Show IDAHO sixty men are being employed constantly by the idaho gold ruby mining company at its property at leonia this big placer undertaking development work on which is about at end will be in a position very shortly to demonstrate what it may accomplish the caledonia mining company d disbursed is its usual dividend of on november 5 this is at the rate of a cent a share on an issue of shares the payment will increase the total of payments for the year to and the grand total of G W showalter president of the mountain girl mining company with properties located in the valley creek country a few miles north of stanley reports good progress in mine operations so far this season a small force of men has mined and shipped twenty tons of ore that will average per ton in silver gold and lead with renewal of activities at the hecla and other canyon creek mines of the coeur calenes dA lenes the bunker hill smelter will enlarge its operations already the revival of a steady production of tonnage in all parts of the district has had its effect on the kellogg plant where more men are being added and additional furnaces brought into action work is progressing favorably on the drift on the foot level of the giant ledge mining companas Comp anys property near murray lead ore is encountered continuously and the gold values will average from to 7 per ton the steen shaft is the objective of the new work in which there is reported an eleven foot ore body that will average 17 in gold the silver lode mining and milling company of kellogg has filed articles of incorporation the incorporators are H D lance charles hollar D williams fred thiel and M W emmett the company is capitalized for and will take over and develop a group of promising silver lead claims on state creek southwest of wallace the excellent showing of copper that was encountered some time ago in a drift on the big ore shoot in the property of the bullion mining company at wallace is continuing according to reports from james H taylor manager over eighty feet has been opened up with values along the entire face of from 3 to 4 per cent and frequent bunches and streaks of high grade august paulsen of spokane has purchased the properties of the albany company for cash according to a report from wallace the albany group adjoins the omaha group already owned by mr paulsen the properties adjoin the hecla holdings on the south and are near burke the purchase is made from john H john dumphy and C C wynn ore in a body six feet wide has been struck by the blacktail mining company operating on the north side of blacktail mountain four miles from eagle idaho on the northern pacific railway says joseph president the body was encountered on the level and at a depth of feet on its dip the average content is to the ton chiefly in silver but streaks contain 39 to 70 two carloads of concentrates have been shipped from the mill at the interstate calla han hall company the product is zinc and goes to the grasselli chemical company these are the first concentrates to be shipped from any of the big mines of the wallace mullan and burke districts of the coeur calenes dA lenes since the mines were closed by the miners strike the company now has almost a full force of men in mine and mill A few men are returning to the district each day I 1 idaho is making a cleanup clean up of defunct corporations and in doing so the dragnet is catching many companies that are anything but dead but which appear to have neglected to pay the annual corporation tax or file the proper statements showing they are exempt from corporation tax these companies will lose their charters unless they pay the delinquent taxes before 4 november 30 or file with the secretary of state at boise the proper certificates showing right to exemption with the increasing demand and high price tor for silver the mines and prospects of the big creek district of the coeur calenes dA d ale lenes nes are attracting unusual attention ore is being shipped from the big creek mining milling company and the big creek leasing company the latter operating the yankee boy group which has yielded more than in silver lead and abid copper values A concentrator cen capable of handling from 75 to tons of ore daily is under construction for the big creek mining company another promising property in that section is the sterling silver mountain group owned by spokane and kellogg men |