Show IDAHO challis silver messen messenger ger D E mccallum president odthe foreshoe Ho reshoe copper company is up from mackay speaking of his companas comp anys mines he gives out the information that the property is looking better each day and hopes in the near future to commence milling the ore silver city nugget mr P F G dark clark has resigned neil the of the trade dollar extension mi mining ning companas comp anys property and he and mrs dark clark will take their departure for salt lake within a day or two after having resided here just long enough to cause many regrets to be expressed for the leave taking of this very pleasant young couple challis silver messenger col james A mcfadden returned one day last week from salt lake where he had been down to get gei the deed in escrow for the yankee fork mining property which was cancelled on january 1st ast the hartford company failing to 1 make a payment on the mine on that date of so the colonel is again in possession of the property he says the mine is looking good and there is a a good body of high grade ore in the lower workings there is a scarcity of miners in the camp he informs I 1 us a at t least fifteen good miners could find nd employment at the yankee fork mine sandpoint standpoint Sand point news there has been a good deal of excitement in the tyson mining camp in the south end of the county this wedi week over an imbor important tant strike reported from the fRich richmond pond the news of the strike was made known at the annual meeting of the stockholders tock holders held monday at tyson it was i deported that in the right wing of the tunnel of the richmond workmen have struck the ledie ledge i the surface showing of which caused consi considerable demable de rable excitement two years ago the pay streak is about fourteen inches wide and the ore is said to be highly oxidized and the gold free assays essays on the surface showed and p pan an tests indicate higher values at the new strike boise statesman in a short time the lincoln mill at pearl will be running on full time owing to the limited water supply it has been impracticable to keep the plant working 24 hours just as long as the water lasts and is then closed down for the day arrangements are in progress under which the water will be settled after being used it will then be pumped back and used again in this manner a supply sufficient for continuous operations will be secured the mill has been handling some seventy tons toils of ore daily but when it can be run continuously the amount handled will be nearly double that figure in the mine a new level is being started it Is at the acot station the shaft shaff is being continued the purpose being to keep the mine developed far ahead of extraction ot of the ore challis silver messenger C E eddy was in challis last week fresh from loon creek where he had been to look over his mining interests he is now giving his whole time to mining having sold his interest in the custer prospector all except the heading of the paper which he retained which he hopes to launch a paper in thunder mountain next summer of that name he says he has made a deal whereby park city mining men have agreed to buy the crackerjack group in loon creek which comprises six quartz and two placer claims which are located about one mile from the lost packer on grouse creek and is supposed to be an extension of the gold dollar claim which is very rich an 80 foot tunnel has been driven on the crackerjack group and with 25 feet more of tunnel it is expected to tap the 8 foot ledge salmon herald A C waugh postmaster of junction was here on business monday i leaving A T bruce to take care of the postoffice post office in his absence the latter by the kindness of mr waugh sent the herald some encouraging samples of copper ore from a 12 foot outcrop on the reliance lode owned by mr bruce in the spring mountain district the ore is clear granulated quartz and shows good values near the surface mr waugh was making his quarterly settlement as road overseer with the commissioners he says the prospects of the upper lemhi leahi are notably bright for 1904 the gilmore people are employing a strong force of men and shipping ore steadily to redrock bedrock notwithstanding the efforts of teamsters to remove the product the ore is constantly piling up at the mine the gilmore company will son be in shape to ship a carload of ore a day and there will be so methin finore doing there in the I 1 spring A dispatch from lewiston says frank brown general manager of the jumbo received word yesterday that the cleanup clean up in the 14 stamp mill tor for january had reached grangeville Grange ville and amounted to over in gold bullion concentrates saved amounted to about more the result of the anual meeting of the stockholders of the crackerjack company at grangeville Grange ville has also been received the directors elected were george K reed james witt rufus hawley H W brown and claude flint the following officers were elected president george K reed secretary rufus awley ri treasurer H W brown manager frank brown the crackerjack is rapidly approaching a condition when all the contemplated tem plated improvements being completed the work of milling ore will be resumed the light plant is now completely installed and the cyanide plant will be in place in very short order the air compressor it is thought has reached the hump and will be in place in a short time development work on the mine continues and a magnificent ore body is being opened up |