| Show NORTHWEST NOTES special correspondence reports from pierce city ida are that gold ore has been found in the lower crosscut on the property of the ozark wild rose properties at pierce city according to word received by the spokane stockholders of the company from george S dailey bailey the vein which is eight feet wide was cut at a point about feet from the portal of the tunnel and at a depth of feet the strike was entirely unexpected for the vein did not show on the surface the tunnel being driven to intersect the wild ruse rose ledge further ahead development work is being carried on at the property with day and night shift and the outlook is promising work has been resumed on the smug gler virginia property in the coeur calenes dA lenes the men are at present engaged in running a crosscut tunnel to tap the surface showing the tunnel begins from the breast of the trade dollar tunnel and will probably be 2000 feet in length when completed preparations were made last year for the installation of a comp compressor renor and the foundation for this was laid but owing to the advent of the snow work had to be postponed the property of the butte coeur dalene mining company is showing up well under extensive development work and leading stockholders of the company have recently declared that within another year the property will be running on a paying basis prominent engineers have confirmed the statement made by the manager of the property th atthe lead being developed on the property is a continuation of that on the hunter property encountered last fall the face of the tunnel is now in feet from the portal the force of miners employed at the lucky calumet property near mullan ida is to be doubled when the roads are cleared according to a statement made by john II 11 manager of df the property the showing on the property is excellent cel lent much better than mr believed it would be at the point where the miners are now engaged and that because of this showing it has been determined to hasten to strike the ledge in the tunnel which is now being run milling ore in quantity has been encountered in the property of the black bear fraction mining company located at black bear ida the ore taken out is of a good milling variety and it is said the minors miners are encountering large quantities of it in the drift the quantity taken out is in creasing steadily as the drift has been run on the ledge in the tunnel and the values are increasing as the drift progresses the hidden treasure mining company and the northwestern sampling mining company have filed articles of tion with the county recorder the companies are old ones now complying 0 with the requirements of the law as to the filing of incorporation papers john P gray is named as the local agent for both companies the copper chief mining company owning a group of eleven claims in the st joe mining district will carry on extensive development work all summer the showing on the property is said to he be excellent cel lent A crosscut tunnel is to be run to tap the ledge at a depth of feet the property is located near borax a half mile from the northern pacific and about the same distance from the new milwaukee line the crosscut tunnel which is to be run 2000 feet on the property of thel the reindeer mining company is now in feet the tunnel is being run by john H the copper queen company will probably pay half of the expense of running the tunnel and use the same tor for the development of its property an assessment of 2 mills a share has been levied on the outstanding capital stock of the sister mining company located on canyon creek near wallace ida the mine has been regarded for years as a promising property but persistent efforts to find valuable ore bodies have been in vain several spokane men are stockholders A new ledge has been encountered in the property of the thunder mountain company on crooked river in the oro or 0 grande district the ledge was struck in the no 4 tunnel on the champion claim it has been crosscut for eleven feet and the miners have not yet reached the wall the entire ledge contains good ore which i is s practically free milling and assay values are said to run as high as 30 a ton in gold three shifts are at work and the mill is being operated G L stuart secretary and treasurer of the department mining milling company compan Y is at curlew wash and elpe expects C ts to start extensive work on its empire claims T the lone star mine owned by the british columbia copper company will resume operation in june work on the contract recently awarded for extending the tunnel on the transcontinental tin property near mullan ida is progressing according to a report from the property and it is said that the appearance of the face of the tunnel is improving steadily the montana standard mining company a wallace corporation has levied an assessment of 5 mills a share on the capital stock of the company payable june 1 oscar A columbus 0 is secretary C B D svenson reports a strike in quartz in the elk gold bullion property proper ty in the elk city district the ore is lead telluride and is two feet wide the property is 1 I owned principally by spokane nap men 11 8 fred J rowlands of new Y york 0 rk 1 was elected pre president aident of nabob minin cora pany the office was formerly held by T I 1 george D stone of spokane L X W ga gay 0 of f kellogg succeeded himself has vice pre naji ment ident harvey M ross succeeded hira himself self as secretary dan W price was elected treasurer which office has fori formerly nerl Y been held by ross as secretary treasurer these four with F E D slump of new york constitute the board of directors mr row lands will put in the summer in the coeur calenes dA lenes and devote the greater portion of his time to the nabob property the sale of delinquent stock of the nabob has been postponed to june 15 great activity is reported on the mon tana idaho divide this spring it is stated that the sale of the monitor mine to the success company has stimulated interest in the district and caused much work to be started on numerous prospects |
