Show IDAHO boise statesman W C simons has filed location notice with the county auditor of the fine gold placer claim situated about one mile above the black horn et mine in wilhite gulch hailey times chief engineer fred sullivan calein came in from the golden star st ar mine last evening and returned there this morning he says that H P taylor the new superintendent has made and is making many changes calculating to facilitate and cheapen the work and that in moving the pump an and other machinery he frequently makes a hand like any other workman recorder salmon city idaho G B dickey and burrell rood recently began prospecting some placer ground about feet west of the leesburg hotel last thursday they struck some very rich pay dirt some of which runs as high as 20 cents to the pan however they have not sufficiently opened up the ground at this writing to fully determine the extent of their discovery wallace cor boise capital news the fler hercules cules mine of which so much has been said and written of late has made a new records the northwestern sampling works recently made an assay of some selected ore and today made a return reporting ounces of silver to the ton this is phenomenal and shows a continued improvement in the ore the ledge is now twelve feet wide the mine is not shipping the supposition being that they cannot get a smelter to take the ore silver city avalanche manager britt of the poorman gold mines ltd is busy these days preparing for the installation of electric power in the poorman properties superintendent phillips of the swan falls power Pow erCo co was here the first of the week making estimates for the same the poorman company have expended thousands of dollars in the development of their mines on war eagle mountain and we sincerely hope they may soon be among our large dividend payers |