothing of the subject oh which thev write, exists in some localities that miiiiuu' is the most uncertain business in which a man can possibly enae. with miius and ( )n the man who is at all familiar tin bosh poured forth by these hired scribblers can have but one died that of exciting pity for the deplorable ignorance of the writer, and at the same time a smile at itin M in blind confidence with which lie handles the subject. In said to consist ol the legitimate and illeiiimate. loudLegitimate minima is as much a practical, matter-of-laIt is not. however, a vile ness as farmiuir or manufacturing:. business in tlu same sense as tanning; and miiuulueinriuu; is. It involves jjrrat risks on the one hand and ureal profits on tlu other. The farmer plants his crops mid is almost certain to (rain a moderate profit at tlu end ol tlu season, il they no cared for. The miner sink a shall Irons win h In Iiroperlv take oui sutlieicnt ore to pay a handsome' profit u the original outhiv. This expectation is not always realized. In that case somebody must lose the motley that was spent sinking the shaft. On the other band, if tlu shall do. s pay, it is likelv to return to its owner a much killer profo in sinin ;i hall gle year than could he derived from tlu best la score of wars. Mining, when legitimately conducted, the cxercisiujr ol the same business sense as miv other (.in industry, and it is rarely the ease that a mining' property .isine--like it in a is roudnried be made it (Treat success unless maimer. Tlu same business principles that uovern tlu merchant should govern tlu mine, and tlu re will be lv-- . The most siiecislu! cause for complaint from stockholders. are those 'which are conducted mi s!i ictly mines of bustness principles. A jrood paviiiir mi:u is one o! tlu surest investments a man can have. There is nothing lhal e.m ap ct his returns. The olean-n(jives him soli'l, substanli-i- wcall I:. Illegitimate mining, however, is ijiiite another t h ir. In illebusiness principles art abangitimate i i ilt doned fora system of dishonesty and stock jjamblin dial in the end only works ruin and disaster to those who en,j;a'j,e in it. d nrws-pape- minim.:-operations- , ii-ma- et 1 1 .1 11 1 re-(piir- to-da- v i p i 1 1 1 es 1 1 1 1 sober-mimle- d Ten tons of ore from the Ihiliiou mine, Wood Liver disti iet, Idaho, averajjed HM.dd otiuees silver and per cent. lead. A hand sample from the same mine, assayed by .1. .MeYieker, ounces silver. returned I t m Lead is quoted at $ij(J m per ton in Salt Lake. ur ll t t 1 1 n 11 1. h the ( iladiatoi. In sinkiuu on it an -li vein in tlu lcdjc width. Tin on body is S leet 'fhen is in the vicinity of the erection of two smelters, one of Ib llvm and tin other at ketelimn. 'fhen an 1U locations on tlu mineral belt at Ibiliion, all of wbicli have been made I hi- ll vm is biiihliiiu up rapidly, on tlu stn'iurlh of year. Ixiezel has started a store at Ibiliion, the mines at Ibiliion. assays strong in xIiJ.tMM. tall-- : fonuer resident of (T.ailis, a saloon. They are both d linin well. Liddy& Coster have the road from Ibdlviu Miuinir experts of non pronounce the to ( laleiia completed. galena and carbonate oies of Wood Liver far ahead of those of Colorado, and think dial next year Idaho will take the lead ;:iiionr capitalists, ami that we will have a boom unprecedented in tlu history of minini:. T In ( rcciihom District, which is midway between lbdlvtic and ketelimn, on (irccnhoMi Creek, was discovered by the lx It is about two miles from tlu main Wood e v Ibothers. Livcf, and contains some splendid mines. Cloliccy, (ireen-how- . before any Kllintt & Hardee sold oiu niiiu for Nvork had bei n done on it. Dave Dowd owns a location fully iod Ie is sinking on it now, as the one last mentioned. as ui He has and it is opening up splendidly, beinu feet wide. There are several other refused an oiler of s,illl() for it. Wire properties that we have not mentioned that are o;ood. 1 lnuifif. ami native silver predominates. Larson, am! a 1 1 1 1 I |