Show IDAHO the western union mining company operating near wallace in the coeur calenes dA lenes has struck ore in its no 3 tunnel according to reports received at spokane wash the third level is feet hi hiher higher her than the no 4 on which kron johnson lessees lessels les sees opened a large body of high grade ore several weeks ago the lookout mountain 2200 foot tram on pine creek in the coeur calenes dA lenes is completed and shipments of ore have commenced accordia according to W L penney manager the tram will convey the ore to the wagon road for shipment to the smelter tit at kellogg another tunnell is being driven which will give ive feet additional depth the hecla mining company has entered into a new smelter contract with the bunker hill smelter company although the terms of the new contract are not announce it is understood to bi be one especially favorable to the mining company the new contract will become effective about july 1 and runs for five years under it the bunker hill smelter will handle all the ore of the hecla fred searls jr of san francisco ha has been in the city the past week on professional business mr searls is is a 41 widely known mining engineer both bothin in the united states state and foreign lands and has frequently been a a visitor ill in this district his last engagement in the coeur calenes dA lenes was j about a year ago when he made an examination and rey port on the hecla mine wallace miner the cedar creek mining pro property eriv located a mile a and nd a half from raven station on the prichard chard creek railroad j in the coeur calenes dA lenes report stringers of ore ord found 1 indrea increased sed in size and finally merged into a shoot of f ore 22 ao inches wide practically all of which is shipping grade t sample of this ore which probably was above the average cinc assayed per cent lead 24 ounces silver 1 per cent zi and in gold three concentrators in the kellogg kellog ag mining district distri ct C x are raf j resuming operations according to recent reports report st of hewitt manager b of the mullan milling 6 property wes we the i kellogg says the ton mill will be started at on once ce 3 co operative cooperative mill at wardner will run this year W ith a has ca t lacity of tons daily the peebles mill at wardner gardn recently er resumed and shipped its first carload of prod product ct rec to the bunker hill smelter snow fall in the big wood river section early in marc off ej amounted to 35 inches according to the forestry fore A ao all the total depth for the winter was 1001 inches vf ites a inc increase t rease of 7 in inches chesin in the 1 last ast week this cons conati water equivalent of 1194 the total snowfall up to the same date last year was inches 16 inches less than the present season the present depth of snow in the sawtooth forest is soldier creek 41 inches ketchum 35 inches winslows Win slows 35 inches and mascot mine 56 inches there is no surplus of labor in the coeur dalene region said donald A callahan of wallace during a recent visit at spokane wash tash mr callahan is a director of the callahan zinc lead company and president of the galena mining company pany the morning mine of the federal mining and smelting smelling Sm elting company the hecla mining company and the bunker hill hall sullivan mining and concen brating b company pany the three largest in the region are operating atin b with full complements of men the total number of men employed on oil these and other mines is probably 2000 the largest mining deal consummated in southern idaho for many years was closed in pocatello recently when the gold dred dredging orl ng power corporation organized by boise people took over acres of rich placer lands land in the central idaho section the company also took over the equipment of the boston idaho gold dredging company including their power plant on the payette river as well as the centerville Cent erville mining milling companas comp anys holdings on grimes creek owned baw by W H estabrook the transfer involves property values amounting to the gold dredging power corporation is capitalized at and is sponsored by S K atkinson frank E johnesse W D bohm L W and E G eagleson |