Show IDAHO emmett index the final shipment of machinery for the black pearl mill arrived in boise monday and is being hauled out the result of the new cyanide process which this mill is introducing after severe tests of its ability to save the values had been made is being eagerly awaited by pearl people as well as those interested in property there the tests showed a saving of over 90 per cent wallace mines and metals the strike made in carbonate ore containing wire silver on the property of the imperial mining company near burke is reported to be improving the men are in hi three feet of carbonate ore on the bottom of the tunnel which shows considerable native silver the property of the company adjoins the hecla on the east and is claimed to be on the same ore shoot emmett index john fewel the pearl mining man was in town yesterday on business connected with the hecla check mate mining company and he brings glowing accounts of the work being done there two shifts are being worked driving a tunnel to tap the leviathan ledge the tunnel is now in feet and it is estimated it will be necessary to drive feet more to reach the desired vein when that is accomplished complis hed a mill will be installed elk city mining news C U W andrews one of the stockholders of the elk gold mining and milling company operating on their five claims on red horse was war in camp thursday and reported their tunnel is now in four feet of ore and assay values are good two new claims were added to the group this week and a new lead on the surface has been found this property is owned by wardner and seattle parties john hammer of wardner has been at the camp several weeks and dr wm A glasgow of seattle arrived wednesday wallace press rumors of a strike in the champion copper mine were in circulation this morning the tunnel is now in about feet and it was about at this point that it was expected the ore shoot would be encountered the ledge has been crosscut from time to time at different places from the drift and has shown a width of from twenty five to fifty feet the property of the champion copper mining company adjoins the park in the stevens peak district adam odonnell of wallace is president and manager and william coates of spokane is secretary wallace mines and metal F M buckingham ha am who is heavily interested in the eldorado mining company the property of which is located near gellogg visited the property yesterday returning last evening he reports that the new track has been laid for the distance of feet in the tunnel in speaking of the property mr buckingham said that the vein continues to show increased values and that the prospects are favorable for encountering high grade ore the property is situated about a quarter of a mile east of kellogg and consists of four claims the men are drifting on the lead the alie face of the drift being in about feet silver city nugget mr henry kehoe manager for mr wayne darlington who under a bond for their purchase is making extensive explorations and developments on the properties at south mountain was over here the first of the week looking for miners he reports he is now working twenty five men he is sinking a shaft on the texas claim a conspicuous prospect on the eastern side of the group some samples of ore taken from the shaft and now to be seen at hastings show that as depth is gained the mine has changed from lead and zinc to a distinctive copper proposition the specimens show a very high percentage of the red metal wallace times the contract for thirty feet of crosscutting cross cutting on the ledge in the f property of the J 1 I C mining company completed and it is probable that has been f shortly another contract will be let for a drift on the ledge the property of the compary company is situated three miles from the city on the west fork of placer creek and consists of eight claims the thirty feet of work cros crossed sed the ledge which proved to be twenty feet in width h said henry lalonde yesterday and there is a good showing of galena and gray copper it is probable that we will let a new contract soon for about a foot drift the men are working feet from the portal of the tunnel those interested principally in the property are j W mcginnis the president of the company DS sebastian vice president henry lalonde george austin and basil |