Show IDAHO elk city mining news W C mcnutt engineer for the umatilla mining company returned tuesday evening from the com banys property where he had been doing surveying he reports they have struck a body of sulphide ore and have drifted on it about 25 feet and crosscut 12 feet both drift and crosscut were still in ore so the width is not known eighteen assays essays taken by joe sugars show an average of close to m 10 picked samples would run high elk city mining news A strike has been made at a depth of about 90 feet on the capstan property which lies on one of the big ridges southwest of buffalo hump near the salmon river the strike was made at point about feet from the portal of the lower crosscut on the property and opened up four and one half feet of gold ore no assays essays have yet been made of the ore but it is said that the rock pans most s the property is owned by eastern people silver city nugget the addle addie mill Js is now running twelve hours a day on potosi ore and is making an excellent saving of the value of this ore which has always been considered so refractory during the past week the management of the potosi mine assisted by walter cook and jim smith have made a series of experiments in treating this ore and have accomplished a great saving as a result at the mine ten men are employed four of them sloping and sorting the ore which is hauled to the mill wallace mines and metals A strike of six feet of high grade milling ore has been made on the property of the imperial mining company near burke the ore is lead carbonate and was encountered at a depth of about feet john H the well known mining engineer of this city is one of the heavy stockholders of the impe rial company the larger block of the outstanding stock is held by california people principally in los An angeles gelies the property of the company is located southeast of burke and lies between the gertle gertie and the copper king wallace press ore valued at 1500 a ton from assays essays made has been discovered in the hunter tunnel the valuable strike was made yesterday morning in the long tunnel about about 50 feet away from where the last strike was made two feet of gray copper was struck and assays essays of this ore made yesterday afternoon showed it carried 2100 ounces of silver and per cent copper giving a total of 1500 a ton this is one of the richest strikes ever made in the coeur calenes dA lenes the the tunnel is now about feet away from the line of the amer american can commander ground and it is thought the lead crosses the claims of the latter company mackay miner H W weiler has placed on our mineral display table a very fine specimen of gold ore from the golden sun beam which has attracted much attention and admiration from those who have seen it the ore is a formation and is sprinkled all over with free gold and is certainly a very handsome specimen mr weiler displayed the sample in salt lake on a recent visit to that mining center and it attracted much attention there where the nevada craze has such a hold on the mining men that nothing else no matter how rich seems worth while glancing at the sample runs very high in gold and though perhaps a little better than the average from the big ledge from whence it came it is nevertheless characteristic of the mine mr 0 E gable is working on jordan creek one of the biggest and best gold mines in the wallace mines and metals the galena mining company owning a group of claims at burke opposite the hecla is preparing for the installation of the machinery to develop the property on a large scale for nearly ten years the property lay more or less idle with only a little work being done three months ago the work resumed men have been driving a raise and clearing oft off the surface for the reception of the machinery the raise is now to the surface and as part of the machinery is already on the ground this will be installed the rest of 0 the machinery has been en route from portland for nearly a month and is expected almost any time when the machinery is installed the company will sink feet from the foot of the raise and then drive a crosscut to get the ore the claims are now incorporated the chief owners are dave hozman of spokane and A W mcgune mccune of salt lake |