Show 1 THE MTDAS BA j Revival of Activity O This Extensive Exten-sive Placer Diggings The Bar of Midas Diggg The j golden sands of Midas bar are 24 miles I above Ontario Ore on the big bend of the Snake river The bar is nine miles I long by 2400 feet in general width and I carries an average depth of gravel of 1 about 27 feet above the present stage I of water Experts who have examine j the ground including such wellknown Professor Miller of Den mining men as Profesor ier i ver Jj C Crossman of Chicago Dr McCallum of New York and Dr Samuel Russell of Brooklyn have all reported the gravel in Midas bar to yield from 40 gavel cents per yard Mr Manly t prospected ground that would pay 2 per yard and John Irwin of Ontario brought down samples of concentrates from near Grand View Ida that be i claimed would go 10 per yard At Bernards Ferry Mr Bernard has three drag scrapers at work that yields him S20 per day for each scraper Shreves Oliver are at work on the ground adjoining ad-joining and above Mr McComas ground and are taking out 36 a day with two drag scrapers the water being be-ing furnished by an eighthorse power gasoline engine One week ago they sold two claims to Lyons Co of Colorado for 55000 hard cash These gentlemen have a 1000yaid capacity 2 day dredger on the Colorado river whkh they will immediately move and put to work on this ground Colonel I B Hammond is building a 2000yard capacity dredger at Nysse which will bt Completed within 60 days OBrien Co are already building a dredger at Mortons island near Ontario and the New Zealand company has a large clan shell dredger ready for operation at Emersons near Nysse There are i 1 mining boats heretofore constructed a sandsuckers being changed over ito i-to ladder or endless chain dredgers bet I be-t en Payette and Great Bend a distance dis-tance of about 30 miles Mr McComas has also leased ground to parties whol are to construct three dredgers of at I 1 art 2000 yards capacity each Williams I Wil-liams Bros who are mining above Mortons island on the Idaho side are handling their dirt with wheelbarrows and have the amalgam every night to show 7 a day per man Colonel Ecl erson backed by Portland capitala i n < m 1 feature will soon begin the construction I con-struction of a large dredger near the I i mouth of Sucker cre k about four I miles above Midas bar Professor Fox j of Sherman Wash who has a very j excellent gold amalgamator estimates j that each acre of Midas bar above present water level contains 15360 in I gold Midas bar proper on both sides ot the river co t ins about 3000 acres I |