Show IDAHO the giant ledge syndicate a common law trust havi ha ing holdings comprising claims in a locality tour four ml miles southeast of murray and one half mile south of raven rave n wi I 1 I 1 shortly incorporate it was announced recently the sy adi cate has sixty five claims in one group known as the giant ajla ledge twenty claims of the ten to one mining property and eight claims of the little baldy at the jim blaine property south of the lookout tain mine in the pine creek district the crosscut tunnel tum has been extended feet and lias has recently encountered encounter stringers of ore Z giving giving b indication of the approach to the main ledge edge crossing the property to the south of the placer r creek fault this is one of the deepest tunnel develop rl ants under way in the pine creek district and will reach deac its objective at a face depth of approximately 1000 feet feel since the pittsburgh idaho mines closed th the hiorns sig b 0 I 1 activity about gilmore are not so noticeable but several se properties are still working and regular shipments of 0 lead silver ore are still going to market the latest aut eni e ni d ploys close to thirty five men and produces its accas volume of ore and harry knight is working a lease oil the allie property employing about a dozen men men the x of 5 f burg idaho is hot notably ably rich in its volume of hresc g 0 merchantable ore and it is believed that as soon as r respecting b title shall have been settled the mine will resume operations salmon herald A small concentrator of a new type is to be installed at the eldorado property located just east of kellogg ab ground was broken recently for the plant and installation of machinery will be made as soon as possible fred tolson and associates of portland ore oreon oregon Z on have taken a three year lease on oil a 15 per cent royalty basis on the property and will at once erect and install the first unit of ten tons capacity of a barrel mill manufactured by the new jersey concentrating company additional units can be added when necessary A new compressor has been ordered and other equipment will be added with which to operate the mine lV wallace allace miner A four foot face covered with silver chlorides and some gray copper has been opened in the lower tunnel of the first national silver mine on big creek near wardner according to L L brainard of kellogg them scene of the discovery is feet west of the surface shaft on the diamond claim where iron droppings crop pings appear prominently development is progressing on an important scale and the region will be explored thoroughly within the next few months A crosscut has been extended south for feet water flowing from the crosscut is dark brown suggesting the presence ahead of an oxidized zone in which the disclosure of ore is expected development work in the silver crescent property on moon creek near kellogg has brought out a good showing of ore of high average assay count dc according cording to F C bailey secretary of the northwest mining association who is also secretary of the company assay reports show a run of from 12 to 70 in silver lead and zinc the company owns six claims veins run for feet in virgin ground and contractors are now driving a tunnel on one of them by hand drilling at a rate of 35 feet monthly A unique financing plan is being attempted by the company whereby stock is given the purchaser outright upon agreement to pay an assessment levy of a mill and a half a month until the mine is on a paying basis |