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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1889)
THE WEST SHORE. 34.1 nixe the merits of this rock, and Mr. Hall, to expert, who is manager and vice president of the company, was dispatched at once to the quarry to see how much of it Mr. Ilodion had. He was evidently satisfied, as he at once made a contract with Mr. Hodson to take the agency of the rock for every place in the weft, with the single exception of Boceman, which will be sup plied by Mr. llodson. A crew of men has been put to work on the quarry, roads are being built to it, and in a few days the stone will be taken out In vast quantities. These two quarries, so close together, will open up a big industry and Boieman will add another iuiportunt item to its list of resources. Bouman Chronicle. One or Bum's Mining Entkm'hibeh. Of the famous Bos ton & Montana Company, which is about to erect a now smelt ing plant at a cost of $750,000.00, the 7n(r-.Voun(atnsays: One of the great mining enterprises of the Pacific coast, which only a few years ago was a comparatively unproductive, obscure and badly managed group of prospects, is the Boston & Montana. With an insufficient plant, in almost constant need of repairs, it has already achieved a dividend record of half a million dol lars. It owns two miles of mineral bearing ground, embracing sonio of the biggest copcr mines in this or any other country. On one end of the company 's possessions is the Mountain View, with a shaft already eight hundred feet deep, and on its way with a full machinery equipment to the two thousand foot sta tion. On the other end is the Colusa, also eight hundred fret doep, and having a productive capacity capable of supplying the smelter of itself. Of the magnitude of the Mountain View not a doion men in Butte have a definite conception. It is traversed by three veins, whose aggregate width is not less than two hundred feet, all mineralized and showing in many places veritable bonanias of copper-silver ore. It is one of the greatest mines of the world, and as its productive capabilities are understood, the intention of the coinpan) to erect a reduc tion plant which will in the end cct not less than $1,000,0(X).00 ceases to be a matter of wonder and becomes a cold and legiti mate business proposition. Between the Mountain View and the Colusa are the West Colusa, Clark's Colusa and Liquidator, all owned by the same concern, in an active state of devel opment and showing the same width and character of ore as are characteristic of the rest of the great vein system uwn which they are located. To the northeast are the Buffalo and Aurarla, recently acquired by the company, and now undergo ing exploration with excellent result. The fact that the Bos ton A Montana produced last month alwut two million two hundred thousand pounds of copH-r is no criterion of the ca pacity of the company's mines. It is simply an evidence of the Inadequacy of its smelting facilities. Valuaiilk Silver IWovsky.-A story of the discovery of a rich silver mine in Alaska, recently published, says that a year ago a party of miners who had explored the southern coast an. rivers of Alaska extensively, without much profit, determined t.. . ...i (i,. ..,tl, ...(. comer of that territory and proceeded up Norton sound to the mouth .4 the Ukon river, a region bordering on the Arctic circle, and which wesrs the white coat of winter nine mouths of the year. W hen near ing Ui mouth of the Yukon, up which they Intended to sail, their single sloop was driven by tempestuous winds nto or ton bay, an Inner arm of the tea. The adverse wind p.ovr,! however, very fortunate, for a landing was mads at lh. l.ea.i oi the bay, and the pa.ty proceeded to prospect the surrounding country. They had barely commenced o,rations when run tram of silver were discovered. The find was mad In June and the entire party set to work with a will to collect as much rich ore as they could extract with their Incomplete stock of tools, and as much a could be put aloard their sloop. By the time, however, that the craft was loaded with three hundred sacks of ore, the end of the short summer wat rapidly approach ing. The party had set sail on their return but a few days when a storm arose, In which the vessel was wrecked and all hands perished, A few weeks after the accident the I'nlted States survey culler, returning from the Behrlng sea, waa In formed by Indiana of the wreck of the sloop, and Immediately repaired to the scene In hoes of aiding any of the miners who might have survived the catastrophe. As uo dace of the unfor tunates was found, a number of sacks o( the ore on lioard the sloop were taken altoard the cutter and finally landed at Han Francisco, where It was reduced and valued at f 400.00 per ton. An engineer from the government boat who heard the story of the wreck from the Indians, ami who possessed Information of the locality whence the ore was obtained, ha induced a party to go to Alaska to attempt to locate the rich mine, which, if de veloped, must add much to that already great producer of pre clous metalals. Railway Bxtwkkn Boisk Citv and IIaii.ky. It Is proposrd to build a railway between Boise City and llalley, Idaho. The amount required to start the enterprise Is sIkjiiI f '.0,000.00, and bslfthls sum has teen voluntarily offered by the ell liens of Hailey. The prnoaed rsilwsy Is to run up ('My gulch to Camp creek, down Cump creek to Camas prairie, along the prairie to Soldier, up the creek of that name to Little and Big Smoky, down the South Boise to Junition bar, and on to Boise, to a contKx tlon with the Idaho Central and Oregon IVlflc railways. Tli is road would get (he trallio of the llslby Hot Springs, of Bullion and l'per lWr creek, of the Hold lit It, of Camas prai rie, of Smoky. Vienna, Sawtooth and Atlanta, of I'lne drove, of Rocky Bar and of the Boise fruit orchards. The first break Ing of the ground would be the slgnul for a resumption of on ra tions on duiena of claims along Its route and tributary districts, for an Increase In acreage of grain and hay on Cama prairie, for the starting up of saw mills In the Inexhaustible timber of the South Boise, and for preparations to ship fruit from Boise on a scale hitherto undreampl of. Before It eoul I be complet ed to the (hi I IU It a one hundred stsmp mill, with conceit-at Inn and roasllna machinery, would I constructed at Hailey, and immediate returns thus assured for the many thonanda of tons of ore already exposed there. It costs (0 to I'.'.VOOa ton at present to have ore hauled from the (lotd Brit, Smoky, Hocky Bar or Atlanta. If the road were In operation It need not cost over twenty-five cents from (lold Belt, ll'OO from Smoky end .V00 from Rocky Bar. At Hslley a great Initios would I given to mining, Wause, It Is well known, there arc hundreds of thousands of tons of low grade ore on the mine Jumna, which ran not be hauled at present prices or realised upon brcsuse of the absence of suitable reduction winks, (list would my handsomely under the changed conditions that woulil result from the building of the road. Ht oi amo Mm roa Biuisos.-Arrangemenls have been per frrted for the erection of a .V).0(0 00 scouring mill st Hillings, Montana. The clllsens have raised a honue of t'l.iXsl 00, U U lid when the mill is ready for oratlons. K. K. Sherry, gent for eastern capital, opoea to put In a plant with a ra Ity of twsnty thousand pounds of wool r day, to be scoured for the Boston, Nsw York and riilbvMphla tnsrknts, the ma rhinery of which will be of the latest lniifoved automatic pat tern. A fore of one hundred and twenty men will be required