Show I 1 IDAHO salmon city recorder rumors of a rich strike an immense body of rich ore has been discovered near this city within the past three weeks wee ks but for the present we are not at liberty to inform our readers farther we will tell you all about it later on t wallace journal the standard mine will have its electric cars running about the middle of february hauling ore through 1 I the feet of tunnel from the shaft to the receiving bins this improvement will make the standard one of the most perfectly equipped mines in idaho cuprum standard sim ford superintendent of the ford selzer mine at black lake came down from the mine monday looking for six men to work on the black lake property the balance of the winter he stated that he had run a tunnel over feet this winter making an average of over two feet to the shift they have in the neighborhood of seventy feet more tunnel to run before ta tapping p ping the ledge which will take about six weeks A moscow special says word was received in moscow today to day from the hoodoo pining mining district to the effect that the ledge on the gold mountain companas comp anys property there had been tapped and that its richness exceeds anything yet discovered in the camp several moscow people will leave for the camp tomorrow to morrow the strike of rich ore at depth on this property is considered of much importance and the liveliest interest has been aroused here silver city avalanche work at the sinker tunnel is progressing very satisfactorily and at the time of our visit the big 1 bore had reached a length of feet last friday da y afternoon an accident occurred to one of th the boilers which closed down the work that night 1 the casting connecting the boiler with the mud drum cracked half way round and edthe the other boilers were cold for cleaning put out quite a number of the boys at the tun nef are suffering with the prevailing la grippe but none are seriously ill A aadne wardner d dispatch says As an evi evidence d ence of the money that is allowed to go to waste because no one thinks how hov to save it a recent occurrence is cited three men turned the water vater out of the flume through which milo creek i is s carried into the town and went to 0 shoveling out the ore which had settled in the low lof places in the flume it took the three five days to get it all out when they sold their ore receiving 85 each for their five days work the low spots had served as natural settling ng tanks but no one had ever thought of it before idaho city world V van buren is now the owner of the Friday mine mind and mill at pearl the property was sold at sheriffs sheriff Is sale on the of last july to pay off debts against it aggregating mr van buren bid in the property for the said amount the owners had six months in which to redeem and falling failing to do so mr van buren now new holds a sheriffs deed to the property the mine has been developed to the depth of feet the present owner will pump out the mine and extend the tunnel on the lower level the mill is a five stamp with wilfley tables mr mi van buren will work custom ore while developing ve the friday wallace mining journal terrence P purcell and william powers are the owners of the horn silver siskiyou you belle fraction and the curragh buck claims which are situated about two miles east of mullan in De admans gulch the claims were located in 1889 and considerable work has been done every year the horn silver has a crosscut tunnel of feet and a drift on the ledge feet for a distance of sixty feet from the point where the ledge has been intersected some high grade silver ore was taken out the width of which varies from four to fifteen inches one assay made by mr keifer of the morning mine gave ounces of silver and 63 per cent in lead the average value of the galena ore is 42 ounces ounces silver and from 35 to 45 per cent lead the property is considered valuable and negotiations are being made to incorporate the properties in a short time and to develop the same on a larger seale scale |