Show IDAHO excellent showings are announced in the great divide mine at leadore where a steady development is going forward empire copper company of mackay report that there are thirty one different leasers leaders operating on its property at the present time about one car a day is being shipped the federal mining an and d smelting smelling Sm elting company is completing a tunnel that will connect its independence and north star mines near halley hailey the bore penetrates a mountain and will permit the rapid delivery of ore from the independence mine to the north star mill the federal federa I 1 mining and smelting smelling Sm elting company is planning ing the erection of a club house bouse for its employees at mullan A gym swimming pool bowling alleys billiard and pool rooms and a dancing floor are to be housed in a building estimated to cost it is reported that caledonia of kellogg is producing and earning about or a month which is somewhat less than its present dividend rate of a month the company has a considerable surplus and probably will continue the present rate until some time during the coming year when it may be necessary to reduce this rate the caledonia mining company has declared its regular monthly dividend of 26 according to stanley A easton president at kellogg this is at the rate of a cent a share on the issue of shares payment was made on december 5 the forthcoming disbursement will increase the total payments for the year to and the grand total to the cabinet range copper company has begun operations on the pilgrim mine according to S B holbert a director the property is comprised of six claims lying between murray idaho and noxon montana and not far from the jack waite country entrance is obtained by way of noxon powder steel and other supplies have been provided for the winter one of the wealthiest japanese tea merchants in the united states with his associates socia tes has secured an option on the gold stone mine on pratt creek twenty two miles above salmon and as soon as certain of the claims are patented the new owners will assume control the purchase price is given as one half of which will be paid when the patents are assured concerning the resumption of work by the wardner leasing company under the town of wardner idaho J D owens secretary says we will first the shaft which is down about feet and when this is done we will extend the drift from the bottom of the shaft which is about feet long we believe we will catch the ledge that crosses milo creek on the ground covered by our lease and when this ledge is reached we expect to find a large body of ore rapid progress is being made in the lower crosscut tunnel of the sterling silver mountain mining company located on big creek in the coeur calenes dA lenes specimens of native silver taken from large pieces of float encountered in driving through t the e slide rock in facing up the tunnel for deep operations are being chown big cree creek c properties are engaging the attention of some of the big concerns of the east two of the properties being under examination by engineers said to represent new york interests virginia capital has become identified with the treasure mines company having property in elmore county says bob mabry an official A total of will have been expended when the mine reaches a producing basis of tons a day part of which comes from the virginia interests A deep tunnel will be extended to several veins containing gold bearing ore and the capacity of the mill will be increased the mine is in the rocky bar district home of the elmora pittsburg goat and other mines credited with a yield of several million dollars in free milling ore it has been comprehensively sampled assayed and subjected to analysis in the last six months by J P F stanford mining engineer and W A brockway chemist and metallurgist F S rice who until three years ago was treasurer of idaho county for twelve years is in moscow on business connected with his mining interests at florence he says snow has fallen to a depth of twelve feet in the mountains and greatly interfered with the freighting of supplies Kup sup plies lilles his company recently completed a mill tor for crushing ore on its property near the old waverly mine of a capacity to take care of all the ore they will be able to mine in excavating for the plant a ledge was uncovered seven feet wide that reaches back feet to their tunnel florence is the center of the district in which the first great gold discovery in northern idaho was made about 1858 60 which resulted in a great influx of gold seekers from all parts of the united states and in making the district the most notorious of the west |