Show OPTION ON THE HUMBOLDT special correspondence spokane wash may 21 announcement is made that a spokane syndicate has taken an option on the humboldt property in the mormon basin on the divide between baker and malheur malteur coun counties councle tle oregon the property adjoins the rain rainbow ow mine for which the united states smelting smelling Sm elting refining and mining company of salt lake paid and some stock though opened only to the foot level the humboldt already has produced it is developed by foot drifts on the and foot levels and the drift on the lower level still is in ore A test mill run made recently yielded a ton in gold on the plates the ore body so far shows the same shattered condition as was found in the rainbow to the same depth but the average of the ore is decidedly higher the ore body is from five to 50 feet in width and contains a streak of sulphide ore on the lower level two shipments from this shoot netted 1000 a ton spokane mining men familiar with the rainbow mine in the mormon basin awen tyone ty one miles from huntington ore recently acquired by the united states smelt ing refining and mining company of salt lake predict it will prove one of the richest gold producers in the inland empire the property which is feet above sea level is a free milling proposition and is equipped with a 19 stamp mill which will be replaced with an electric plant the mine has been operated steadily the last six years and in bullion has been taken out between the and levels the deepest development is on the foot level between which and the foot level the engineers report there is worth of ore blocked out the average value of the ore is placed at 19 to the ton the ore shoot is proved for feet the width being from six to forty feet |