Show PEARL IDAHO AN ACTIVE CAMP Spec special kil correspondence pearl ida june 12 the lincoln mine has recently opened up a large body of ore that is richer in gold than anything ever found in that great mine it is not a little pocket but a great chute of high grade ore that is being behig sacked for shipment the level in the lincoln has been run for 1300 feet in ore every foot opened up showing pay values the checkmate is being systematically developed by expert mining men the crosscut to south vein has cut into the best ore yet found in the mine and when the north vein is reached and opened up the Chech checkmate mate will be one of the great mines of the state in the black pearl recently the vein was struck at feet and drifting in ore is in progress the size of this vein has not yet been demonstrated but enough is known to justify the assertion that the black pearl will be one of the breadwinners of the future this mine has up to date equipment a fine gasoline hoist cornish pump etc last week the shaft at the friday mine at a depth of feet encountered the vein and tue the ore brought up more than satisfied the owners and development so far shows that they have only six feet of good shipping ore the J I 1 C is being equipped with a fine gasoline hoist and cornish pump to enable the management to more economically develop the mine and show up the strikes made in the property some weeks since the 1 I X L has been developing ore during thle the past winter and has opened up some very large bodies in the eastern part of the property the el paso company has blocked out several beveral thousand tow tons of 0 atod ore since last fall and is now running a long working tunnel from rock creek to cut the vein at greater depth this company will erect its mill on the rock creek side the two tunnels on the pearl companas comp anys property are both in ore and contracts have been let to drive them both ahead during the present season and before the snow flies the pearl company owns a large number of claims in the pearl camp and during the present season will start work to develop others owing to being unable to handle the water with the hoist the blue bucket was forced to shut down temporarily a fine steam hoist with cornish pump will be installed at once and operations resumed to systematically open up this old producer that in the early days of tile the camp held the record for high grade ore since installing the fine steam hoist the management of the osborne mine has been rushing work very rapidly taking out good shipping ore and piling up their low grade ore for the concentrator the success of the osborne now seems assured the united mines long tunnel Is now in the vein and the showing is all the management could hope for the concentrator is reducing about seventy five tons daily the concentrates going to the smelter at mackey the boise papers claim that the electric road read to the camp from that city will be built during the present year such a road will pay dividends from the day it is opened allow inc to call your readers attention to one fact i e every property in the pearl camp that has been developed to the depth of feet has proven a mine in my next I 1 will tell you of some of the meritorious prospects in this camp |