Show THE COPPER QUEEN GROUP tribune dillon mont the copper queen group of mines near cold spring station lemhi leahi county idaho changed hands today they were bought by duluth capitalists who have organized the copper queen mining and smelting smelling Sm elting company capitalized at shares at the par value of each they will begin operations at the mine at once this mining deal has been on since last spring the property has been visited several times by mining engineers and experts whose united reports were so favorable that J C mcfadden of butte who promoted the deal had no difficulty in interesting duluth capitalists who are the largest subscribers for the stock there has been already sold shares of the stock at par the money has been paid in and is in the bank the company takes over the three patented mining claims the copper queen blue bird and gold flint owned by T E G lynch of nova scotia mr lynch is well known in dillon where he has many friends and acquaintances who will congratulate him upon his good fortune this group of mines is well known in this part of the state and is well thought of allY ny persons always contending that there iva was the making of a big mine there all it lacked being development the mines have been under lease and bond for the past two years to poindexter and haw their lease and bond was bought by the duluth company and these gentlemen received a handsome sum for the same which amply repays them for the development work they have done this mining deal means much for that mining district and this county being in such close proximity will be greatly benefited in many ways all the supplies for the mine will have to go in via redrock the new company will begin at once to sink a foot shaft and will drift at each foot level and expect to open up grounds sufficient to supply a ton smelter which will be built early next year A crew of fifteen or twenty expert shaft men will be put at work at once under the supervision per vision of A K mcdaniels mining engineer of the boston montana company who will be the superintendent of the new enterprise the capacity of the present concentrator will immediately be increased by the addition of new and improved machinery to ti the capacity of tons per day new buildings will also be erected for the men the extent of the operations to be carried on by the new company ought to be an inducement and an incentive for the building of that long talked of railroad to the salmon river the copper queen was discovered and located june 26 1883 by sharkey chamberlain ber lain of idaho all of the development work has been done on the queen and the blue bird veins the queen has five tunnels from to feet in length the five tunnels show a continuous ore body for feet through figh the four tunnel levels the ore bodies are richer and larger in the lower workings than in the upper no copper mine ever opened showed as large a percentage of gold as a by product as the copper queen |