| Show oden age junior mining company pioneer idaho rounds out mammoth proposition in elaborate detail following about ten years of indefatigable effort efort ft which was interrupted during the world war period of 17 to 1920 announcement is made by the management hat at the affairs of the golden age junior mining company ny operating in the pioneerville Pione erville mining miming district sixty niles iles north of boise idaho have been rounded out to a where mining and milling operations on an extensive pie ale are now under way this broad statement is em and can more readily be visualized by reference j the halftone half tone photographic reproductions of scenes about ne e companas comp anys works which go to illustrate this article and A pa ral vie mew of golden ape age junior mine and works new mill t on left small original stamp min mill in center no I 1 tunnel on the right glit aich aich were secured since the first of the present month by local al engineer neer who returned from a business trip to the TO Perty of the accomplishments ish ments of mining companies fail th I 1 ith magnitude are e rarely worked out and consummated vide ide such su plentious unpretentious will and determination without ingle publicity ity weing bem given them this enterprise seem is ls one of the that all that hat rare exceptions and for reason is i s related fated here will be real news to the readers of it bining ing review and the metal mining world in general property Is large and well developed idin the mining properties embraced in this companas comp anys ere comprising sing eighteen patented mining claims conina acquired in 1914 the the golden age junior mining IS ha was organized nihed to take over the property in april by a michigan Mich igal syndicate with F B leclear of lan Ouse as the i sing guiding spirit in the undertaking the official aln household 1 I hold olal as it exists today is made up as follows fred ackson mich alos los angeles calif is president F J thoman mich is vice president morris compton leslie mich second vice president F B laclear Lc Clear lansing mich general manager F W griswold lansing mich secretary the remaining directors being F H thoman and G W merritt frank C mitchell of salt lake city is general superintendent in charge of mine and mill the mine has been developed through three tunnels and a vertical shaft no 1 tunnel has been driven 2000 feet no 2 is feet long and no 3 is in a distance of feet the shaft which was sunk immediately behind the new concentrating mill building is down feet from the drifts several raises have been made some of them through to the surface and the management reports that a number of fine shoots of ore have been opened up these workings have recently been and found to be bein in good shape for productive operations future development plans it is stated contemplate the running of a long deep tunnel from the opposite side of the hill from present workings drifts cross cuts raises etc amount to over 1500 feet of work and the ore developed in them carries it is V F ilk interior glimmie of section of new mill showing solidity of construction and ami placing of equipment said values in gold silver and lead approximating 25 per ton new mill and other equipment the new concentrating and flotation plant was started in 1922 and the final placing of equipment has been completed one of the pictures gives an interior view of one section of the plant showing the placing of equipment it also illustrates the solidity of construction another picture gives an interior view of the saw and mill in in which every timber board and piece of finishing material used in mill shop and building construction was sawed planed and shaped for the purpose determined the new milling plant has a rated capacity of hs after through the buchakian bucl Bucha banan ian of crude ore per day passing crusher in the top of the building b the product passes successively ces through a wilfley jig grizzly to a six foot by 22 inch hardinge Han dinge ball mill thence to a cone classifier to parker flotation cells to dorr thickener to six six wilney wilfley tables interior viem allew vie M of company COU saw sav and mill the assay office is conveniently located and fully equipped with devices and machinery for the rapid and accurate metallurgical determinations that are necessary to successful mining and ore treatment operations all mine office and mill buildings are electric lighted and steam heated from the companas company comp anys cs own plants and this system also embraces the guest building the boarding house the bunk houses for single men and fifteen five room cottages in 1111 1 A A new clotel or guest houme haume which the married men and their families find excellent living accommodations on the hill above tile the new mill at an elevation of feet fire protection is provided in a gallon tank which is supplied by a 4 inch feed pipe and from which water under pressure can be directed against milland mill and any other buildings in it the camp should it at any time be necessary hec essary the little stamp mill is shown in the middle of the picture in which is located the new mill on one side and the no 1 tunnel dump on the other in III this mill up tip to 1917 the company took out worth of gold and silver but when lead began to show in the ores it was dec decided 1 ded that the methods of milling must be changed to concentration con cen and flotation so the little mill was closed 1 down I own and the new one was planned the location of the camp is a naturally beautiful bea dutiful one there is an abundance of fine water th the e streets a are re electric and the forest of timber that lighted ws gro grows 0 on n the c corn am banys possessions affords splendid adein sh th the e summer and protection from the cold winds of winter every cottage and building C in the place has an inter coni telephone system which is also connected up with ions distance service service to the outside and makes jo to give theresi the residents con comforts forts and conveniences th that a t are not e enjoy efEy many outside towns and villages the two large bunkhouses are capable of accommodate ing forty five men with single beds two beds to a room I 1 7 L 7 jr U Sh modern bunkhouses bunk houses for single men illen the guest house so called is really a small comfortable hotel it provides rooming aco accommodations ammo lations dat ions for twelve people and co contains n aliisa private dining roo room mi a as well in providing lit 0 1 all th these ese high cla class ss accommodations D the mana management dicent has kept constantly in view future as wb present requirements As the mine develd developed pid and thew fa cili ties for h handling fridling the mines product were provided it H was deemed essential that provision should be made folk fot t 4 T V A iv ea 47 1 typical rue five room r mully famil Cott cottages geo ther ere e aai aik courage the best class of men to seek employees employee it 1 mak alid and sur ethem satisfied with their treatment from the day they should hit the camp th tedi ceif it has taken a lot of time and a lot of money lave jave beeg ec mill cost alone to do the things that i arid done by the golden age junior mining conla ly ud 11 mining fraternity of idaho and the west W wi ill 1 of cess wish the company and its founders all kinds 01 their future operations |
