Show 0 IDAHO mackay miner since the shay road was opened to the empire copper co mines the ore has been coining down to the smelter bins bills at a lively rate and so far thirteen cars have left the camp for the salt lake smelters shelters sm elters A shortage of cars has prevented even a larger shipment and the bins are full awaiting cars wallace miner some good looking ore has been discovered recently in the mother lode property at murray work here is going along steadily under the direction of william whistler the property is equipped with a 10 stamp mill which will soon be put in operation on the ore now being taken out which is being stored until a supply has accumulated sufficient to justify putting the mill in commission salmon recorder ralph nichols manager of the latest out mine at gilmore was attending to business matters at this point the first of the week mr nichols had charge of the great lead mine at nicholia in its palmy days and thinks his experience peri ence warrants him in saying that the gilmore country will exceed the old nicholia production in its output at present the latest out is and has been shipping ore in considerable quantities salmon recorder C A meacham of leesburg was a pleasant visitor to this city for a couple of days the last of the week mr meacham is recently from california but now has charge of the electrical department of the power plant of the leesburg mining co he informs the recorder that the power plant on big creek is completed and for some time past he has been connecting up the machinery at the italian mine and the holdings of the leesburg mining co the power plant will not only furnish all the power for the operation of their own mines but will have a surplusage which they will hire out to other mining properties in that section which will have use for it silver city nugget there is a great deal of activity at the banner mine and the management reports that with each days work the mine improves there are now thirty men employed at the banner and it is the intention of the company to have the mill running at full blast on or about the or of this month there is at present enough good ore already mined to keep the mill supplied to its full capacity until at least late next fall the tramway which is eleven hundred feet in length is covered the whole length with from four to fifteen feet of snow of which a crew of men are removing there is also another crew of men working on the roads putting them in shape for the heavy loads which will have to hauled to the mine wallace miner six cars of ore will have been shipped by the end of this week from the marsh mine two cars of concentrates cen and one car of crude ore were shipped prior to the present week and two cars of concentrates are being loaded at the mill this week another car of crude ore is being loaded at the mine also no returns have been received from the concentrates cen shipped but the car of crude ran close to 70 per cent lead with about 45 ounces of silver to the ton the develop ment work being done is steadily adding to the ore resources and the treasury surplus applicable to dividend disbursements will begin to grow more rapidly the directors hope to be able to declare the first dividend at the annual meeting of the directors in july |