Show operations ACTIVE IN edmore ELMORE AND boist BOISE COUNTIES IDA placer operations in southern idaho are undergoing a notable increase during the current year according to ravenel macbeth sec secretary y of the idaho mining association the la trinidad company of las vegas N M has equipped its placer property in the black warrior district of elmore county and M T rowland and associates asso cates of nampa have the machinery to install a gold dredge at the kempner ranch on crooked river in boise county this including the new mill of afie the lincoln mine will furnish a payroll tributary to boise of about the purchase of mine and mill supplies alone not taking into account the large consumption of farm products will amount mr macbeth estimates to or the la trinidad in 1926 said mr macbeth equipped its black warrior placer at a cost of over equipment was freighted Z into atlanta and then p packed ached about sixteen miles to the property at present elmore county and the company are building a wagon road to the district the total cost of the gold dredge at the kempner ranch on the crooked river will be under contract to mr rowland and associates when constructed and ready for operation the dredge is a threefoot three foot bucket sluice box type and will handle 1200 to 1500 cubic yards of gravel daily two 60 horsepower semi marine type diesel engines will furnish the power for the plant the contractors are a well known san francisco concern this plant pla i nt should be operating within sixty days boise county mining is is very active the iowa and gold hill at quartzburg Quartz burg rg is being by the talache mines inc of talache in bonner county for the purpose of making an examination of the property the idaia at quartzburg Quartz burg under the management of S M ballard is making a profit the boise placer is having an unusually unusually y lon long and successful season and manager blaine is all smiles as he continues to operate the largest hydraulic property in idaho the gold dredge and power company is working t its dredge in fine ground that is responding by turning out 9 gold old bricks for the boise mine the selective flotation plant of the mineral is producing high grade lead silver and zinc silver concentrates A factor that will be of b great importance in the mining development of boise county is the addition of a B horsepower unit to the power plant on the payette recently taken over by J R thacker and associates of chicago |