Show i the city is at present over crowded with mines miners looking for work most of them A have arrived fr from om colorado where they left 0 on n account i oi of strikes es while a few f e w have come from butte prospector tombstone arizona As we go to press we learn that colonel judson spofford and a now new jersey capitalist are in town in the interest of the proposed electric line this is a proposition the citizens of cottonwood should not pass up and we believe they will see it rightly when the matter is presented in the proper light if an electric line crosses the prairie it should run through cottonwood and the business men here can not afford to let it miss us it means too much to us to let it go by without making an effort to get it here chronicle cottonwood idaho hon R W mcbride of salmon arrived in town last wednesday evening he will have charge of the idaho mineral exhibit at the st louis worlds fair and is making a tour of custer county to collect mineral specimens from the mines of the county and he requests all who have ore samples to leave them at some convenient place and he will call and get them A good exhibit from custer county will be a big advertisement verti of the mineral resources of the county mr mcbride hopes to make arrangements range ments with mr enos watson of challis who owns two of the largest and best mineral cabinets in idaho to take them to the fair as aney would alone make an excellent cel lent exhibit of the ores of this portion ot of idaho silver messenger challis idaho A rich strike of ore has been found one mile east of the depot near gunnison the ve vein it is 15 feet wide and an average sample of the ore showed values of 1250 in gold 13 in silver and a higher percentage in lead the vein is on the belt of mineral country that runs along through the mountain east of this valley and it is the same as that over which considerable stir is being ng made in the vicinity of monroe richfield reaper T johns rigby president of the rigby reduction company at mayer left this morning to do assessment work on some fine looking prospects that he owns out that way herald prescott arizona when the old Winn amuck mill remodeling is completed for the ohio copper com banys use the old shell will be about all that will have been left undisturbed several weeks will elapse before all changes can be made they include a complete rearrangement of machinery installation of electric power the introduction of new rolls and there will be six wilfley tables three taking the place of the old cambut and woodbury tables an addition to the lower floor and large ore bins are under construe construction Bing bingham liam bulletin |