Show IDAHO an important strike is reported from mackay as having been made in the black daisy under development by samuel reed and M geary they have opened six feet of lead silver ore of a shipping grade and are preparing to increase their working force the find is in virgin territory and is is regarded as of great importance in that district salt lake interests headed by A S thatcher have formed the rankin creek placer mines company to work placer deposits on rankin creek in custer county it is said that work on the ground in the past has proven values of 3 to the yard the gold being the coarsest in the district tile the gravel is covered by an overburden less than ten feet thick the july double dividend 50 cents per share of the great bunker hill sullivan operating at kellogg brought the disbursements for the present year to date to above the million dollar mark or the company has paid the same amount each month this year the grand total is 19 R A brockman is chief engineer for tile the company F 0 mcfall A J smith and others have bonded the greenback property near the sunset at leadore and will organize the greenback copper mining company backed by sat salt lake interests they have already commenced work on the ground and are taking out shipping ore former owners opened an eighteen foot vein veil sli showing owing a good d grade of copper general manager A S ross of the wilbert mines company has ordered a new fifty horsepower compressor and an air hoist hois t for the companas comp anys property at arco A new incline shaft is to be started at once the mine is producing a a good tonnage of crude ore of high grade the june shipments averaging from to a ton there is talk of daubl doubling ing tile the companas comp anys dividend rate which has been quarterly for tile the past two years |