| Show LEESBURG IDAHO NEWS special correspondence the oregon idaho G M M co which owns the Sin Z gieser leser mine at myers cove is about to resume operations again after a short shutdown the gold ridge G all co who are making arrangements for in installing 0 a large electrical power plant on lower caplas creek expect to have the first li p unit installed by july this cont company pany has ha s let a contract for the purpose of running a foot raise on its property at leesburg k and as soon as it is completed the glory hole method of ore extraction will be employed this method of operation will be very applicable in the case of this mine not to mention the consequent reduction in working 0 cost this company has also got quite a stretch of placer ground below and adjacent to its quartz property the placer appears to be of good value wm E manager of the caplas placer mining companas comp anys property on na plas pias creeck says that the prospecting operations on his companas comp anys dredging ground are finished mr says that the results of the test are very satisfactory to h his is company on the virgin ground the average value found by the engineer was 50 cents per cubic yard and in the old tailings an average oi of 20 cents was struck this is very encouraging news indeed to the stockholders who pinned their faith to this property at the outset the remainder of the ground owned by this company is an hydraulic proposition and the value of it is now being determined now that the dred dredging 0 1 ground has been proven to be of sufficient value mr says that his company will proceed with its arrangements towards installing a first class dredge on the property A very distressing accident which nearly resulted in tragedy occurred a few days ago at the oregon idaho mine when a box of giant caps exploded while surrounded by a group of five men who were capping their fuse awse the men were working on night shift and it is supposed that a spark fro ma candle dropped into the box of caps causing the explosion three of the men were terribly lacerated about the face and hands by the flying particles of metal and each of them will probably lose the use of one eye the gold dust G M co expects to begin operations in a few days mr carlson the superintendent has broken into a body of ore last week which looks extremely good and what is better than mere looks it assays essays well this is cheering news but by no means unexpected as experienced mining men in this section have always predicted a good record for this mine when developed this company has also three claims on the head of moose creek on one of these isa foot tunnel and some ore taken from it shows free gold to the naked eye wm richardson has two giants working on his placer ground on anapias creek below leesburg he intends to work off a large piece of ground this season |
