Show IDAHO pierce city miner william E helken bergy berg who has been hauling the pipe and giants for the oro grande mining company from greer arrived with the last load on monday and it is now all in pierce and when he brings in a load of supplies he be will start to haul the pipe over to the mine there are fifteen tons and one ton is a load over the hill it will take about twenty days to finish the job wallace times the shaft being sunk on the property of the gold ridge mining companas comp anys property is now down a distance of feet but the water is coming in so fast that it was necessary to shut down until pumping machinery can be installed this and a hoist has been ordered angwill and will be put in place next month the claims of the company are traversed by a 16 foot vein carrying values in lead and silver at per ton the vein also carries some copper ore and this is improving as greater depth is attained idaho falls post good goad news comes from the spring mountain section and it is said that fifty men are employed on the smelter site A water pipe line about a mile long is being laid and the supply comes from the canyon A few of the men are getting out timbers and the balance are excavating cava ting r for foundations lumber is being hauled from the lost river side and while there is considerable snow well up on the range it is probable that the work will have progressed to such an extent that the workmen will be under cover before any severe storm hits them wallace mines and metals L W stedman manager of the paragon and chicago london mines east of murray has gone east to chicago st paul and st louis where he will meet and confer with other heavy stockholders manager stedman has a plan to develop the properties named and the waddell group by means of a long crosscut tunnel to be driven in from cement gulch which traverses the west portion of the waddell group the proposed tunnel will be more than a mile long and will cut the numerous ore veins at great depth through this tunnel all the properties can be worked at much less expense than if operated through separate tunnels |