Show IDAHO ore from the face of the tunnel in the bullion property near wallace is expected to carry 10 per cent copper and is improving with depth the sterling silver mountain mining company has resumed operations on its property on big creek cedar creek mining development company is preparing to resume operations on its property in the summit district closed down since june the silver dale big hill mining company operating in the coeur dalene district has issued a favorable report fore shadowing a resumption of operations when the water supply improves snow motors are being built in spokane for the idaho continental mine they will be used to haul ore to the railroad at port hill twenty six miles distant the caledonia mine at wallace will pay its usual dividend of 1 cent per share for october july earnings were while in august the output was considerably increased and earnings will be larger the pioneer mining company operating next to consolidated interstate callahan in the coeur dalene district Is to resume after being closed down since the war started extension of the lower tunnel is contemplated using the figures of state mine inspector robert N bell of idaho as a basis a production of is credited to the couer dalene district since its inception as one of the prominent mining districts of the country extensive additional development is to be carried out at the amazon dixie mine at wallace the main working tunnel is to be carried 1000 feet further and the shaft deepened feet electric power will be installed the contemplated work will cost the thornton mining company is reported as making good profits from old tailings the mill is handling tons daily and producing a concentrate that runs 30 per cent lead and twenty five ounces of silver it is said that the company hasten has ten years operations ahead of it F 0 mccall superintendent of the great divide mining company at leadore Is authority for the statement that workmen have encountered a large body of high grade sil ver lead ore the higher grade has values of ounces of silver and 36 per cent lead while the low grades average 4 ounces of silver and 4 per cent lead porphyry copper fields in the heath district in southern idaho at some time may rival the famous utah copper company claims according to D C livingston professor fe asor of geology at the university of idaho who returned to moscow recently from a trip during which he examined several properties in the seven devils district and nearby territory two feet of shipping ore has been struck in the northwest face at the foot level in the property of the black bar barb b manil mining ng company at hailey according to a report from E G bowen manager the ore has an average content of ounces of silver 10 per cent lead and some gold gola the shoot lies in a vein twenty eight feet wide containing milling ore the geology and mines of the pine creek district which lies just south of the well known coeur dalene lead silver district is made the subject of a recent geological report by edward I 1 jones jr recently published by the united states geological survey as bulletin A the bulletin is entitled A reconnaissance of the pine creek district idaho A vein of ore thirty three feet thick and proved for a distance of feet has been uncovered in the triumph mine near hailey assays essays of the new find show values of forty ounces ounces of silver 38 per cent lead and 19 per cent zinc although a big percentage of the ore will pay to ship it is the intention of the company to erect a mill to take care of the remainder the golden age junior mining company of boise operating at pioneerville Pione erville has completed the shipment of seven cars of concentrates cen from recent milling operations and now has the eighth carload on the way to the smelters shelters sm elters the management is making preparation for the beginning of a new development tunnel which upon completion will block out enough ore to keep the com banys milling plant in operation for several years to come dr den ben R koering is consulting engineer and metallurgist for the company |