Show NOTES FROM THUNDER MOUNTAIN special correspondence roosevelt idaho june 6 developments on the er Y property have met with remarkable results recently mr J B whitlock superintendent reports that the tunnel driven to cut the shoot of ore on the dakota claim has reached a distance of feet and high values are now being had assays essays are taken at regular intervals and have averaged 6 per ton for feet at feet assay of the whole face of the tunnel gave per ton at feet values taken the the same way went per ton the millie tunnel has been driven 52 feet and values at the present face gave 90 per ton other much larger values have been found within the past two weeks one going over 1200 per ton A 20 stamp mill has been contracted for and will be installed as soon as possible the double compartment shaft on the climax is now down sixty four feet in soft ore or and quartz boulders an assay of the org ore from the tae bottom of t p he oaken aken a few days ago gave per ton muel much higher values have been found superintendent abbott of the riverside reports that the west crosscut cross cut started jan uary ath last has been driven feet arid and drifted on for feet and with upraises up raises and dinzes have shown the ore body to he be at least thirty three feet deep this whole body of ore averages 8 per ton within this area forty two feet in length of the crosscut cross cut gave an average of per ton making more than half a million dollars worth of ore put in sight in the west drift alone since the first of the year the bore of the burr oak tunnel has reached 1390 feet and is now in soft rhyolite yielding and is getting very wet the dewey mine is being steadily developed toward the south the work has opened up a 70 feet wide that shows satisfactory values the tunnel on the mysterious slide group of five claims has been driven feet and good values obtained sulphides sulp hides in petrified wood and charcoal are some of the peculiar features met with in the bore pack trains are commencing to move and bids for the transportation of several honderd tons of freight are being asked for packer brown will make an effort to cross the monumental pass for the outside with his train of mules in a couple of days the season promises to be much more active in development and installation of mining plants than any former year now that it has been proven beyond question that paying values are here and distributed over a large area |