Show THE EAGLE MINING CO signal weiser idaho W A Edw edwardi arai manager of the eagle mining comp company anys properties on big creek is a visitor to the city this week mr edwards states the machinery for the cyanide and concentrating plant is about all delivered at the mine and placed in ill position thirty five men are employed by mr air edwards in the che mine and setting up the machinery hu H states the mill will be ready for operation ly by L y november first A car load of cyanide casks have arrived at evergreen and will be freighted in immediately dia tely in order to te get it to the mine bs ba fore winter sets in the machinery for the plant arrived last year and the larger portion of it was freighted as far as the lakes last fall when the early snow fall stopped the freighters and the machinery was left there until this su maler when it was taken on to big creek the eagle Alli mining ting company is a corporation of wealthy georgians they have had a large amount of development work done and the mine is in shape to turn out a large amount of ore for the cyanide and concentrator mr edwards states a strike has been made in one of the copper properties near the eagle companas comp anys properties A ledge over 20 feet in width has been uncovered of high grade copper the ledges in that vicinity mr edwards states are very large and can be traced for miles the survey of the pittsburg gilmore railroad that has been located down the salmon river from salmon city is within twenty five miles of the mines and will afford cheap transportation for the ores A nian man named moore has erected a one stamp mill on a gold proposition he owns on big creek near the eagle mining companas comp anys property and assisted by his wife who runs the mill crushes about a ton of ore a day from which he clears to per day mr edwards states there is more activity in the district this summer than there has been for several years past with the advent of the railroad lie he expects the big creek section to become the leading mining district of the state |