| Show LOCAL MINING MAN BACK FROM IDAHO J SAYS FORD IS STIRRING THINGS UP according to A G guthiel who has recently returned from a trip ot of inspection to the twin apex silver mining companas Comp anys group of claims in the salmon river district idaho there is much atti activity vity in the section about clayton the ford company with its bond and option on the red bird and other properties he says is responsible for the awakening that promises to result in the greatest mining boom that the central idaho country has ever experienced since the ford company took hold of the red bird last fall practically a new town has been built up around the mine workings vor kings and according to mr guthiel it is one of the niftiest little places in idaho every improvement has been made with an eye to comfort sanitation and convenience to the companas comp anys including a water works system through which the purest mountain water is conveyed to the residents in a two mile pipe line in addition to the large number of men employed in the transportation department which handles all incoming and outgoing freight and passengers over the new highway between the camp and mackay there are employed at the mines at this time about eighty fi five ve men with everything to indicate that as development and prospecting operations expand this number will be largely augmented talk about system mr guthiel declared why everything moves like clockwork around the red bird and everybody seems to be happy and contented since taking hold bold of the red bird the ford company has come into possession of territory which is roughly about five miles square the old red bird is rapidly being shaped up for production and it is declared according to mr guthiel that some new ore bodies have b been een encountered while he could get nothing definite on the subject mr guthiel says there are unmistakable evidences that the company is contemplating the installation of a large plant for the reduction of mill grade ores of which there already is a available many thousands of tons with more being added all the time it is plainly evident mr guthiel declares t that hat the ford people are in there to stay the country all around is highly mineralized lazed and mr guthiel looks for the launching of many new mining e enterprises in that section during the next yurl year or two the twin apex group in which mr guthiel guthiel and asso cilles are interested comprises about a dozen claims a mile paid a half west of the red bird covering a para parallel alel vein 5 stern stem to that of the red bird and in one of these veins veins 1 lu congh tunnel workings fine lead sit silver ver ores are now beiji being de developed V eloped |
