Show IDAHO reports from the property of the old veteran mining company near burke are to the effect that the tunnel is now in a distance of about feet it is said that the companas comp anys vein is one of the most promising in the district and that it should bp be cut within another fifty feet oilman gilman rinehart of council who has a group of sixteen claims on i alica creek near that place says the mica is not only abundant but it comes in large flakes which makes it doubly valuable much of the surface product will run ten by twelve inches and that of itself is far above the average the ground has great possibilities the hecla mining lining IN company of wallace aias has leased the ton mill of the consolidated marsh company located about two miles from that city the companas comp anys mill at gem is now completed and the acquisition of the marsh plant gives the company a combined milling capacity of nearly 1000 tons a day john C wood of gem is mill superintendent for the company five claims adjoining the north star property of tile the federal mining smelt ing company in the wood river district out from I 1 jalley hailey have been taken over by major bajor fred R reed of boise and he is negotiating go dating for two other groups tile the property is partially developed by about feet of tunnels which have opened two iwo important veins carrying good values in silver lead gold and zinc the copper queen group of four claims situated about six miles from bellevue have been taken over by C R greene and ana associates of salt lake the property has been a producer in the past and ore av erasing above 20 in silver has been shipped from the surface picked samples from the claims run as high as ounces silver to the ton ier greene states that development work will commence on the ground in the spring and the expectation is that it will pay expenses from the start |