Show ELK CITY MINES statesman boise ida those who have no faith that old mining t districts that have long been in a dormant dorman t condition cannot be revived should derive some encouragement from such bases cases as that of elk city it was famous in the early days but in late years it had been more or less dead until within a comparatively short time recently however mining men have gone in there who know how to develop and these have been opening up the ledges from which the placer gold of the early days came As a result some very valuable mines mines are now on the list there and the developments indicate that the district will become a heavy producer and long continue as one of the great gold sections of the state the following from the grangeville Grange ville standard gives some idea of the importance of the developments that have occurred since the revival set in william allen alien who returned the last of the week from elk city says that the camp is making great headway this year A number of properties in the camp are being worked some of them quite extensively and all are said to be showing up well the buster mine is in the lead at present it was sold some time ago to a california corporation they have been working steadily A survey recently made by en engineer 0 ineer mcnutt of this city shows upward of of ore actually in sight enough to make a good mine in any camp in the world mr smith who held on to the property for more than twenty years is now one of the magnates of the camp mr allen alien was in the american cag e mine which has a tunnel in 1500 feet at that depth they struck a blind lead the presence of which had not been suspected carrying a quantity of fine ore the company will work steadily at development the work on the american eagle exten exen sion which property is owned by grangeville Grange ville parties is to be carried on quite extensively this season this was mr allens aliens principal mission to the camp the roads are well nigh perfect from switchback in to elk there is enough snow to make the best of sleighing this side of switchback they are not so good but still are passable |