Show IDAHO ar salmon herald P T casey has just completed an eight foot raise for the gold dust company connecting the tunnel with the shaft intersecting a body of the finest free milling ore in the county weiser signal J and L of denver colorado practical fillmen mill men left for rapid river yesterday morning they are in the employ of the rankin general milling company and will have the management of the running of the milling plant being erected by the rankin company on their mining property halley hailey times irvine E rockwell manager of the minnie moore company and mine manager of the idaho consolidated mines company visited the red cloud group of mines last saturday in company with three associates in the latter company this thi s visit was preliminary to presumption of operations on the red cloud halley hailey times the dithmer group has a body of ore exposed for fer over feet along the drift it is five feet wide and assays essays 43 per cent zinc and 1 l some gold silver silve ve i r and lead this zinc ore is expected to pay all development costs and a besides sides s as soon is as the concentrator bought in iii salt take lake by byh H H cullom can be put in commission mountain home herald J A white loaded his teams tuesday with lumber ani and mining supplies for the lime creek gold gold mining company on his returnee return he will load with machinery and lumber for the lawrence consolidated mining company also located on time lime creek developments in this district continue to look very flattering for these mining companies boise statesman C R johnson arrived yesterday morning from salt lake where he has been during the last two months he said laid he came to begin work on the charlotte gulch property in the basin he will have charge 0 lf f the development of this promising property and wilt will begin with a force of men the first of the week the rac rich ledge which crosses the ledge will be opened up and systematically explored belth without delay silver city avalanche Aya lanche S B longfellow departed for home tuesday morning after having made a thorough test and examination of the homestake Home stake property before he left he let the contract for running a foot tunnel which will tap the ledge at a depth of feet to thomas harland and patrick butler two practical mining men they commenced work yesterday and will push the work to completion as fast as possible they are working three shifts of eight hours and are paying per day mountain home bulletin normay t manager for mr atwater and others of the well known bascomb property accompanied by thomas musgrove returned last tuesday evening from new haven conn where he passed the winter mr program contemplates extensive development work on the property referred to and for the present the ore extracted will be stacked in order to carry out this plan no mill runs fo t 0 be made tor for the present at least his companion mr musgrove Is here in the interest of eastern capitalists and will investigate conditions in this district preparatory to a report thereon to his bis principals and upon the complexion of his bis impressions depends a possible heavy investment in the bascomb section both gentlemen left for bascomb today mountain home herald the elmore group of mines at rocky bar consisting of seven patented claims hoisting works and fifty stamp mill has been sold by ex sheriff C M nicholson to a pittsburg pa syndicate this is a cash deal and development woric work on the property will commence as soon as mining supplies can be delivered M fi leech who so successfully managed this same mining property in 1888 1889 wil aiu have full charge of the works for the new owners mr leech is now in mountain home and will soon go to rocky bar to commence active operations on the old el more mine though what his plans are we do not know all old timers in this section will hall hail mr leechs return to elmore county with much satisfaction as he Is known to be a careful and conservative mining man and also that he made the old elmore mine a noted dividend payer while under his management boise statesman one of the most important transactions in the pearl district of recent date was consummated yesterday when colonel G W E dorsey who had completed the organization of a company the day before secured title for his corporation po ration to thir thirty tyone ty one mining claims on the east side the property is in six separate groups so situated as to secure a promising showing on nearly every good vein that has been exploited on the rock creek side of the camp on some of the groups considerable development work has been done on one a tunnel has been driven feet to crosscut a vein that is eight feet wide at the surface the surface showing is very flattering assays essays having been secured running all the way from 1901 to in gold to the ton the tunnel will tap the ledge at considerable depth when it has been driven about feet further and every indication points to the opening up of a valuable property when the ledge is reached development in the pearl district has proved that the veins all increase in width and carry higher values as depth is attained |