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Show MINING REVIEW. INTER-MOUNTAI-N claims has been sold to Col. Percy S. Sowers and John G. Logan, who also own the Mohawk group adjoining, one body, making eighteen claims in one of the The old Winamuck mine is in celebrated most Bingham, having produced very high-grad- e auriferous ore, and as the new owners have acquired it for the purpose of extensive development, it is likely to more come into great prominence, It is proposed to sink to the depth of feet, and progress of the work will be watched with keen interest, as itis commonly believed that deeper prospecting in the Bingham gold belt will be attended with important results. At the Starlus mine, the whole face of the tunnel is now in the peculiar white quartz lately encountered. The stuff is streaked throughout with cop-- 1 per, and assays $14 per ton in gold. The tunnel having been driven 700 feet, where its perpendicular depth Is 450 feet, this is said to be as deep as a ore of so body of found in high a grade has yet been now is employ- Bingham. The Starlus r eight-houing eight men, in three shifts. Preparations are being made at the Northern Light to extend the Orphan Boy tunnel (under lease) to tap the Northern Light vein at 400 feet depth, and a shaft will be sunk to that level. The tunnel length will be about 800 feet. Low markets cut no figure with property, to be one of Bingham sgreatest producers during 1896. Lighteen men are now employed. gold-beari- with a good deal of eagerness, not only here but wherever mining operations are carried on in the world. This will be the first extensive plant to test the new process. Mr. Pelatin will personally superintend its inauguration. Idaho. Avalanche: Negotiations are now in progress looking toward the purchase of the Phillips & Sullivan group on Florida mountain, by the Idaho and Pittsburg M. & M. Co. (Black Jack), and consolidating the two famous properties. The deal will undoubtedly be closed today or mining stocks will first make inquiry of the Idaho Mining Exchange they will be in no danger of being fleeced bogus concerns. tyThis week another mining company re has been organized by James H. ley, William H. Puckett, John M. Haines, L. II. Cox and Neal Murphy, called the Frisco Mining company, with a capital stock of $100,000, for the pur-onpose of working and developing the Frisco mine In the 'Willow Creek dis-10trict. This property is known to be one of the best along the Boise gold belt, and it has been stocked, not for speculation, but to assist a worthy prospector, Mr. Murphy, to develop his discovery, and it is just as legitimate as ranching, or selling dry goods, or editing the Mining and Scientific Press 0f gan Francisco, Haw-heretofo- ce 00 Washington County. Weiser Signal: Arthur David of Bear creek and owner of the big French lode, was In Weiser Monday, having just returned from Silver City on busi- ness. Incidentally he took with him 300 pounds of ore from the face of his . . , Aaa county, Boise Statesman: Some little excite-larg- e ment has been caused in mining circles by the discovery of quartz within about four miles of Boise on what Is known as Dobson creek. For some time past two men have been working small placers there. A few days ago a prospector discovered some quartz which looked well and he brought it to the city. He found it Went about $15 a ton gold. The news quickly spread and dozens of miners pushed in to locate. All the ore pros-th- ng gold-beari- ng is pecs weji jn g0de No well-defin- ed ie(jge has been discovered as yet, but those interested are confident the strike Is one of great promise. A well known miner said yesterday the quartz found Box Elder County. Dobson was the of o r Ogden Review: The stockholders offrom one immense ore body the American Mining and Milling company are jubilant over the prospects extending along the foothills back of of their claims at Willard Hill. The ciJy; Gunn has written a letter to Captain to $34 the of shows latest assay figures Mining ton, and the ore is gradually growing Secretary Hunter of the recent the important The tunnel is now cut in about change concerning 300 feet, and the vein or main body of strike in the Birthday mine at Pearl, ore is not far distant. It is expected Captain Gunn says in sinking the the ore suddenly opened up from that within the next few days the ore winze streak to the full width will be reached, when a track will be a twelve-inc- h the winze, four feet. The ore is fully laid and the actual development work as good as that in the small streak, will commence in earnest. which assayed as high as $170 a ton. Captain Gunn had made an examinaIDAHO. tion of the strike in the Checkmate, and his conclusions respecting it are Idaho Mining Exchange. of the highest importance. In his letter he says: Another important find Correspondence Mining Review. been made in the Checkmate which Boise, Ida., Feb. 16. The attention of has fairly turned the heads of the your correspondent is called to an item has A body in the Mining and Scientific Press of miners in Mest View district. Giat assays Aincvere? San Francisco, which states that the 3 a a gold. The Pund, Idaho Mining Exchange will not be come froin choice assaVs conducted in the interests of legitimate seems to there but be a per-thmining. It is beyond comprehension samples, manent of ore. Its this kind of tody a journal like the Press should be extent cannot be yet estimated, but tricked into publishing such a back- to is known warrant the capping article as that. When men enoh is this a that very important James H. Hawley, Frank R. Coffin, s?rtion D. M. Steen, David Falk, Fremont discovery. Wood, O. E. Jackson, Frank D. Howe, Wood River. Plummer, K. P. Plowman, John Capt M. Haines and Henry W. Dorman, di- Articles of incorporation of the rectors of the Idaho Mining Exchange, Camas Gold Reef Mining and Milling lend their influence to anything but company, of Hailey, have been filed at legitimate mining, then there is no Boise with the Secretary of State. The trust to be placed in anyone human, company is capitalized for $250,000, with President Hawley, Mr. Coffin, Mr. Falk the following directors: Erv W. John-an- d Mr. Plowman have lived here for son, Isaac W. Garrett and Ernest over thirty years, and are among our Cramer of Hailey, and George M. substantial and respected citi- - sons, Gardner Adams and F. A. Fenn zens and have held high office in the 0f Boise. gift of the people. The others, though The object of the company is to they cannot claim so long a residence- operate the Alaska mine, situated on in the State, are none the less trust- what is termed the Camas gold reef, worthy, and have too many interests- near Hailey. The Alaska has a very at stake to allow any wildcat specula- large ledge, from five to twelve feet tion to be foisted upon the public. The 0f which is vein matter. The ore which poses as a friend of the says all the way from $10 to $S9 a ton mining industry, bases its assertion jyold. The Camas gold reef is a upon adverse criticism in the tion of the mother lode of which De Lamar Nugget, but it has been even extends, as far as known, Idaho, from a point so unfair as to make the attack in the six rniles south of Hailey to Atlanta, plural number. The other papers of the State are enthusiastically support Owyhee County. ing the Idaho Mining Exchange. De Lamar Nugget: The machinery Apropos of this comes the news that the Old Glory Gold Mining and Smelt has all arrived and a large number of ing company of Boston is floating Ida- - workmen are now putting It in place, ho mining stock. No such company is preparatory to starting the now n hero, nor are the mines they adprocess in the De Lamar vertise. If prospective investors in mill. The results are. being awaited I out-croppin- gs Ex-rich- er. , at as-li- ke I Par-mo- st as-Pre- por-probab- Ikila-Unow- tin-Cler- ci 9 ss, ly tunnel and had it crushed and tested, a return of $25 in gold and getting fifty-tw- o ounces of silver to the ton. Mr. David claims to have 1000 tons of rock on the dump that will average $15 in free gold to the ton. He says the greatest need of the district is a custom mill. There are a number of good claims that would turn out a steady product if crushing facilities could be had. He says he can supply 100 tons a month. Some man ought to find a paying field there for a custom mill. A car is standing on the sidetrack at Weiser loaded with a dandy mill. It is sent here by R. L. Packard for himself and John Rogers and will be taken to one of their mines in the Seven Devils vicinity, we understand at Lime Peak. five-sta- mp Yellow Jacket correspondence: Mr. Armstead, superintendent of the new Columbia company, leaves for Mer-cu- r, Utah, next week to examine the cyanide plant at that place. NEVADA. Pioche Record: Interest continues unabated hereabouts in State Line district and vicinity. So far the rich surface streaks appear to hold their own as depth is attained on the various prospects and the belief that a camp or two are to exist there shortly finds daily more ground to rest upon. Another mining district is to be formed. It will lie some four miles to the south and west of State Line district and will be on the Nevada side. An immense porphyry dyke, visible for miles, runs through the country, and the ledges from which the quartz was taken appear to runs at right angles with this dyke. In this respect the formation is similar to that of Ferguson district, and the immense and rich bodies of ore found at Ferguson encourage the new locators to hope that similar good fortune may be theirs. At Ferguson district the of finding porphyry is a strong indication of ore lying close by. Preparations for business are being made also. Henry Rice and Nelson Millet of Spring valley, and A. Corey and T. D. Roach of Cedar, Utah, have organized a townsite company and have laid out and surveyed a plat for town purposes. It is situated southeast of the Utah Spur claim and is not more gold-beari- ng than a quarter of a mile on the Utah side of the line. The De Lamar company has contracted for another line of pipe from the Baker well, in Cedar wash, to town. The pump on the Meadow valley wash side can supply more water than the pipe on this side can handle, so presentthree-inch a new' pipe line is being put in. to Harris & Wilson For Fire, Life and Accident insurance. 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