Show IDAHO hailey times in sinking the shaft on the eureka mine at bullion a few days ago a foot of solid steel galena was cut I 1 into 11 to this is at a depth of about feet and the shoot seems likely to prove very v valuable leable T the he ore is worth about a ton emmett index the black pearl has received three carloads of cyanide tanks for their new mill at pearl they have also received received four eldridge concentrator cones the latter will be used to concentrate the pulp before it is cyan cyanided idea the mill and reduction plant will be ready to start up october 15 weiser world C 0 davis lett left monday for logan creek in the big creel creek section of thunder mountain where he is interested in mining minin g property he received receive 1 a letter last week from his partner V bower who is developing the property that lie he had made a big strike and to conie come immediately and C 0 pulled out for the scene of the discovery as soon as he could do so boise statesman twelve inches of solid galena is said to have been opened at a detthof dep feet in the eureka shaft al the bullion mine the ore is worth per ton ion machine drills are being usel in sinking and in an air compressor will shortly be installed A similar strike of galena is reported from the foot level of the tl ie relie claim belonging to the idaho consolidated mines limited emmett index 0 N callender returned from michigan tuesday Tue sJay very much elated over the success of his mission there michigan stockholders are cleasel pleas el with the report of the men sent by them to investigate the property ind and decided to raise sufficient funds to develop the mine A m set ing of the stockholders was held there which resulted in a request for a larger representation of eastern men in the directory and mr callender was reta retained ned as president of the company the meeting was harmonious and the outlook for the future of the buckeye is bright boise capital news new A dodd F F fisher T H manning and george W green of boise are the principal owners of a group of seven claims callej the silver bell group located in custer county fourteen miles from ketchum that give promise of making the owners wealthy every foot of development work ind indicates cates larger ore bodies and higher values an average sample of the best grade of ore was sent to boise tor for assay the returns showed a value of sixteen ounces of gold and ounces of silver to the ton and 66 per cent lead making a total value per ton of A force of men is at work drifting driffin on the ledge and taking out ore the first ore will be sacked and shipped to the amel the ore bodies are very large they will be developed with a view to putting a mill and concentrating tables in early next summer when it is expected good dividends may be earned the property is located in a rich belt which has produced produce a millions in silver spokesman review the idaho giant situated two miles south of mullan mull an idaho is making an exceptionally good showing according to arthur A booth who has h as re r e bently returned from that region the mine has been worked more or less for the last twelve years at present there are 1200 feet of tunnel on the property ani a force of men is employed in drifting on the vein which shows good promise recently a gasoline engine and blower hive have been installed for ventilation purposes and a larger force of men can now be employed the presen present work is in following the vein and the company expects to be under the ore shoot in three months there is a wide ledge on the property and the main shoot is now about three feet wide according to mr booth however it is expected that this body of pay ore will widen out at any time the ore is of low grade but the mine is regarded as having a good future the mine is owned by local people the principal shareholders are george martin J F herrick D K mcdonald and i E hoppe salmon herald news was phoned to salmon this morning that the kittle kittie burton mill and cyanide plant at ulysses was destroyed by fire last night the whole plant excepting the assay office being a total loss the fire is said to hive have started in the b battery at room supposedly by a spark from the stack everything was so dry that it aspre spread 1 d with great rapidity and soon enveloped everything ery thing there were but three men in the mill at the time the accident is a calamity to lemhi leahi county and the keenest regret is felt by all people it was a thirty stamp mill with cyanide annex large steam power as well as water power plants and every facility for thorough operations under the efficient management of mr R L El E awards edwards this mine has been opened up and the mill built and put into commission mr edwards has shown himself a strong and capable manager of such affairs ani and the loss of the works under the circumstances is prof profoundly found felt by him the kittle kittie mill cost about and was insured through the agency of langsdorf co for two thirds third that amount silver city nugget the recent strike on the ruth mine and the finding of the main vein only goes to illustrate the wise policy of crosscutting a ledge when evidence of ore is to be found clos closely iely connected with the vein the ruth mine was lately acquired by george W westlake anil and jack lewis who proceeded to develop it according in 0 to modern methods with the result that t the he main ore body is discovered covered Is showing a well defined vein over twenty inches wide of gold bearing free milling quartz ore the ruth is an old location situated on the northwestern slope of war eagle mountain the formation is normal and metamorphic granite the vein is split by altered granite which the previous owners mistook for the hanging wall and development ment was confined to a small strata ot quartz accompanying the foot wall A tunnel el was driven on an the ore streak a distance of 1100 feet acdore and ore extracted which netted the owners a little over the work cost about and can be used to advantage as the main ore vein lies only afif teen feet from the foot wall and plainly shows the comb structure of the fissure vein veil system mr westlake has had the ore tested in order to determine the best method of treatment and the metallurgist reports that it is susceptible to the cyanide process A shaft is ii being sunk on the property and drifting will be done on the foot level |