Show IDAHO elk city mining news the tunnel now being driven on the brown bear claim by the idaho red river mining company has just entered the second ore shoot the vein here is four feet wide with fifteen inches of good ore the ore is very soft and is much oxidized but the values have not yet been determined the tunnel is now in feet and has a depth of feet elk city mining news word has been received from golden to the e effect that the lower crosscut cross cut tunnel on the wonder has entered the vein from what can be learned the ore is very rich and is of the dairie same character as that found in the upper workings this tunnel will give an additional depth of feet capt C E sample of the buckhorn is in camp making arrangements to ta start up as soon as the weather permits challis messenger T R jones came up from blackfoot saturday evening H he e was accompanied by a mill man it is said that the parker mining company has a ten stamp quartz mill on the road and it is the intention of this company to get the mill hauled to the mines this winter while the snow is on the ground as it can be hauled now more easily than packed in in the summer as there is a wagon road only part way there is no doubt but the mines will pay big profits with a proper kind of a mill to treat the ores |