Show IDAHO at the wilbert property in the dome dis brict there has been a considerable improvement in the development showings on the foot level of the incline from no 3 tunnel the ore is showing better than on the level above the ray jefferson mine in the coeur calenes dA lenes will soon be equipped with power drills the building for the new sullivan compressor is now done the eighteen inches of steel galena in the drift from no 1 tunnel has widened to three feet in blaine county about six miles from the shoshone branch railroad A E custer and W C roberts of salt lake report a find of tungsten ore two narrow surface veins have been found in igneous country the veins are two and four inches wide in porphyry on may 8 the first car of concentrates was shipped from the national mill at mullan mulian eleven months from the beginning of construction of the mill the mill is close to 90 per cent of the values and is supposed to be making concentrates containing 30 per cent copper the martha shaft of the gilmore mining company at gilmore is being sunk below the main transportation level the and is sixty feet below this level on the tunnel level the fissure has been opened 1000 feet the indications of large ore re serves are said to be excellent the rainbow mining milling company plans to work the old rainbow property in the coeur calenes dA lenes extensively there is a tunnel in 1350 feet on the vein from which about feet of work has been done the vein is now six feet wide and the ore averages well in silver and copper plans have practically been agreed upon for the starting of operations on the property of the idaho los angeles mining co in nine mile section there is about 1100 feet of development work on the property H leithhead Lei thread and john W flink of los angeles and alex mcdonald of nine mile are directors of the company owing to the low price of lead it is said the frisco mine at gem has been closed some time ago the federal mining smelt ing company took over the property frow from D M hyman of new york under an agreement to develop and as soon as its expenses were won back in profits from the mine the mine was to become the joint property of the federal and of hyman the company the mine built a new mill and has been operating but has shipped nothing from the plant leading to the ir i 4 that the mill was not doing batts 8 factory work just what the resul toof tha th shutdown is to be is not evident 1 the national mining companas Comp anys new ton daily capacity mill near mullan which i began operations april 1 treated aPp roxi tons of ore in the first thirty days or a daily average of tons the mill now is running three shifts and it is believed that the maximum limit of production will be reached by june 15 as the machinery will have been adjusted thorough ly by then metallurgical tests of the tall tail ings show that the plant is saving 90 per cent of the values or 7 per cent in excess of the original estimate it was believed that but 20 per cent of the copper could he be saved in the concentration process but the months run shows 24 per cent the caledonia mining company is scheduled to begin shipping from the caledonia mine near kellogg according to advices advises from charles mckinnis general manager or of the company the raise from the long lower tunnel of the bunker hill sullivan company into the caledonia workings was completed recently and the entire output of the property will be handled through the bunker hill level the ton unit of thee the bunker hill mill set aside for treatment of the caledonia ores has been repaired and the machinery readjusted and the plant now is ready to operate the caledonia soon will be producing at capacity as the old workings have been repaired and put in shape and the mine subjected to a general overhauling mining operations on pine creek near kellogg are beginning for the summer and several properties have started work A contract has been let for feet of tunnel on the spokane group on the west fork ot of the creek to harry lots and the property will be developed extensively the international is working a crew and much development will be done this year the sher man also is preparing to put a shift on at once on government gulch the cooper rowley lease at the crown point has order ed a new jig and arrangements have been s smelter m el the made to ship two cars a month to all the ore to be handled through tho jigs the machinery for the me odd fellow group which will be worked by jeremiah miller and associates has been shipped and is expected soon the trail being opened to the property the machinery includes a I 1 compressor plant drills air line and other of the accessories for the development property the gertle gertie mining company which owns the gertie mine adjoining the hecla properties dri drive e a 1 10 g at burke is planning to re e lower tunnel from the calumet claim chalm through the bently acquired by the gertle gertie a 04 jt 1 russell owned by the federal company and portions of the marsh and hecla holdings into the gertie ground the bore will be started a at t a point fifty five feet above the creek level near the burke school house and will have to be driven approximately 3 feet before entering the gertie lines where a vertical depth of not less than 1 feet with he be attained the tunnel will cost about and will require fifteen months in driving work will begin about july 1 and it is estimated that the bore will be advanced about feet a month funds to finance the development will be secured by increasing the gertie capitalization from shares to shares which will be done at a special meeting of the stockholders of the company in its offices in spokane on saturday june 20 a majority of the shareholders already having agreed to the proposal |