Show IDAHO emmett index leasers leaders working in the checkmate mine at pearl are finding much good ore in the upper levels of the property they have ore in several faces that runs 1000 a ton and are engaged in getting out a carload for shipment silver city nugget the addie mill is now undergoing considerable reconstruction the pans and settlers from the scales smith amalgamating mill at wagon town are being hauled up there and installed is being done in the upraise raise in the mine where a shoot of ore considerably higher in grade than that formerly worked has been found boise statesman dr C C fairchild is down from placerville erville he reports the new new dredge recently put into commission by blaine co is running very smoothly the machinery in all its parts doing perfect work so far the work has been devoted to getting a cut opened for the operations of the plant as it is necessary to have a pond large enough to float the boat silver city nugget mr arthur buckbee for the pioneer mining company has contracted for electric power to be put in the cumberland mine and mill and has ordered equipments of transformer motors etc the trade dollar company now has a power line running from dewey over war eagle to sinker tunnel passing not far from the cumberland from which the power w will ill be supplied boise statesman G mart corns manager ok of the osborne and Blue bucket properties in pearl district is in the city he reports the new shaft on the osborne is completed and attention is centered now in preparing to install the mill the site for the plant is being graded at the blue bucket a very heavy flow of water has ab sobbed attention but it is now under control and the shaft pumped out mountain home herald frank michell and george kelley have struck it rich near the old saw mill on lincoln creek they have a ledge the width of which they do not yet know and recently had a test mill run of two tons of rock taken from a seam in the ledge which yielded in gold per ton they are working steadily on this property and confidently expect to open up a veritable bonanza before snow again flies up there big success to you old boys weiser signal clyde lockwood Lockwo cd is down from warren and reports that he and rube lockwood have been opening up prospectively good placer ground at the head of willey gulch A race feet long and 18 feet at deepest point has been run to secure dump from the flat ground where the gravel deposits lie and which prospect well several specimens of white wash quartz splattered with gold were taken out of the cut they will not be able to make a run until next season on account of water salmon herald G M hollenbeck manager of the bitterroot gold mining company at leesburg departed tuesday for his home in victor colorado where he will visit briefly he says the bodies of ore in the bitterroot which was formerly known as the italian are looming up in most hopeful proportions and the company feels that its day of triumphant entrance into the dividend paying class is not far distant the Bitter rooters are digging up such large bodies of cyaniding cyan iding ores that it is one of their liveliest contemplations at present to install a cyanide plant to take care of the values A brand new stamp mill will also be erected on the property at no distant day boise statesman W A douglass manager of the pearl mine at thunder mountain is in from the camp he brings the interesting te information that the property continues to show as well as when mr adams was there A force of twelve men is employed they are following a pay streak of seven seven feet of black ore this is dipping at about 25 degrees and an incline is being sunk on it the ore mr douglass says shows free gold very freely and in spots the metal is shot into it very thickly the incline has been sunk thirty five feet and the ore body maintains its size and value the size of the entire ore body has not been determined as it was thought best to keep right on with the opening up of the pay streak boise capital news captain C A parker has returned to pearl after spending two or three days in boise he is general manager of the mint gold silver mining company which owns a promising group of claims on rock creek he began development early in the spring and besides other things accomplished they have driven a crosscut cross cut tunnel funnel feet further to cat cm at depth three good veins that make an interesting showing at th the e surface A few days ago a small vein that did not show at the surface was cut which carried a foot of ore that assayed 1595 nearly all gold at this point the face of the tunnel was feet below the surface the ledge also contains a body of lower grade ore that assays essays at present captain parker said he would not drift arif t on this ledge but would keep his force at work on the crosscut cross cut tunnel he said a large volume of water has been struck which pours out of the tunnel at a good rate he is confident he will have a valuable mine that will be a steady producer as soon as the other ledges are reached silver city avalanche on friday the of july one of the most successful and daring robberies occurred at the de lamar mine mine ever known in this camp owing to the extreme secrecy of the officers working on the case it is impossible to get at the real facts of the robbery but the avalanche has the main features which are as follows the ore in the de lamar mine is being worked by the cyanide process and when the values have been taken out of the ore the metal is taken to the retort room where it receives the final treatment and is ready for shipment on this abis particular friday night the golden values had been placed in the retort there to remain until morning but during the night the room was entered through a window and bullion to the amount of was taken it is believed that there was at least two persons connected with the robbery as the weight would be too great for one man to carry sheriff duncan and attorney nugent were called on to assist in the detection of the thieves and it is understood that detectives dete cives also have been employed but at this date no arrests have been made |