Show IDAHO idaho city world frank W parker farker is putting up a five foot huntington mill on the tha sunday mine near quartzburg Quartz burg the in 11 ll will have a daily capacity of 70 or 80 ton 3 the sunday is a west extension of the gold hill it is located a short distance above the confederate mine wallace mines and metals we learn that the federal mining smelting smelling Sm elting company is contemplating erecting plants for the treatment of tailings this would certainly be a profitable adjunct to concentrators which are said to lose from 15 to 20 per cent of the assay value of all feed passing through them canyon creek and the south fork is a veritable vein of lead and silver as a result of the concentration therein of these wasted values for the past 20 years were there an extensive vertical crevice beneath its bed it certainly would by this time be filled with a highly concentrated ore forming a typically productive vein doise boise statesman C E hayden me mining man is in the city he is in general charge of the work on the fl highland ighland mary property on moore flat in elmore county and reports that development is progressing satisfactorily there the men were driven from the upper works by water when they undertook to sink and it was determined to run a new tunnel some feet deeper this tunnel will be some feet in length lenett it has been driven about 75 feet from the point where the ledge will be intersected a level can be driven that will gain about foot for foot in depth as the hill is very abrupt mr hayden reports the vein made a fine appearance in the upper workings working 3 showing quantities of good ore and it is expected the cevelo development ament on the lower level will be highly important boise capital news L J weaver of mountainhome Mountain home secretary of the utility power company of new york who was in the city recently spoke entertainingly or of the work of his company under the management of J L weaver it recently completed one of the greatest gold dredges in the united states at a cost of over it requires the energy of a horsepower boiler to furnish steam for the generation of electricity which is used to operate the big plant the new dredge was tested this week and worked perfectly it will be started up in a day or two for continuous operation when great results are expected as rare metals besides the gold are saved by the process employed the success of the great plant is of general public interest as it means the saving of millions from the sand bars of the snake river that otherwise would be without value |