Show THUNDER MOUNTAIN NEWS special correspondence roosevelt idaho april 7 1904 superintendent abbott of the sunnyside Sunny side company has returned from a trip to lo boise and brings the news that in an interview with governor morrison he was assured that as soon as a survey of the last part of the wagon road was completed via east fork of the salmon so that comparison as to cost could be made with the line via S W fork of monumental creek the long disputed question of route would be determined and work of building the road on the line decided on would be pushed to completion this summer the sunnyside Sunny side the burr oak tunnel on the sunnyside Sunny side is now in over 1200 feet foreman wagner says that the ore body found in the north drift of cf the upper tunnel will be reached in about feet this crosscut tunnel is feet vertically below the upper tunnel in running a crosscut in the west tunnel a body of ore has been drifted into that averages per ton in gold for seventeen feet and the side wall has not yet been reached A contract for cords of wood will be let in a few days and active preparations installing the milling plant will commence as soon as the snow is away the mysterious slide martin curran of boise has had a force of men running a tunnel on the mysterious slide group of five claims adjoining and just to the north of the dewey grounds the breast is now in more than feet and about feet below the surface indications are that the contact will be reached in about forty feet more of driving assays essays taken as the work progressed show values from 2715 to 6 per ton in gold joseph davis and J shaw are managing the work it the H Y group work anthe on the H Y group is progressing apy ader the charge Of of foreman busby A tunnel on the dakota claim is noy nor in feet the ore differs from most of the ores of the district in having more iron iro sulphides sulp hides and they carry from 1 to silver per ton boulders Bowl ders of diorite are rae met t with in the last fifty feet usually surrounded by the highest grade of ore for the last feet the values have run from 4 to 30 per ton with an average of fully 6 per pei ton A force of men is at work clearing out the cave in the mollie tunnel preparatory to to continuing the bore commencing a few feet from the mouth of the tunnel and for thirty feet in the ore is of the uniform value of 6 per ton the mollie is at the head of divide creek and is the lowest in altitude of any claim of the group the mill plant for the group will be placed on the cornish creek side of the divide work of installation will soon commence the climax on the upper end of the climax group a double compartment shaft is now down dowil sixty feet all the way in boring ground composed mainly of a soft conglomerate and clay mixed with quartz boulders bowl ders the stuff carries fair values as shown by daily assays essays A steam hoist will be put in as soon as transportation will permit at the lower end of the group a tunnel has been driven feet and has cut a succession of phonolite strata from four to twelve inches thick having the same pitch as the hill and from eighteen inches to three feet apart the including ground being a ore having values running from 5 to 20 per ton A few assays essays gave as high as 70 per ton the gold plate george D smith co have star started teda a tunnel on the gold plate group of two claims on the east side of monumental above divide creek they got into ore that assays essays per ton within ten feet with a steep hill in front of them feet high where they can make foot per foot in the tunnel they are well pleased with the outlook A E BORTHWICK |