Show IDAHO elk city mining news george S young owner of the golden crown mine resumed ume work on the property last week after i a shutdown shut down since last fall mr young brought a sample of golden crown ore 1 ii the first of the week and he said in thre assays essays made the lowest gave in gold he has five feet of ledge in the bottom 0 a shaft 45 feet the golden crown join the del rio and the two properties are oil 01 the same lead mackay miner A W canaday who h ha been developing one of his claims f for or som I 1 time past has one of the most ren remarkably remark abl showings for a mine that there is open ocene at present in this camp the ground aa ac joins the white knob group and is near the th deep shaft of this big copper mine A tui tu nel about feet in length has intersected the ore vein and the last 30 feet shows show high grade copper ore on both sides iop toi bottom and face of the tunnel it is a ae d posit of great proportions and further proves the extensive high grade ore bodies bodie in this vicinity I 1 elk city mining news 0 asmith LS L smith mith wh is in charge of the work at the gold poin mine reports operations have been delaye somewhat owing to machinery not gettin here but within the next week the wor will be well under way with a full crew 0 men T J kelley of newport washington Washing toi one of the heaviest owners of the pro property proper P e t tj is expected to arrive soon the ore in t th h gold point mine is of the same character char acte as that in the south fork mine and it if th development that is to be done this is satisfactory a mill wll wal be placed on th property this fall wallace times A car of ore has be beai loaded at the meadow mountain near saltese maltese and will be sent to a smelt at once this is the first car of ore to tx sent from the property it is stated th ore was taken out in the course of develop deveir ment and it is probable that other cars wi be sent out this summer the car carri carriea about 40 tons assays essays of the ore to IN shipped show returns running 70 per ce c in lead and 60 ounces in silver the t nel from which the ore was taken is S no in feet and has a depth at the f of about feet the property is just e ea of the tarbox weiser american W C randall one of the owners of the caribou copper mines in devils district was a visitor to the the seven clay last week mr randall hadin had in h hs s possession a number of fine samples of copner per ore from his mines he states that the pledge ledge on the caribou has been traced a distance of more tha than n 2000 feet and ore has been exposed on 1 it t at a number of places he has on hand about six carloads of valuable ore which will be shipped as soon as tran transportation tation facilities are available which will be afforded by the completion of the huntington lewiston road to iron dyke mr randall has great faith in the seven devils fand and expects to see great developments there I 1 during the present year he has been to baker city and other points west mackay miner judge james M stev ens came down this week from the parker mine where he spent several days invests gating the property he brought the very acceptable news that the tunnel work which has been in progress there all winder ter had proven very flattering much ore being blocked out with a better showing for a continuation of the rich rock than they had ever had before on the property the mill was shipped the first of the week and is expected here within a few days it is the intention of the parker company to have the mill running by the 1st ast of july they have a big pile of ore to begin on with plenty in sight in the mine the comal commissioners of custer county appropriated toward building a road to the property and the citizens of challis will raise another 1500 wallace times nine feet of lead ore is I 1 exposed in the bottom of the vertical shaft being sunk on the ledge ln in the granite allie property located near burke and on granite creek according to the statement made recently by C F 0 merriam one of the stockholders the shaft is down feet and will be driven to a depth of feet before drifting is begun the ore in the bottom of the shaft on an average runs low grade concentrating ore while there are st streaks running much better samples go 67 a ton in lead copper and gold with depth the ore shows more and more gold another shaft has been sunk on the bead lead but is not being worked now as the water drove the men out drifting was done from this old shaft A 10 stamp mill fis f is located at the mouth of the first shaft but the mill is not in use now |