Show IDAHO boise statesman harry clyne has returned from thunderbolt where he has been employed on some work for the trappers flat company he reports the mill gift started before lie he left and was running very smoothly the tram was also giving perfect satisfaction the mine says mr clyne shows large quantities of ore and it is of good grade it has all the appearances of a fine property boise statesman the tunnel on the twentieth century companas comp anys property in in the black hornet property has been driven nearly 50 feet into the ledge and shows an average value according to manager oberbillig of at least 5 a ton he states there are some very rich streaks and he is now satisfied the property will warrant the erection of a reduction plant the same tunnel pushed ahead will eventually cut the red jacket ledge salmon herald george S dewis of baker was in the city tuesday he has just got back from redrock with the new hoist for the copper queen mine on agency creek there are thirteen men working at the copper queen now and the new shaft is already down a distance of sixty feet the big hoist will be set up at once after which the hole will walk into the earth a little faster the new boiler to operate this plant alone weighs pounds silver city nugget when mr lee bunch was over here a month ago he secured an option on the commoner mining property from mcleod hogan and nugent the owners for last friday mr C B hurtt of boise who is in with mr bunch on the deal came up here and closed the option by paying the owners 30 per cent on the purchase price and delegating mr K H mcleod to order lumber and have a hoist placed on the property preparatory to doing more vigorous work silver city nugget col J F sullivan has cut across the ledge in the lower tunnel on the sullivan noble property and found 1 it to be twenty five feet wide and similar siella r in character to the ore found nearer the surface it is heavy black iron stained quartz he suspended work the abe day before christmas to have samples sam plies taken and assayed wanting a place to store the ore he will not begin drifting until ore bins can be built parties who have been in the tunnel say it is one of the biggest propositions on florida mountain emmett index news from the easter group at pearl states that the property continues to improve A splendid road has been built to the claims and the company will put on quite a force next month the adjoining property known as the dewey has been leased and considerable good ore is being taken out the dewey is the only property in the district that is spoken of as favorably by the local miners as the easter companas comp anys claims considerable stock of the easter has been sold at this place and president 0 N callender who is in the east reports that money to put the company on a paying basis is being raised rapidly because of the splendid showing made salmon recorder it is reported in local mining circles that the big yellow jacket mine has been sold to a strong new york syndicate the transfer resulted from the recent visit of engineer bradley who represented some very wealthy capitalists the purchase price has not been made public but it is over a quarter of a million dollars the yellow jacket mine is one of the great bonanzas of the country but it was wrecked by mismanagement in the same old way of extravagance waste and impractical methods one of the largest ore bodies in the state of good values lies waiting for the 60 stamp mill to be put in commission by a practical operator to make a producer of millions even the tailings pile holds a half million spokesman review work on a concentrator cen to cost will be started early in the spring on the property of the marguerite gold mining milling company on the north side of lake pend dorceille dO near hope idaho said W R eisenhour one of the stockholders when seen yesterday the company has planned to expend on the development of the property next year the property was located four years ago by jeff johnson now superintendent of development A tunnel was driven feet and ore was drifted on feet showing for the full length of the drift ore six feet wide carrying gold silver and lead in paying quantities the average value as shown by tests of pound samples shipped to the smelter was 32 a ton the ore admits of concentrating seven to one A tunnel is being driven in the lead and is in ore averaging 15 a ton this tunnel 4 will develop the ore to a depth of feet |