Show IDAHO pierce city miner H L gray has been a appointed superintendent for the french creek mining and development company ltd mr gray is well acquainted with the locations on french creek having put in about ten years of his time over there halley hailey times an empty car is to be on the sidetrack at the halley hailey depot tomorrow to be loaded with zinc ore from the war dance mines for shipment to denver this is only an experiment as not a pound of zinc ore has ever as such been shipped from wood river or from idaho for that matter pierce city miner W 0 calhoun was in town from his claims on the divide between quartz creek and snake creek mr calhoun was feeling very good over having struck the ledge on his claim a few days ago which he says is looking fine his claim joins the claims of bloyer and montgomery on the north mountain home herald M F leech superintendent of the mono tunnel and mines at rocky bar passed through this place tuesday en route to boulder colo for a visit with his family before leaving the dar bar mr leech let a contract to ike fitzwater for extending the big tunnel feet further under red warrior hill weiser signal H C nichols who for several months past has been in charge of the silver king mill at warren arrived in the city mo monday aday afternoon from that place mr nichols states that the mill was shut down for the winter in the meantime a number of changes will be made in the machinery and a general overhauling given it mr nichols and another party have secured a contract from the silver king company to run an foot tunnel on their property mr nichols is en route to his home at nam pa to remain two or three weeks and win then return to warren to begin work on his contract he states that there is considers con sidera ble snow on the trail between the lakes and warren halley hailey times the miners who came in today report an important strike of ore on om the foot level of the tiptop mine this strike was made some weeks since as the drift on the level has been run over feet since the ore showed in its face and ana top and it is evidently extensive as a a raise started in it at the end of the feet yesterday is all in ore wallace mining journal manager daxon made a visit of inspection to the tarbox mine two and a half miles north of saltese maltese Sal tese last week accompanied by peter kau the well known millwright mr kau made liae trip to inspect the and ascertain the flow of water of packer creek before preparing plans to the record editor mr kau said the tarbox company has a fine site for a concentrator and the water aval available lable will run a ton plant the estimated value of the ore now ready for the mill is salmon herald A remarkable story of rich coverings un comes from the copper king group of mines on beaver creek showing a greater and better ore shoot than ever before fritz gilbreath one of the owners has worked there steadily all the year the copper king tunnel is in feet being a drift on a vein ten to thirteen feet wide theore on recent development is fast growing in quantity and value it is solider golider and is running into copper glance it carries 40 to 50 per cent copper besides considerable gold and silver |