Show IDAHO thunder mountain news the empress alpress mining milling and milling companas comp anys property situated on botha creek two and one half ailes south of RooE roosevelt evelt has had a force of t eight men employed during the past summer under ed S superintendent A tunnel of some feet in length has been driven into to the mountain and a contact car ng values ot gold encountered mr has left to spend the winter in the east oise statesman information has reached boise that ore has been struck in the No chusa claim at thunder mountain belong g to S 13 longfellow this claim is im in wv west st of the missing link claim of the mysterious slide group the dincov ery thus carries the developed area west ward from the dewey property nearly a mile it is understood the or ore e found f on the na chusa is low JOW grade being similar in every respect respect to the great bulk of the ores of the district the fact that it has been found shows the deposit extends westward and gives added value to all ground in that vicinity silver city avalanche another good strike has recently been made on the famous old war eagle mountain this one is unveiled by thilo nette and the claim adjoins the Never sweat it is sai said d nette traced the vein of the latter property to the point where it enters his claim and there proceeded to develop it with most satisfactory results he uncovered a goad sized ledge of ore which runs high in gold some assays essays showing in g as high as to the ton several tons of the ore has been taken out already but the size of the ledge has not been made generally known though it is believed to be of good size and the showings are known to be very good boise statesman C E hayden arrived yesterday from dixie he is working property there called the cora D the property was located by him last fall it is on the vein developed in the reber property mr hayden states the ledge has been opened on the cora D and shows an average value of about M 8 a ton it is some feet wide as far as can be determined after doing the assessment work mr hayden and his associates selected a point farther down the hill where they have started a tunnel for development of the ground a contract being let to drive this feet the tunnel runs in on the strike of the vein it is the plan to crosscut after driving or feet in speaking of the property yesterday mr hayden said if it should prove when opened up to be as good as they found it where they did the work on the surface it would be of very great value as there was an unlimited amount of ore moreover this appeared appe ired to be perfectly amenable to the cyanide process A wallace dispatch says john M burke one of the most widely known mining wen men in the west has just completed negotiations for bonding the cooney group and the murphy kelly group which adjoin the tiger poorman mine on the northeast mr burke has taken the bond as agent for eastern capitalists of whom it is rumored thomas lawson of amalgamated copper fa faar M is at the head each group is bonded for approximately the first payment has been made and work has been started by mr burke the two groups are in a most favorable situation and are considered by mining men to be among the most promising in the coeur calenes dA lenes it is believed that the poorman lead traverses the claims they are located at the head of the town of burke the murphy kelly group consists of the marsh the william sulzer the lentz the jett jet t and the slayton claims which are on the north side of oneil gulch all are surveyed tor patent the owners are frank murphy mark cooney john kelly and mr lambert weiser signal J R foreman and E aw W sharai went to durkee sunday afternoon where they visited the group of mines owned by the former and associates they returned monday the visit was in the nature of a tour of inspection and examination and they bring back a very encouraging report there are four claims in the group the julia marlowe jennie pryor dixie no 1 and 2 which are located about half a mile from aukee mr foreman states that a 50 foot tunnel has been aliven on the jennie pryor which has opened up considerable good looking ore labe liberal ral sam samples ties of which they brought back for assay the surface indications on the entire group are splendid and extensive 0 |