Show IDAHO elk city mining news R L wisdom of orogrande Oro grande reports that late assays essays of ore from the wisdom carpenter strike on ten mile give values of and in gold this ore was average samples taken from the shaft at ten feet depth the ore body at that depth was two and one half feet wide the ledge on the new strike has been traced a distance of feet mackay miner the alta copper iain mining in company has only been working its property for a few weeks but good news is coming in already the drift being run is how in feet being in ore all the way the face is showing seven feet of ore two feet of which is valued at 69 ounces in silver per ton while five feet will average 16 ounces this property is one of the certainties tain taint ties les in the mining world with some some mi mighty ihly big things Z 1 in view mackay miner C G R potts has been doing in some shaft work on his copper discovery on on navarre creek and has been greatly greatly encouraged by the apparent strength of the ledge the shaft is down a depth of sixteen feet through ore of a good quality the bottom of the shaft has eighteen inches of ore exposed in the two foot vein matter A general sample gave a return in all values vallies of 22 there are three claims in the group a mile over the hill from the gilbert carr lucky gulch group wallace times A rich strike of lead s silver ilver ore is reported to have been made in the full moon shaft at a small depth the ore being high in silver values the shaft has been sunk fifty feet the world work havin having been resumed on the property only a few weeks ago manager W H nesbit is in charge the full size of the shaft six sic by six feet is in carbonate ore showing L some streaks of the rich silver ore the management has decided to run a long tunnel to get under the shaft and give depth on the 0 ore re and this will be started as soon as the necessary machinery is installed american utley emerick and nichols returned this week fro from in scott creek where they had been doing development work on their mining property on that stream the gentlemen extended the tunnel about fifty feet and have opened up the ledge encountered a few weeks ago until it has widened out to more than three feet of splendid looking ore A number of samples have been sent away for assaying and returns are expected in a day or so salmon herald richard gies sole owner of the climax or goldstone group of mines on oil the head of pratt creek was in salmon thursday he did up U P his business shortly I 1 lathered gathered up a couple of muckers duckers and started back to the mine mr gies has operated quite extensively in this county and on the back bone of this continent he has a wonderful showing of gold ore jack is with him directing mining work and they intend to have their fine new ten stamp mill dropping on ore at no distant day mr idies gies says tile the mine is in excellent shape and the present season ought to set the thing upon a paying basis silver city nugget the potosi mill mechanics now have the battery completed the pans and settlers all set and adjusted the cement floors laid and are awaiting the arrival of the tube mill and concentrators which when set will complete a very modern plant it bids fair to be completed during in the month of august when right in the edge of town we will hear the noise of tile the stamps of modern reduction works in the mine two shifts are now employed with machine drills driving no 2 level further south and in continuing the upraise between nos 0 3 and 2 levels two more sh shifts gifts are also engaged in pushing the crosscut tunnel to connect with the shaft level tunnel boise news william A beverage a veteran mining man has returned from the stanley basin country where he is interested in several claims near care cape horn he br ought brought with him a number of specimens of rich ore in which free gold could be seen he says he has three good locations there in which the ore averaged from 8 to 20 per ton and the bodies are extremely large he is of the opinion that the district will be one of the richest in the state as soon as transportation facilities will permit the handling of the ore and he fully believes that the boise butte line will run through that section wallace times herbert S auerbach manager of the golden chest at murray was in the city saturday on business things are looking bright over in murray v 11 said he and the people there are tickled at the prospects now that the railroad company is actually starting work at that end of the line murray is certainly looking good spokane people and many other outsiders are coming in to inspect mining properties the population of murray has been about doubled by the influx of laborers and others the past few days we feel confident that the railroad will be running into the north side town by christmas hailey times F C willis the man mail aa j ager of the new dredge company of wisconsin capitalists that is operating in the stanley basin is very agreeably surprised at the value of the ground the yield being fully up to the tests the new type of dredge that he brought in is also giving 1 satisfaction its novel points are that it J does not float and is operated much more cheaply than the old style of dredge after ten or twelve days of experiment the dredge is now operated regularly its capacity is three cubic yards a ini minute nute and it is at work twenty hours per day |