Show IDAHO bunc junc junction tion standard ten tons of lead silver bullion per them diem is the output of the hahn smelter at spring mountain car no one of forty tons capacity was sent out over the new G P railroad from purcell siding this week wallace miner some samples of high grade from the marsh mine at burke have been brought to wallace and spokane this was taken out of the shaft which has followed the ore body for feet and has over two feet of high grade steel galena showing at this depth the ore gave assay returns of 75 per cents lead with 60 ounces of silver elk city mining news wm simpson the discoverer of the copper ledge on anderson butte has sent in some samples that contain in a granite gangue the samples look like they aou d run very high in copper besides showing that the vein is getting better as depth is reached there are a number of prospectors at work and this region will show some surprises before long I 1 elk city mining news wm E noland and jas mckinnon are now at work on a ledge recently discovered by them that has all the earmarks ear marks of a mine the mary ellen as the group is known consists of four claims three claims on the ledge and a side claim the vein has been opened on the surface for a distance of 1600 feet and shows an average of nine feet of ore that pans well and shows free gold to the naked eye the ore is a hematite the same character as the rich shoots so common in this vicinity the group is located east of the rio tinto claims about one half mile from the american hagle eagle salmon herald A phenomenal strike of rich ore has been encountered in the tre sure box group of claims on the head of kirtley creek the ore glistens with the nuggets of pure metal and the samples shown here this week indicate a richness beyond the dream of a prospectors most ardent hope the values in gold run far into the thousands of dollars per ton the treasure box group of three claims was located by john H adams and was by him bonded to geo W smith of lake arthur new mexico mr smith has been working on the ground ground for the past two months or more and is assembling a carload shipment of the ore elk city mining news jack 13 M claims situated on elk moun tain about eight bight miles west of elk city is one of the coming properties the stage road runs across the claims which are lo 10 bated north and south on the claim north of the road he has several open cuts and a shaft down fifteen feet which shows six feet of ore that pans well and shows lead sulphide that blisters in the forge south of the road and quite a distance from the upper workings the ledge shows about three feet of ore but widening as it goes down the ledge here is very solid and shows a dip of seventy degrees and a pitch of three degrees into the hill wallace miner the reindeer has left the prospective stage it is a mine the second car of ore will be shipped within the next few days and the resources of the property are being increased daily the raise being run from the east drift is up about sixty feet this is thirty to forty feet long and ten feet wide and is literally full of ore through the center a solid streak of copper pyrite runs the entire length this varies in width from a few inches to upwards of two feet and same splendid specimens have been taken out by visitors the work is now in direct charge of L F tag hayes who is carrying out the instructions of manager herrick boise statesman according to a second report received wednesday by M B goldstein of this city from atlanta regarding the sensational gold strike made there recently the rich location was found by charles gray a forest ranger six miles from atlanta and the black warrior district great excitement prevails in atlanta over the strike it is said and many gold gol d hunters hufi ary are rushing to the new camp no exact information has been received as to how high the values run though postmaster brown of atlanta by long distance telephone stated that the surface indications promise wonderful ore all of the properties in that district carry only free milling mil ing ore it is said |