Show f it IR it t it t f I 1 IN neighboring STATES aff OR IV J t tt it V v it 4 f IDAHO idaho city world S H horner horner foreman at the mount mountain ain queen mine near pioneer was in town a few days ago mr horner says the long 11 tunnel run in from near the mill has tapped the ledge and drifting toward the pay chute is progressing the big ledye ledge nov carries some gold and the pay chute may be reached any day wallace mining alining journal prospectors should remember that often the best veins are covered by vegetation and do not come to we the surface A little digging frequently uncovers a good body of ore the old way to prospect for a vein was to follow the creek and examine carefully the rock in its bed if quartz or rather float showed up favorable climb the mountain and look for more float whenever the float disappears it is advisable to dig not only one inch or two but several feet strip the 0 ground in different directions and then you 1 may see inducements to get interested te in your work and by diligent search find a bonanza hailey times harry T bragdon a mining man who came here about a week ago to look into a proposition has taken hold of the lucky boy and red warrior claims in townsend gulch one and a half miles from broadford mr bragdon intends to return within thirty days to put a force of men on development work he has a fine showing of gold copper ore which colonel sharp who made the deal calls a good digging proposition NEVADA ely news superintendent marx of the ely mining milling co distributed another payment of 1000 among the owners of the robust mine last sunday this was the eighth payment on the bond and leaves a balance of only 1500 still due on the e price of the mine which was that the rest af the money will be paid when it becomes due there is not the slightest doubt as the quantity of hi high 9 h grade ore blocked out in the mine is increasing with every shot cherry creek cor ely news millwrights are engaged erecting the addition to the Gla glasgow I 1 western co cos s mill which when completed will contain an an additional 20 stamps and four willey tables these tables are a great success in concentrating the ores from the star mine ely news david dennett brought to our office last week as fine a specimen of galena ore as we ever care to see it was from the lookout mine situated seven miles east bf ely and represents the first class ore that is being sacked by the owners for shipment besides 81 per cent lead it contains ounces of silver per ton the amount of this ore thus far encountered is not large but a second grade which will also stand the high shipping charges occurs in considerable quantities we are informed that over sixty sacks have been taken out by kent and peters in sinking a shaft fifty feet and a carload will be ready for shipment in a short time this is is one of the most promising prospects that has been struck in this vicinity for a long time past and promises to pay the cost of its own development an exchange says after two years of negotiations and study of the problem mark L elliott the santa rosa engineer and capitalist has purchased the tons of tailings in the dumps of the holmes company at belleville esmeralda county nevada the deal was closed in this city monday and the company is to receive 1 a ton net for every ton of tailings worked the deposit is one of the largest on the coast and the gross gros average value in gold and silver estimating 7 the silver at 60 cents an ounce is 7 a ton in addition there is a large quantity of quicksilver that can be saved by the modern process of recovery tuscarora times review kan steele has a u force of men engaged in straightening up the eclipse claim getting ready for active development the claim is bonded to ogden parties whose intention it is we understand to give it a thorough exploration last year it will be remembered some very rich ore was taken out and shipped by the owners who were unable to proceed through lack of capital to its full development it is one of the best undeveloped properties in the camp COLORADO the prince albert gold dollar and mable M mines of cripple creek are to be consolidated under one management colorado mining companies have declared dividends as follows for march the portland gold mining company payable on the the amazon gold mining company the elkton con M al company payable on the A special from florence says ground is broken for the ton reduction plant to be erected at this point poi nt by the union extraction company it is the purpose of the company to push construction with all possible speed in in order to enable the mill t to 0 handle the large output of ore of the vindle vindicator i abor mine of cripple creek general manager W B milliken has fitted up a bane fine downtown down town office from which point he will direct work on the plant for the present cripple creek gold A strike has been ahde right in the town limits of cripple greek creek to be correct the strike was made on carr avenue the property is W the theares crescent formerly by the crescent com pany but now said to belong to millionaire W S stratton this gentleman it is stated bought the claim which comprises seven acres for the crescent is being op aerated under lease by darnell and associates at a depth of about forty feet the lessees lessels have opened a good body of f ore which carries values as high as 10 40 to the ton the streak from which the high assays essays were obtain edlis fully eight inches wide the character of the ore is a tale talc substance in which are cubes of free gold salida calida mail the shaft of the copper star mine will now be sunk another feet some very fine ore was taken from the drift but as the good ores comes only in patches it was deemed best to sink and then from that level the work will be pushed with three shifts 4 OREGON baker city democrat C E whitaker general manage of the baisley elkhorn mine came in yesterday from the mine located sixteen miles from this city and was seen by a democrat man he brought in the third cleanup for the month of february in the shape of a bar of bullion valued at about this is pt at the proportion of very nearly a month yield of from the baisley elkhorn and ranks this property as one of the steadiest producers in the gold fields around baker city manager whitaker was free to say that the baisley elkhorn is looking very finely and is steadily producing some of the finest ore ever taken from th the mine ernine double shifts of competent miners are working day and night and the company has on its payrolls about fifty five men ore oregon gon I 1 mining journal word comes from roland creek a tributary of sucker creek that W D gardner has made a rich strike it is reported that he has dirt which will go from 50 to 60 to the pan he has also uncovered a ledge from two to six inches wide which runs up into the hundreds of dollars to the ton spring I 1 creek district in the deep creek cree k country has been reorganized organized re with marion merrill as recorder the affairs of the district will be governed by the state mining laws at a recent meeting of the directors of the york mining company the capitalization of the association was increased from to shares the increase to be placed in the treasury the york is a most promising piece of property and will doubtless develop into a great producer and a regular 7 dividend payer it adjoins the petro which it is understood will resume dividend disbursements bur in may mav |