Show IDAHO the columbus mining b company has received a n new ew compressor which will be installed on its property on oil eagle creek at once george saad reports that the shaft of the gold mine on his farm near troy has been sunk to a depth of 24 feet and the ore is of an even better grade than that found at the beginning of the work according to reports a second furnace is to be blown in at the bunker hill sullivan smelter in the near future the increase in capacity is made possible by a recent accumulation of ore from mines of the coeur dalene region and the favorable freight rates from british columbia points recently established four men are employed by the west hunter min ing b company on oil mill creek near mullan they are engaged 1 b ed in driffin drifting 1 I east from the crosscut run from the main tunnel of the american commander the drift is now reported to be about feet in length the purpose beins being to get under tinder a promising showing disclosed in a shaft near tile the top of the hill lessees lessels operating Z on the pio property perty of tile the western union mining miniva company near wallace shipped ore having havin a an gross value of between november 19 1920 and august 18 1921 according to recent reports the net sill smelter elter returns were and the royalty these returns encouraged C the company to continue the leasing leasin system four sets of lessees lessels are now at work it is reported that the caribou mining in bonneville co county anty has encountered a ledge b of high za 1 13 grade ore 16 in wide in tunnel no 3 of the caribou mine no assay has been made but mining Z men estimate that it will average 1 I 70 per cent lead and between 20 and 25 ounces of silver to the ton work on the lower tunnel is progressing fast it is estimated that 40 feet of crosscutting cross cutting will be necessary to strike tile the main ledge ledcke an option on the stock of the hill mining company slaughter house gulch in the coeur calenes dA lenes and the property of which adjoins the east caledonia on the east has been secured by patrick brady and W J stratton A vein four feet wide containing 4 per cent lead and six ounces of silver to the ton has been intersected by a crosscut at a depth of 2000 feet driven by predecessors was reported recently the ajax mining I 1 company expects to drive a tunnel on oil new Z ground near burke in the near future according b to A C bixby manager A wagon road will be built to the site the ground will be leveled for new buildings and the compressor and other machinery will be removed from the moonlight tunnel the work is well advanced the tunnel to be driven will attain an additional depth of feet below the workings 9 s in which ore was disclosed J W buchler manager of the silver reef mining company of the couer calenes dA lenes reports that the company will soon commence a pro program t ram of development through tile the lower tunnel of the homestake Home Horne stake mine the silver reef has secured an easement to use this tunnel by ext extending endina b tile the tunnel about feet an additional depth of 1100 feet will be secured giving a total depth of 1700 feet below the surface in the lower tunnel of the silver reef mr buchler reports an ore shoot feet long sometimes 12 feet wide with high grade ore on one wall directors of the sunshine mining company were nvere elected at the annual meeting of stockholders at wallace Z i recently the company has holdings on beaver creek in the coeur calenes dA lenes president dan mcgrath expressed confidence that during tile the corning coming year the coni company pany will wl resume operations on oil an extensive scale directors are ar dan mcgrath president john lucas vice president 14 J J hull secreta secretary ry treasurer treasur er eugene R day and A L horn G eker all of wallace and david C smith and dr E r ellis both of missoula montana that the bunker hill sullivan mining canceri concentrating company intends to eng engage age in in a comprehensive river invests investigation aaion of mineral possibilities in tile the wood KI country of idaho is evidenced by tile the taking of obbo bo rids oil three properties and its negotiation for another the plop pa of p arties involved are credited with yields of many ill million illion dollars in high grade lead and silver ore to pioneer operators without having been penetrated to great depth an and d it is believed they can call be made responsive on a large scale when the wood river fault problem is solved it appears that a study of the problem is a purpose in the bonding of the properties by the bu bunker fiker hill |