Show IDAHO junction standard thirty foot breast of ore all of which is being shipped in the crude to utah smelters shelters sm elters is the present status of the pittsburgh idaho mine at glimore gilmore and this showing does not represent all in sight for the present shipment of fifty tons of ore per day does not altogether come from this particular point in the mine junction standard mining and shipping of ores from the pittsburgh idaho and the latest out at gilmore is on the increase a car and a half or seventy five tons per day being the average days haul from the mines to purcell siding on the G P branch and arrangements to further increase shipments to tons is under way so that the weekly consignments consign ments of ore to utah smelters shelters sm elters will be in the neighborhood of from thirteen to fifteen cars weiser signal william caldwell of cannonsburg Cannons burg pennsylvania secretary of the keystone mining company in the seven devils mining district arrived in the city wednesday to look after his properties mr air caldwell will be here but two of three weeks but during that time will arrange for having the assessment work done on the properties the claims owned by the keystone company were formerly the property of the iron springs mining company mackay miner mr lew rampton and wife of salt lake arrived the latter part of the week and left immediately for the alto district where mr rampton is interested in the group of claims upon which he and earnest wooley and associates of salt lake city spent a large amount of money in the last few years in development works mr Ram visit to the property at this time is to put a force of men at work to develop the plant and to perform the annual assessment work wallace miner another sensational strike is reported from murray it was made in the electric companas comp anys property on bonanza gulch a tributary of butte creek and situated about four miles from town when a round of shots was fired friday night in the tunnel a ledge of shipping ore three feet wide and six feet long was exposed containing gold silver lead and copper news of the discovery was brought to murray and caused considerable excitement M ent no assays essays have been made yet salmon herald the copper star group of claims of big eight mile creek is attracting considerable attention at present it consists of three claims covering a big deposit of carbonate copper ore and is situated about seven miles up tip the creek from its confluence with the lemait lemhi river this group belongs mostly to F G benninghoff but mrs bowden of salmon is owner of a one eight interest therein samples of the ore have been brought to town showing the richest looking malachite and azurite we have ever seen it is said to run 7 to 8 per cent copper 6 in gold and 3 ounces silver per ton opening by drifts and shafts show the deposit to be very large with ore in the face everywhere mr bennighoff who is aiming to develop it is an miner of the coeur calenes dA lenes and knows a good mineral thing when he sees it he sure has something that looks good this time |