Show LIVELY ON PINE CREEK herald salmon idaho A C fralick the mining man of boise in salmon this week and went at once to pine creek near shoup where he has extensive interests work has been going ahead in his absence under the charge of john banata and the mine is looking well mr fralick and another boise man own five claims in the group and it adjoins the famous property of the big lead gold mining company they have a great deposit of quartz which runs from 10 to 15 in gold per ton it is mainly free but by can be saved almost to the limit the owners propose to erect a mill this summer of the proper type for treatment of the ore of which they have a colossal tonnage already blocked out there are three ledges of the ore all of which can be made to feed the mill by gravity fall throughout thus holding the operating expenses account at the minimum their ditch almost completed will give them fifty horse power sufficient to operate mine mill and light plant it is an ideal site for mining operations and the ground js s destined to earn the fortunate owners a nice bunch of money mr fralley will spend the coming season on the ground and assist in the process of development while in salmon mr fralick told a reporter of the herald that in all his travels he has never seen a country that presented greater opportunities for the investor than those to be found in lemhi leahi county in mining alone there will be colossal fortunes made ht has traveled all over the mining west and at no spot however well touted in the worlds marts has he seen more bigger or better chances than in the vicinity of shoup that mineral hill country is a wonder the kentuck and grunter mines will yield immense fortunes when reopened and worked upon a twentieth century plan there is plenty of ground around both these mines which will pay handsome tribute to the man of enterprise E S suydam has a great property the monolith is good and numerous neighboring prospects have all the earmarks of coming bonanzas then the field is not limited to shoup and pine creek there are mines in mineral hill that extend as far back as the state line and I 1 believe that some of the best of them have never been scratched there is the rich orr mine of which little is heard because its outlet is by wagon road from irom the head of owl creek over the bitterroot summit into montana it will speak a great piece when the railroad goes down the river because its tonnage output of copper and silver will be wonderful |