Show IDAHO salmon herald bert simer and J N elder were in salmon yesterday after ore sacks with which to make a shipment of quartz from their newly discovered bonanza on bohannon creek this is properly called a bonanza because of the sensational values in gold which they have found they have opened up a vein about fourteen inches wide and in doing the locating work have taken out more than a ton of ore that sparkles with the living gold A sample of the vein gave assay value in the enormous figure of 2672 to the ton wallace times A B ward left friday to return to his home near delta after af ter spending a few days in wallace on business mr ward states that he has ordered about feet of lumber for the purpose of constructing a boom or dam across trail gulch the dam will be feet long mr ward and others are interested in placer claims on trail gulch and the dam will be used for obtaining a good pressure of water for aid in the mining in the spring and early summer of next year when the waters are high an automatic gate will be fitted on the dam silver city nugget it is reported from the flint district that mr bonnell of flint has secured capital to do considerable development work on the rising star group of claims he will extend the tunnel on the mill level now in about feet until they encounter the ledge which tunnel will then be about 1000 or 1200 feet in length by this means they will tap the ledge at a depth of about feet it has long been known that the rising star group has excellent ore and the investment of capital in this property will bring good returns when developed wallace times oscar B wallace manager of the tekoa mining milling company returned thursday from a visit to the companas comp anys property located at the head of dudley grouse and two mile creeks and on the 16 to I 1 mineral belt the group is known as the group and the tekoa company was recently organized to develop it A contract for feet of tunnel work has been let and will consist of a drift on the lead the drift will be run in or feet after which a lower tunnel will be run the winters supplies are being gotten in the buildings have all been completed boise statesman the hercules mining company south of burley is preparing to commence driving a tunnel to tap their ledge this tunnel will be started on the hillside directly below the mouth of the shaft and it is expected to tap the ledge within feet and at a vertical depth of feet to furnish the power to drive the drill on this work an air compressor is to be installed on cannon creek to be run by water power work on the flume willbe will be commenced abonce at once and the machinery in stalled just as soon as it can be placed on the ground the estimated cost will be E J hunter superintendent at the mine reports that a splendid showing of ore continues in the shaft as the work progresses gr esses and that the percentage of silver and gold is steadily increasing as depth is attained bids are being asked by the company for mine timbers and telephone poles |