Show IDAHO in the mint mine emmet index the rock shows cons constant tant improve improvement bend horseshoe hoe at horses with each foot opened u up p in therun the tun nel captain parker says the ledge is not far ahead now and he is expecting to cut it in a short time A highly mineralized rock is now being taken out emmet index the nellie mine at horseshoe bend has been equipped with an air compressor and drills and as soon as the electric motor arrives rapid development ot of the property will take place A party of illinois stockholders spent several days this week at the camp and it is reported that a reduction plant will soon be erected weiser world president D C nevin ot of the iron springs mining company returned saturday from an extended trip east in the interest of his company he stopped at denver while en route home and purchased a carload of machinery for the cyanide plant and the bomp companas comp anys mines it should arrive next week and will be taken to the camp immediately upon its arrival at council silver city nugget van curtis of vale or who has been here for several weeks working assessments on a couple of mining claims owned by him near the old trask took out about seven tons of high grade ore while doing the work and is stopping here to have it crushed he expects expects to get enough bullion out of it to pay him big wages for the time he has been here boise statesman the sunnyside Sunny side mine at roosevelt is constantly improving and from present prospects it seems certain it will make a showing by spring as good as was ever hoped for it captain the superintendent has been working wonders there and the results are far ahead of the most sanguine expectations getting a clear idea of the course of the ore body he is following it up with surprising results salmon recorder D langel was up from his mines below shoup the latter part of last week with his regular cleanup clean up he reports a rich strike on pine creek recently mr john banata has found a ledge several feet in width carrying good values about ten inches of the vein assayed around in gold he is prospecting it vigorously and expects to do much development this winter A H brown formerly of ulysses is interested in the property weiser signal W C colwell general manager of the little el frieda mining minin 9 company arrived in the city thursday afternoon from an extended visit to the properties on war eagle mountain near warren he reports everything progressing very satisfactorily in all departments at the mines and the properties are showing up fine considerable work is now going on in that and adjoining districts with good results e work continues on the warren big creek road in the vicinity of payette lakes silver city avalanche it is reported that dark clark bros two of the most successful prospectors in this camp have recently discovered a wonderfully rich ledge near pauls station the vein is nine feet in width and carries free gold some of the particles being as large as grains of wheat they say also that the ore carries tellurium which if true will make the find very valuable the location is about nine miles from silver as the road goes but it can be reached much nearer on foot or horseback silver city avalanche A recent visit to de lamar reveals the fact that the camp is bloking better than for several years this new life is caused by the rich strikes that have been recently made and the further fact that the company is rushing work on the mill when the workmen get through there will be practically a new mill with modern machinery throughout new men are being added to the force as the work advances so that they can be used to advantage it is predicted that when the mill starts up it will prove that the camp is as good as it ever was boise statesman A party of eastern people who had been out to examine the nellie mine at horseshoe bend returned yesterday the party included charles 0 melser meiser of chicago W S long of Bru ill C W espey of chicago E B nelson of vermont ill and C G C gilliland of bloomington ill some of these are stockholders in the american exploration company owner of the nellie and others are contemplating investment in the company they are all well pleased with the property mr meiser is an old miner having followed the business ness s in colorado for many years and came out here representing a number of stockholders he was wonderfully pleased and gave I 1 it as his belief that the property would turn out to be of great value he had an opportunity to observe the development of the adjoining property and is satisfied that the nellie will be equally as good when the ledge shall have been reached by the long tunnel now being driven M E hopkins manager of the property is looking for other interested persons out in a few days |