Show CREEK MINES herald salmon idaho mining on creek is experiencing a wholesome revival the long interstate tunnel of the calumet montana emerges on the idaho side on this creek and it is progressing rapidly under contract with forces of miners working at both ends it will be the main adit of one of the greatest copper gold mines in the entire west hauling ore from levels in montana to a portal in idaho where access is feasible for shipments over over the line of the gilmore pittsburg railroad the draws and gulches leading to creek a tributary of the lemhi leahi river are full of droppings crop pings of ledges most of which show extraordinary values from the very grass roots they afford a very inviting field for mining men and the surface offerings have long been subject of the pro prospectors spec ors quest today the duluth and lemhi leahi mining company is conducting some extensive prospecting on a mammoth group of fifteen claims adjoining the dark horse mine this company bears the name to show where the capital halls hails from and capt J H lanyon the well known operator is president and general manager captain lanyon is on the ground directing the work of exploitation and his program comprises the decision of the question as to where the main works art to be located and where the main tunnel is to be started this company is incorporated for and it has in the treasury its stockholders are all mining men who have made their money in mining and their faith in this ground is backed by t the he good old yellow washers which have been earned for them in previous mining ventures word comes from the hill this week that they have just struck a fine body of gold bearing rock two feet wide on the foot wall of an eight foot vein assays essays of which range from 25 to 75 in gold to the ton in another vein they have uncovered a great body of copper ore whose value is better than 8 per cent besides containing some gold they have a wagon road directly to the ground and expect to work on a more extensive scale during the coming winter on the head of the same creek in the same vicinity a syndicate of butte capitalists is locating and prospecting some more of the same kind of ground and the undertaking has met with signal encouragement the syndicate includes nine men whose ultimate intention is to incorporate into a mining company provided the showing continues to hold as good as it is today they are men of means as well as mining experience and they are represented on the ground by john F nettle one of their number the herald is informed that they are well pleased with what they have seen up to the present writing and they are going into the ground after some more they have a small force of men engaged in superficial development and lining out the proposition for more extensive work mr nettle who was in salmon with captain lanyon monday says he never saw a more flattering showing for the limited amount of work done when they returned to the mine tuesday they took with them mining engineer james W caples who has been employed to run the new claim lines and the survey of the ground is already under way it I 1 all tends to show that creek is going to be the scene of vast mining operations era erat ions tiow and hope is strong that the district will be converted into a notable producer the fact that such prominent mining men are allured to its precincts is sufficient guarantee of its promise and surely the faith manifest by those men of capital is deserving of a glo glorious rious reward |