Show IDAHO A contract for feet of sinkin sinking g 1 from the foot level will be let by the giant ledge Z syndicate operating near murray in the coe coeur ur dalene region region according 11 to george N saad of spokane president who recently v visited the mine the first ore shipment of the caribou mining company to the bunker hill sullivan smelter at kellogg was made recently the property is on B beauty bay near coeur dalene city it is proposed to ship to the smelter until accurate data on th the C ore value is determined ore of excellent milling grade mixed with bunches of high grade has been drifted on for about 70 feet in the no 4 or oi lowest tunnel of the independence lead property near mullan this is th the e ore which the management of the independence has been seeking on the no 4 level since 1922 when the present management took over the property the office of the idaho mining association is in receipt of a communication from george L smith secretary of the idaho manganese mining company of cleveland idaho in which mr smith states his company has shipped fifteen cars of manganese ore to the columbia steel corporation of provo and that the ore mine run no sorting has been testing 40 to 47 per cent manganese mr smith further states ais company has a contract with the columbia steel corporation to furnish two cars of such ore per week the platt investment company of butte has manifested active interest in mines of lemhi leahi county by taking a bond and lease on the independence group of ten claims belonging to burton W simer says the salmon herald these claims lying adjacent to the queen of the hills mine northwest of salmon include the old tendoy mining companas Comp anys properties the old mart finley claims and other ground several strong 6 veins of gold bearin bearing 9 quartz are evidenced by showings in in various various cuts tunnels and shafts and the platt people are planning upon a campaign of extensive development A strike made in the hector mine two miles east of wallace has disclosed possibly the richest ore that has been uncovered in the district in recent years according to wor word d from the mine the vein contains a full face of ore carrying a ten inch streak of high grade which is almost pure galena it assayed more than 70 per cent lead and 55 ounces of silver to the ton the showing Z is at a depth of 1200 feet the property has been closed for ten years and is being developed by the sheridan lessees lessels and frank pearce under option the lower crosscut tunnel on the jim blaine property pine creek has been extended over 1000 feet and is no now w breaking into the quartzite formation found in the bristol ledge toward which the crosscut has been driven the bristol vein will be reached at a depth of approximately feet below the upper workings where carbonate ore was uncovered in a well defined ledge some twelve feet in width the crosscut will be pushed ahead as rapidly as possible to cut the ledge the jim blaine group is a consolidation of the jim blaine bristol and chesapeake holdings embracing a large area in the heart of the pine creek mineral zone on last wednesday afternoon the coal pile at the mill of the idaho metals company containing conta containing inin about two hundred tons of slack caught fire by spontaneous combustion and burned about ten hours before the watchmen were able to extinguish the fire which they were able to do by having a high pressure of water and plenty of fire hose otherwise the mill would have been endangered the following evening another fire broke out and spread to the mill and was detected by mr bills in the nick of time the company companas comp anys fire apparatus was again brou brought 9 ht into play and the fire e extinguished x with a damage of approximately five hundred dollars sustained mackay miner capt andrew johnson is wonderfully encouraged over late developments at the idaho democrat says the hailey news miner he reports that he has opened good ore in four different faces all in new ground and is only awaiting the installation of new machinery before launching a vigorous campaign of development with his present limited facilities he has not been able to drive ahead on his new discoveries but worth of new machinery is now on the ground being installed and when this is in place and in operation lie he is confident of big results the new machinery includes a compressor a hoist and a pump all of which have been found essential to the proper development of the property shipments from the star mine of the sullivan mining company are proceeding to the bunker hill mill at the rate of tons daily according to james F mccarthy president it is broken in the course of development hauled through an foot tunnel and raised from the 2000 foot level of the hecla mine to the surface the zinc concentrate is shipped to belgium and the lead taken to the bunker hill smelter A drift is proceeding on the foot level of the star the t third 1 I ird level opened since the long tunnel ea was driven from the hecla it has been run for about feet and is making a good showing of ore the drift lacks about feet of its objective a point near the morning line of the federal mining smelting smelling Sm elting company the sullivan mining company is owned equally by the hecla mining company and the bunker hill sullivan mining and concentrating cent rating company |