Show IDAHO MINING NEWS I What is Being Dane in and Around Silver City The Avalanche of Silver City Ida in its weekly mining review says Niagara Messrs Sorensen Nevins have just finished a test run of Niagara ore at the arrastra We learn that the test was highly satisfactory The property prop-erty is located in Baxter gulch Frank Myers the veteran War Eagle I prospector is smiling over the result of a small lot of ore which he had reduced at the arrastra Itexceeded his fondest expectations and heis now looking for more of the same kind Cumberland s Shaw Bros have resumed work upon their Cumberland Cumber-land mine on War Eagle and are taking tak-ing out rich ore They VI11 have a mill run this fall Fifteen tons of ore now on the dump is conservatively valued at 2COO The ore from this claim averages aver-ages about 150 per ton largely in old Black JackThe mill Is now closed doiii for a few days to Dermit of the annual overhauling ant to install a larger compressor lant The compressor com-pressor now being put into place Is a 14xl4xlS inch IngersoJlSargent and is located in the mill engine room It will provide power for a 30horse pow r hoisting plant now being erected in the mine about 2100 feerunder ground and for the air drills used In various parts or the property Florida M CoA very important piece of development work was started at Dewey a few days ago which is no I less an undertaking thanof tunneling I under Flo da mountain from the level of the De ey mill a distance of about one and o ehalf miles and at a depth I of about 1800 feet The tunnel is 7xS feet In the clear double track with a drain 16x36 Inches I is aoout 6700 feet to the south end line of the Boonville mine but the company owns all the intervening in-tervening ground and the tunnel will be on the vein nearly the entire distance The new tunnel is 585 feet below the Black Jack companys Idaho tunnel Pixlev BaslnJ G Watts returned from a visit to his Pixley basin minES the first of the week and has decided to have considerable work done there this season A crosscut now 50 feet in will be extended to the ledge50 fet fut er and the ground thoroughly prospected I Referring to a statement made in hec i i aihr columns a couple of weeks ago that the I mines were isolated Mr Vq ts says I that they are situated only 12 mile from Mountain Home by good wagon rod roGolden Golden Plate The station at thE 90foot level of the shaft has been completed com-pleted and drifting is now in progress A fine lot of ore is on the lump Morning StarThe present pumnnc plant has proven incapable of handling the strong flow of water in he shaft and consequently sinking has hal to be consequenty abandoned for the present Drifting in I the fourth and fifth levels is still being I pushed in good ore The upraise from I the fourth to connect with the winze I at the third is not yet completed but Is in good ere Poorman The winze from he Belle Peck level of the Poorman is now down o about 200 feet and will be rontinued to greater depth Levels are t > pen at the 50 and 150foot stations Theew workings work-ings are solidly timbered throughout Power for hoisting Is developed ly a gasoiine engine stationed about 2000 feet underground which has proven to be very efficient and economical A steam A A Is being erected at the timber tim-ber shed at the mouth of the tunnel for preparing timbers for the mine Among the imDnvements whih are contemplated is a new bunk house for the miners Something like W men are now on the Poorman navroll |