Show IDAHO walter V martin and E P adams adam operating a property on washington creek hear near warren have uncovered a rich five foot vein of quartz assays essays from which show values of to the ton the vein is supposed to be the mother lode of warren camp fire destroyed the bunker hill and sullivan north mill or experimental plant located on the tailings dump immediately north of the east concentrator on january 8 the mill is a total loss and the bunker hill company stands to lose about partly covered by insurance the south fork mining milling com pany owning the south fork mine in the ten mile section of the clearwater district of central idaho has sold a block of treasury stock to eastern capitalists for and will begin the erection of a mill on the property as soon as spring opens one of the largest important mining deals in recent years is reported to be practically completed at wallace it is the consolidation of the stock interests and holdings of the black bear mining company and the flynn group in the coeur calenes dA lenes with a sum to be paid that is said to be another rich property is said to have been discovered in central idaho near the location of the lost mine recently located by jensen brothers it is located on the breaks of the salmon river between two small streams known as five mile and lemhi leahi the locator is a man named carpenter the treasure mines company operating in elmore county has cut the first vein in its deep tunnel and is proceeding t in the direction of the second which should be reached in march in the upper workings of the mine ore is blocked out having a value of the values are in gold and the ore mills freely the rex consolidated mining company expects to resume operations soon according to a wallace report the work contemplated tem plated is exploratory and will be performed on the part of the okanogan Oka nogan vein veil reached by the no 2 level As this level opens on a tunnel the operation will be attended by no expense for pumping or hoisting and it is stated that no additional equipment will be necessary A depth of feet is attained on the no 2 level the consolidated interstate callahan mining company operating near wallace idaho shipped tons of zinc ore and 1100 tons of lead ore in hi december the zinc shipments were pounds higher in december than november the zinc concentrates are averaging more than 50 per cent they contain no other mineral values and are subject to no penalty the lead concentrates contain about 60 per cent lead and 20 ounces of silver to the ton the amy mining milling and devola ment company of wallace is crosscutting cross cutting from the bottom of a foot shaft to tap a vein that yielded ore on the tunnel level says M J schermerhorn a director the ore body is three to four feet wide on the tunnel level and the clean ore contains 60 per cent lead twelve ounces of silver to the ton and a small percentage of zinc according to the returns on three shipments the property is in the pine creek section of the coeur dalene region and near the railroad frank M smith assistant director of the bunker hill sullivan smelter and tor for afif fifteen teen years in charge of the A S R east helena smelter was recently in the coeur dalene district to acquaint himself with the ore production of the district and other details of the ore and smelter business the bunker hill smelter has launched out into the custom smelting smelling sm elting business and is looking for custom ores to treat at its kellogg plant this promises to be the most beneficial of any enterprise ever announced in the coeur dalene district |