Show IDAHO wallace mines and metals rich ore has been found in the tunnel on the sidney group of claims which lies near the nabob on pine creek the tunnel is in feet the led ledge lede e is about 40 feet wide and on the carries about 10 inches of purel pure shipping galena A wardner dispatch says wesley J i herring and silas brainard this week completed a foot contract on the property 1 of the samson mining development company owning claims on big creek the showing in the main tunnel iel 0 of 1 this proper property ty is coming up to the expectations of the man argement and the last 50 feet of work has jj been in an ore shoot of carbonate nature ai carrying high values in silver and copper work will tie be resumed as soon as supplies can be got to the property silver city nugget work in the north drift and crosscut on no 2 level in the po josi asi is being steadily pushed ahead with a machine drill and yesterday a stream of water was encountered while drilling this water is draining from the knickerbocker shaft a distance of only a few feet and it is confidently expected to break into the ore shoot within another day drifting south on no 2 level still continues and a very rich body of ore continues in face assaying better than per ton the mild weather of the past two weeks has caused considerable trouble on account of surface water draining into the minet mine wallace times A stringer of native copper eighteen inches wide has been encountered on the property of the legal tender mining company at a distance of feet in this was entirely unlooked unlocked for in fact the presence of native copper was unknown the miners employed did not recognize the metal and were throwing it over the dump they are now engaged in picking it up again said george H heller yesterday in a 70 foot shaft we encountered iron and some copper but we never thought we had a body of it we will now go ahead and ascertain the extent of the strike the principal stockholders erg of the company reside at st paul buethe offic ciers lers reside here A J burlett of osborn is president A H featherstone of this city secretary and mrs elise heller also of this city is the treasurer |