Show IDAHO elk city mining news G M carter from fion jackson michigan and representing the gold bullion mining company whose property is on american river opposite the buster placed a contract the first of the week with charley svenson for feet of extension tunnel this will open the ore body directly uan under ter a new shaft that was waa started last year wallace press some fine lead silver ore gre is io being encountered in the drift being driven on the vein of the silver state mining company states H A ot at spokane one of the heavy stockholders in the company the claims of the company lie northerly of the hercules mine and wert were formerly known as the chloride queen property much development work has hag beon been done on them under the in tendency of M C lacey stites sentinel Sen linel the sawmill machinery for the elk city dredging company consigned to H H williams is now in stites and unloaded ready for shipment into the rnino the weight of the shipment amounts to pounds mr williams says he is loading out heavy freight every day there is now on hand ready for loading pounds of machinery and supplies for the thunder mountain group of mines A R balcom in charge wallace times another strike of high grade galena and carbonate ore was made in the bunker chance tunnel of the sampson mining developing companas comp anys property on eagle creek yesterday afternoon which is the most important strike that has been made on the property for some time A drill drift on the ore shoot fifty feet back from the present strike disclosed a body of good concentrating ore forty feet wide and the end not yet in sight A J brainard is the manager of the company wallace press the drift on the vein on the property of the el dorado mining company is now in about feet states manager mart curran for some time past we have been in copper but galena ore or is now coming in and we expect to tap the ore shoot at most any time much water vy ater is coming from the face the holdings of the el dorado adjoin the paymaster company on the northeast the latter has opened up a four foot vein carrying lead copper ore at 0 a shipping grade further development work on the el dorado will be pushed bushed with vigor mackay miner C R potts was down from the lake creek mining and tunnel company property last week and reports the work progressing very satisfactory the tunnel being run to connect with the ore bodies at greater depth has cut a small ore stringer and the management believes they are near the ore body that shows above the property is in the high mountains on the fd far r side of copper basin and the surface oro ore is so exceedingly rich that the property even though distantly located could be worked it larger bodies are encountered as expected with depth |