Show NEW corporation TO TAKE OVER OLD MINES AT LEADORE IDAHO the creditors of the sunset mining company the kimmel mining company and the leadore mines company met in salmon idaho recently with lester E harrison and G C beal of kellogg idaho tomake to make satisfactory arrangements whereby the mining claims of those companies could be taken over for operation by a newly organized company to be known as the idaho premier mines corporation george johnston paris oneill max dubois and W R keating of leadore were present representing those who had claims against the properties the old leadville group was purchased and an assignment of the lease and option on kimmel company holdings while a mortgage was given to secure of the leadore mines company reports the recorder herald of salmon city headquarters of the new company will be in kellogg idaho mr harrison is a practicing attorney a former member of the legislature from shoshone county and mr beal is an experienced mill man paris oneill and max dubois are now employed and the force will be increased and development work pushed immediately it is planned that operating will be turned over to sheridan featherstone of wallace or some such leasing company who are equipped to carry on extensive work vork engineers willbe will be sent in tomake to make a thorough examination of the property it is expected that new and more efficient equipment will be shipped in and work be in progress by early summer leadville mine a real producer the leadville mine was located in june 1904 but active development work did not begin until a year later ore shipments began in 1908 and continued until 1911 when there was a change in management and the period since then has been spent principally in development work this property is developed by two tunnels and a shaft which teaches reaches levels intermediate between them the upper tunnel is feet long starting from a point above the shaft the lower tunnel enters the hill near the level of the valley flat reaching the vein feet from the portal and at a depth on the lode of feet the main opening at present is a single compartment shaft with dr drifts i ats totaling feet on the 65 and foot levels since 1908 the property has produced about in lead and silver bullion the leadville deposits contain lead silver ore remarkably free from other metals this gro group up is is i composed of 49 claims with approximately feet of underground workings |