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MILE-LONG TUNNEL TO
TAP BAISLEY-ELKHORN
Ono of the moHt itnportuiit pi mum
of mining engineering work lu Ore-
gou Ih under way tit tho fiimcjiiH old
Haisley Elkborn initio, ton miloH oast
of Bumptor, ownud by the Heaver
(inld MiniiiK company, or Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania mid controlled by
Frederick I'. Hayes, ox-proHidunt of
tho lloniiirM mine, at Guiser. Mr.
Hayes Ih credited with having
cleaned up ii cool million from IiIh
operation mid sale of tho liominza.
Ilo i:iiiirul tho liahloy-Elkhnrn
through thii payinnnt of alioiit 1 00
000, representing tho iiHHUinptiou of n
lingo iudohtDUDHH mid tho purchase at
a hoiivy dlHoount of Inuumoriihlo
lnhor Uiioh iigiiiHt tho old property,
which had lutein wrnokoj hy iuoum
potent management. Mr. Hayes
limned lately perfected plaiiH to ro
opitn tho HalHloy on a gigantic scale,
and iih ono moans to that ond ordered
tho boring of a nillo-loug crosscut
tuiiuol to roach tho main vein of
tho Elkhorn at a dnpth of 'J, 100
foot and to tap otbor veins In tho
same HyHtom at atlll lowor levels.
Dick ICaokman, formorly of Hump
tor, Ih Hiipnrlutoudout and tho mino
Ih uudor tho management of Edwin
W. FIoIiIh, a hoavy stockholder in
tho Hoiivor company. Electric power,
traiiHiuittod from tho plant of tho
Kock Crook Power company, throo
mllod distant, Ih uhoi1 in tho opera
tion of machine drillH in driving tho
tuiiuol, which is wido oiioiikIi ror a
douhlo track, and which is now in
200 foot. Thirty mon arc employed
at tho mine and mill, and this force
will ho Increased as noon as now
electrical equipment ar riven.
Tho liaiHloy mill, an antiquated
contraption of tho roller pattern,
Iimh boon overhauled ami repaired
aud Ih iuuuligiiiUndMy'em eot
ore from two levels In a shaft on the
hill. The product of the mill In
the way of concentrate Id whipped to
tho Suuipter stuelter.
The Halsloy-Elkhorn mine ha
enjoyed a checkered history. It was
discovered in lHH'J by "Lucky Jim'
iiaiiilny of Itakor City, who uutll
18HH worked the ore himself in
arrant re; iu that year the property
Phhhh1 into the hands of a syndicate
aud the present mill wan erected.
MINING BUREAUS
AND LOCAL PAPERS
The formation of local mluiug
bureaus all over tho West would uu
questionably result in much good if
they could be properly maintained.
Theoretically uu exception cau be
takeu to this. However, misrortuue
seems to be the lot of most miniug
In 1H07 the Eastern (Jold Miniug
company bought tho mine for 800,
000. United StateH mint reports
give only isolated figures relating
to tho Halsloy-ElkhorirH output, iih
rollewH: In L4HU, :t,7tl; iu
1H0J, 8H,.'l7;)iu 182, 810.000.
Thin, of course, ' was merely gold
bullion. Tho larger rotuniH wore
received from uorted ore shipments
and hiiIo to unoltorH of high-grade
coucnntratoH. Tho total yield, up to
1H00, iih given by thojld suporin
toudout, Cliiuloi Whlttakor, was
80:iO,000, and during 1H07 and '08
tho iiroductlou wiih very largo, at
tiiiuiug, from January I to AugUHt 1,
1000, tho unprecedented flgutos of
$01,000 in bullion aloiio. Tho
ltohhi iih-Elkhorn, al ho owned by tho
Heaver company, Iiiih produced SHOO,
000 in tho aggregate, being do
voloped by a U00-foot oroHicut and
1,100 foot or drift.
During the operation of tho
Italsloy-Elkhnrn by tho Eastern tlold
Mining company, exorbitant priceH
foi fuel, Incompoteut suporin
toiidonco, inetllcient ore treatment,
entailing heavy Iohh of valueu, aud
general all round bad management,
resulted in wreck lug tho company
aud dosing the mine. It Ih rolated
that old and leaky bollorn, upon
which repairH wore never made, wore
used in tho hoisting works, being
fed by wood costing 80 per cord.
When tho lioiut wau boiiiK oporated
it wiih neceHHiiry to Hhut down tho
pumpH, owing to ateam shortage;
mid when the pumps wore Hlarted it
was necoHary to HUHpoud hoiutitiK
oporatloiiH.
Tho proHont owner of the mino
aunouncoH that wheti tho mile-long
croHHcut tunnel la completed, a uew
mill, of about a 100-stamp capacity,
wlll t reotad Wr tae portal, ;aud
the torch applied to t beg rickety old
contraption now lu use. ,CTl"1,Pfll
"Lucky Jim" Ualsley, discoverer
of the Elkhorn tulue, aoquired his
title by reason of such discovery
audj furnished further proof of his
right thereto by golug broke aud
later taklug HO, 000 lu gold from
one pocket iu the Mabl mine. He
eently he agalu struck It rich by
finding tellurium ore ou Snake
river.
bureaus formed for the dissemination
or information appertaining to the
mines of a district. jWhy should
this bo so?
It would seem to us that there are
two prime causes for most of tho
failures In the tlrst place, the
organization starts out well; it does
good work aud theu, too often, it
falls into the band, of meu who use
it for purely personal euds. The
other members will uot tolerate this,
aud either Internal dissensions arise,
or interest iu the orgauizatlou waues.
In either case the bureau dle. In
other oases the affairs of the bureau
are conducted iu snob a manner as
to fail to inspire confidence among
possiblo investors. Cases are by no
menus unknowu iu which almost
every inquiry received by the bureau
is answered in an eutbuslastio manner
endorsiug the property asked about.
A bureau which has not the con
fidence of the outside public is worse
than useless.
Auother fruitful cause of failure
is local jealousy. It not Infre
quently happens that oue district feels
l... It I., M,.nttl.... tl.o mnraf nl II- '
sometimes justifiably, sometime) not.
The managers of a local mining
bureau have by no moans an easy task
to satisfy domaudH. or to refuse them
wlhtout creating troublesomo critics.
Tho central ideas which cuuse the
formation of mining bureaus are no
doubt sound. How cau they bo
curried into effect? It &coucs to us
that it can only bo done by tho state.
MoHt of tho mining statoR have tho
nucleus of such a bureau aud but
ilight additional expenditure would
be needed to bring such nu organiza
tion into highly eflloient condition,
so as to foster tho mining industry
in its every phiiHc. As u rule tho
heads of the state bureaus are men of
lutogrity, ability aud some ex
perience. it has been urged that eveu lu state
bureaus any information given might
be colored by political exigencies.
That is uot our experience. We have
found uniformly that information we
have asked for has been frankly
given, or whore politics has iu
teifered wo received uon-oommittial
aiiHwerH of ignorance ou the part of
tho otllclal. TIiIh Iiiih, however, been
but rarely. And for very good
reiiHon. The olllcerH of tho state
mining bureiiiiH are men of some
reputation and who are ambitioiiH to
go yet higher in their profession,
aud they are not willing to jeopar
dize their future prospects by dis
seminating inaccurate statements.
While on this qusetiou of public
ity it might be well to point out that
the moHt practical plan for spreading
abroad the mineral wealth or milling
districts is to support oleau, honest
aud well edited local newspapers.
Sfupportlug a looa, paper djoes uot
tueau simply paying a subscription,
but by also giviug the reporters the
news, lu less thau a mouth items
which originally umauated from the
local paper will have appeared in
tooree of other papers, aud reaching
the eyos of mauy thousands of readers
all over the Uuited States. Let 'such
information be reliable aud good
must eventually be derived by the
locality to which reference is made.
Mining Reporter.
A letter from C. II. Feuuer at
Goldfield, says iu part: "I have
been haviug considerable trouble
getting your paper, owing to the
pestonice here baudliug ouly first
class mail matter, aud papers be lug
destroyed two days after their arrival
at the Touopah postottice. People are
tlockiug in bore by tho hundreds and
the boom Is still ou. The climate is
disagreeable, but the gold is here,
which makes up for that iu a
measure. Quite a uumber of eastern
Oregon boys are here aud Heck with
airived yesterday."
MINING' NOTES.
Henry Wolking iu developing his
White Point group, in Dark Canyon.
The Ladd Metals company smelter
at Laudore is again .running after a
bad freeze.
The Columbia Is installing the
new five-foot Huntington mill 're
cently received.
Sam Carpenter has purchased tbe
Dead Thing mine in Grant county
from L. M. Bartlett.
A steam hoist and pumps will be
Installed at tho Golden Chariot, on
the oust edge of town.
The Pomeroy dredge ou tbe John
Day river has started up after a
short shut down for repairs. Pros
pecting continues with a diamond
drill.
A crow undor (Jraut Thorn burg is
developing tbe MorriB mine, near the
summit of tbe Greenhorns.
George Marzliu, of Cauyou City,
has boon installed as koepor of tho
Gold Coiu mine, iu tho Greouhorns.
The first shipment cf concentrates
from tbe E. and E. mill to tho
Sumpter smelter whs received last
weok.
A wagon road to the Porauplne
has been completed aud resumption
of work ou a long crosscut tuunel is
announced.
Jim Gilkiusou has bonded bis
Copper Hutte mines. A rich streak
of silver ore was receutly struok iu
theso properties.
Thirty men are employed at the
Mountain View. Tho new mill is
uudor cover. Lurgo ore reserves aro
boing blocked out.
"Undo Dan" Cochraue, of Maker
City, owner of tho Uucle Dau mlue
uoar the Virtue, has beeu awarded a
prize at tbe Maker City fair for a free
gold ore display.
Ore aud concentrates will be
baulod from tbe ledger mlue at
Susanvllle to Tiptou for shipment to
tbe Tacoma smelter as long as tbe
roads will permit.
A deed has beeu V filed with ,tbe
recorder of Graut couuty, showing
tbe sale by A. Arliugtou Hibbs to
the Oregou Jc Idaho Gold Mining
oomauy of tbe Sheeuey No. 2,
Japu, Suow Flake, Gold Wedge,
Combination aud Mormou quarts
claims, for $1,000.
ASSIGNEE NOTICE.
lu tbe Circuit Court of tbe State
of Oregon for Baker county.
lu tbe matter of tbe aseigumeut of
S. L. Campbell aud J. K. Laudretb,
iusolveut debtors.
Notice is hereby given that tbe
uudersigued assignee of tbe above
uamed estate has filed bis final ao
couuty as such assignee iu the above
entitled court aud will ou tbe 4th
Monday of November, 1004, or as
soou thereafter as be can be beard,
call tbe same up for hearlug and for
au order of flual discharge as such
assignee.
C. H. MoCOLLOCH, Assignee.