Show MINERAL EXHIBIT AT BLACKFOOT the central idaho mineral empire was the easy winner willner of the award for the best mineral display at the eastern idaho district fair at blackfoot recently says the mackay miner this display consisted of a miniature mountain upon which was placed a concentrating mill the type used by the livingston mines corporation of mackay on the road leading to the mountain side were small mack trucks representing the trucks used by the idaho commission and transportation company in the hauling of concentrates and crude ore from the mines off at one side was the actual mineral diff displays lays from the following mines livingston mines corporation livingston vein little falls vein and the franklin vein mines company horseshoe mines company idaho metals company and fords red bird mine also smaller groups of mines actual assays essays on the ores in the display were placed on a large card with each numbered to correspond with the that numbers on the ore samples one of the assays essays stated the sample contained in gold and silver values as much iw as per ton while many of the assays essays ran over ounces of silver and more than 50 per cent lead to the tonit different dlf lif feren ferent was pointed out that so far this year the mines and mills at mackay and surrounding coun country try had shipped approximately tons of lead silver concentrates and 1792 tons of lead silver crude ores |