| Show AT THE ASTER MINE index emmett idaho one of the most promising properties in the pearl mining district is the easter group comprising in all six claims all adjoining and lying but a short distance west of the famous lincoln mine last week the writer had the pleasure of visiting the easter group in company with F W reed of fremont michigan who is halt half owner and general manager of the property mr reed who has been spending some time in emmett looking after his mining interests in in this section is highly pleased with the showing that is being made by the easter and well he may be although development on the claim is only yet in its first sta stage g e there is now several thousand tons of ore on the dump that runs in value from 3 to 5 per ton this ore has been taken from a tunnel that is being driven into the hill to tap the main ledge which is expected to be reached in about feet the tunnel has already been opened up for feet and is thoroughly timbered in first class shape right from its entrance A solid body of rock which assays essays from 3 to a ton was encountered in this tunnel from the start and still continues and at a distance of feet from the opening a cross ledge leage several feet wide was cut which runs much higher in values than the large ore body that is being tunneled into it is believed by the management that when the main ledge is reached which will be at a depth of about feet the ore will run high in values as this has been the history of all of the best developed properties in the pearl district mr reed may well congratulate himself that he owns a half interest in the easter claims as we predict from the showing evident on the surface that this property will with proper development be ranked among the foremost in the pearl mining district and we will further say that if the veritable mountain of mineralized rock that these claims are composed of were located in the mining sections of many states they would be considered nothing less than a bonanza |
