Show THE GILMORE MINE mines and metals wallace idaho it is learned that the texas mining district in lem leahi lemhi hi county idaho has been entered by pittsburg pa and salt lake utah people who are interesting themselves financially nanci ally in the lead silver mines there the gilmore mine the largest producer of the district and situated near the head of lem hi river is now owned principally by pittsburg men it has been recently examined by I 1 N denoon a manufacturer of glass and iron and E P jennings a mining engineer from salt lake city in giving a resume of their findings and past operations mr ross said we have been shipping regularly during the seasons that it is possible to haul over the roads 85 miles to dubois a class of ore that runs about 50 per cent lead and 25 ounces in silver to the ton it costs 10 per ton for the wagon haul 1060 per ton over the railroads to pittsburg and including smelting smelling sm elting assaying and sampling charges it costs 2860 per ton to market our product last season we shipped tons and will do better this year when the minority in teresta in the company were sold it was on the strength of my statement stat ment that we had tons of the character of ore mentioned opened and exposed in the mine down to the foot level in his report to mr denoon engineer jennings states that there is all of tons exposed or more than 2000 tons in excess of what I 1 claimed the property of the liberty mining company adjoins the gilmore and is also controlled by pittsburg capitalists it is claimed that the company now has 1000 tons of ore on the dump ready for shipment as soon as the roads are in passable condition the directors of the company have decided to expend this summer in installing a saw mill concentrator and doing further development work salt lake people are developing a property about three miles east of the gilmore after expending between and in development they are negotiating for other properties in the district |