Show IDAHO elk city mining news the placer ground on little elk creek about four faur miles north of elk city and known as the little elk placer has been sold to new york parties the ground was owned by chas and wm A russell and the deal was put through by P J jennings this ground is considered very rich and in the early days was worked quite extensively ten but as it was so low and theara the gravel had to be shoveled so high it was soon abandoned for ground easier to work boise statesman word has been received in boise that the standard mining company will resume operations on its property in the thunder mountain district during the coming summer st paul minn capital controls this property which is opened up by two tunnels and is on the same ledge that runs through the sunnyside Sunny side it it developed by two crosscut cross cut tunnels each of which cuts the ledge at a depth ot of feet the ledge has been crosscut cross cut on the rusby fraction about feet southwest of the standard tunnel making a total distance whore where the ledge has been found of f feet |