Show IDAHO shipments of high grade silver ore were made recently by the silver hill mining company controlled by a group of spokane men the property is on black tail mountain near pend oreille lake the showing of ore in the inclined shaft being sunk by the marsh mines consolidated company of wallace on the russell claim which the marsh has leased from the federal is improving with depth the consolidated interstate callahan mining company at burke proposes to change its name according to reports issued from their new york office the title suggested is the callahan zinc lead company T B cosgrove manager and foreman of the west hunter company who is conducting the west hunter crosscut through the tha american commander ground says that there is now eight inches of high grade galena in the face of the crosscut recent development work at the giant ledge companas Comp anys property on granite creek four miles east of murray has opened up one of the largest ledges in the coeur dalene district according to L W jackson consulting engineer development plans involving an outlay of have been made galena ore in a body eight to ten inches wide has been struck at a depth of about 1000 feet in the property of the american commander mining company says J L 1 martin of mullan idaho the vein in which this ore was struck has been penetrated for eight feet or more without arrival at the wall the crosscut tunnel of the Hypo mining milling company at wallace has been driven more than feet in the property says otto A manager of the property the tunnel is not in therein the vein but is near it according to indications the slips are mineralized and the ground has become blocky it is probable we are in the 11 the consolidated interstate callahan mining company operating near wallace Walla cep has declared a dividend of 2 per share payable at the rate of 50 cents a share quarterly march 30 june 30 september 30 and december 30 1920 making a total for the year of with the payment of the march dividend the grand total will aggregate Q according to a report issued recently recent C E B coon of hope idaho has purchased a group of twelve quartz claims and a at the head of no business canyon in the heath mining district for a reported consideration of the claims adjoin tile the I 1 X L group owned by the bunker hill and sullivan company development will start about april 1 the silverado mining property which is developed with thousands of feet of underground work has been leased to four wallace men william faille fahle knute Rosed alil oscar johnson and emil petersen according to a wallace report the property is near osborne and the lease includes a 50 ton concentrator built four years ago and said to be in good condition the great strike made in the plummer tunnel of the north star mine the property of the federal mining and smelting smelling Sm elting company six miles out of hailey is reported as being the most sensational ore discovery ever made in that portion of the state if not in any camp in idaho the full face of the tunnel is reported to be in a solid body of galena ore the property is located on tho east fork of big wood river several miles below the holdings of the mascot M M company ltd where important development is now under way shipments from the interstate callahan mine since january 1 shows excellent results obtained by the improvements and changes made in the mill last summer the improvements were made to secure a better separation of the lead and zinc ores and a closer recovery during january the company shipped dry tons of zinc concentrates cen averaging 50 per cent zinc and less than 4 per cent lead formerly the lead content was 8 and 9 per cent during the same months lead shipments totaled 1600 tons establishing a record due chiefly to improved milling but partly due to a larger lead content in the ore the lead shipments average about 20 ounces in silver during february there was some lost time but the value of the shipments was higher than in january |