Show IDAHO elk city mining news geo B mcdonald of newsome who has a lease on the iron crown mine was in town this week on business and stated that he would continue to work this winter he has made two mill runs and ii satisfied that he can make good he will take out ore all winter and run it in the spring halley hailey times J J baker was down from the north star group of mines today he says that the contract to the mine has just been let to himself and john nelson who will begin work with two shifts immediately after the election the upper workings are to be by driving the lower main tunnel feet further it is now in feet and the face is at a depth of feet when the tunnel or drift is completed and the mine shall be drained the vertical height frum tunnel to surface will be about feet ely city mining news the bonanza group of claims by gribi brothers and located on moose creek about 15 miles southeast of town will undergo extensive development this winter the owners have started a tunnel that will cut the ledges at quite a depth for the past two years the work has been confined to surface work and shallow tunnels to locate the pay shoots in this they have been very successful having exposed several large and rich pay shoots and it is now proposed to cut these at considerable depth silver city nugget the tunnel at the rich gulch mine is being driven steadily into the mountain and it has now attained a length of about a quarter of a mile two shifts are now at work on it A F stevens the general manager has gone to portland to purchase a motor to haul the dirt from the mine this will save time and enable the company to put on a larger force of men A new house has been built on the property and wm williams the superintendent has moved his family up there for the winter wallace miner plans are being formulated to again operate the pilot mine at murray this property is owned in equal parts by frank frohling john docktor and louis L prager A few years ago ore assaying to the ton in gold was exposed at a depth of feet after some exploratory work on the ledge a lower tunnel was commenced in the process of driving this a blind lead was cut which showed values in gold copper and lead the latter being a nice concentrating grade of ga galena lefia this was not opened up as the work was devoted to gaining the main ledge this tunnel is in approximately feet and within feet will reach the ledge where the owners expect to find high grade ore giving an additional depth of feet |