Show IDAHO wallace press thomas L greeno presT president dent of the snowstorm mini mining ng g pany arrived from the mine at barsoi larso the stage friday morning and left on noon train for spokane where he is ca on business he stated that the com is shipping tons of ore daily 10 lo different smelters shelters sm elters a to ton contract i the washoe smelter at anaconda beins bein bently signed A few weeks ago a cont con was signed with the trail smelting smelling Sm elting pany for tons per day wallace times the long crosscut cross cut I 1 nel being run on the property of the R ford mining company near wardner thought to be in the neighborhood oi of ledge the crosscut cross cut tunnel is in f states john Pers sons president and c ager of the company and in the next fi feet it is thought that the vein will vill tapped at a depth of feet the R ford mining companas comp anys property is lo lc ed adjoining the bunker hill property i wardner and consists of eleven da cla six of which are on the ledge the p where it is estimated the vein will be cau cai will be just under the big iron cappi capp are twenty feet wide and assays essays give i values in silver from samples on the face owyhee owahee nugget mr john F WI mhd a mining expert here from st louis examine the potosi mine and to advise company regarding the character of the to be built to properly treat potosi paid a visit to the banner mill in corn com with the manager tl and secretary of the tosi company and expressed his opi op that it looked to be the most complete convenient mil for its capacity he seen now that sufficient money has ha crded from the sale of the companas comp anys s to pay off all the obligations and to the mine and mill until returns may looked for the executive committe considering an advance in the price of 8 a yet to be sold and notifying its agents no more will be sold at one dollar share but giving them time to close neg eions now pending before the adeall made wallace press A report from wat wa states that the old anit mony proper proper bated at the mouth of pine creek has leased to J R newell and H mccrel a period of two years with an octif copti of 0 purchase on or before the expiration lease for the lease wa was 9 gr grant all t frank roland of kingston who is the cipal owner by the terms of this he be exact a royalty from all ore shipped d is one of the oldest properties in III th brict and formerly shipped a consider consid quantity ity ty of ore at one time ex senator of tv war var I 1 russel russ car A alger was heavily and actively interested in this mine and expended ra j large amount of money in its exploitation the he machinery in the old mill will be re modeller modelled model led at once and a force of men set to work it is probable that shipments will be e made again from the mine in the near so fluture future E salmon recorder emerson hill manager of the queen crescent came down from the mine sunday and left for his home wat at redrock monday afternoon mr hill is pushing the work at the mine as rapidly as 14 I 1 the conditions conditto condi tio ns will permit some extra amen amen went up to the mine monday as they are increasing the force mr hill states that the farther they follow the veins the better the ore shows up they are now 1 working two shifts each way from the main tunnel and are getting a large amount of ore blocked out and on the dump ready for the mill work as soon as the mill can be gotten in shape to handle it the queen of the hills mill and the mill from the copper queen are laid down at the new location and ds as soon as the frost is out of the ground a large force of mechanics will be employed so as to put the mill in commission as soon as possible T boise news H L fisher of this city and D E cou coughanour t hanour a prominent mining man iman of the boise basin who are interested in a number of mining properties in lemhi leahi county about ninety miles from idaho falls intend building a smelter in bahat that section within a short time mr fisher stated this morning that they had secured contracts from nearly all the mines in the district which are taking out ore in any quantities and have all the assurance need ed for making the smelter a paying proposition as soon as it is completed many of the mines he says are already considering holding their ores this spring rather than pay the high rate for freighting and shipping to salt lake which leaves but little profit even on high grade ores at present only mines carrying high values can be worked on a paying basis while there are a number of low grade properties having large bodies of ore which could be success fully worked if facilities for handling the I 1 ore were not as expensive as the freighting and shipping to salt lake boise statesman developments in the black hornet district continue most satis factory in the picket pin mine on the north side of the gulch a very large ore body has been opened the size of this has not been definitely determined but it is shown to be approximately forty feet wide A lead is being driven on each side of 0 it and in work demonstrates the ore shoot is of very considerable length assays essays made from various points in the works on this 10 body of ore indicate an average value of possibly 6 a ton if it goes anywhere near 0 that much it will be highly profitable when the mine shall have been equipped with a plant of sufficient capacity to admit of economical handling of the ore after the making of some adjustments found necessary the mill on the celtic is running smoothly making a high percentage ot of saving und and turning out concentrates that carry a ton in gold developments in the mine continue good and those interested in the property are altogether confident it will make a great record of production |