Show IDAHO wallace times word was received in the city yesterday of an important strike in the property of the densemore Den nemore mining company samples of theore the ore were brought to this city yesterday by swan johnson it is rich peacock copper the strike was made in the east drift feet in while no as assay say has been made of the ore as yet it is claimed that it is as rich as any encountered in tile the district in ill a long time the densemore Den nemore is located six miles west of saltese maltese Sal tese among tile the wallace men interested in tile the property are oscar walter hanson and swan johnson mackay miner the strike made in the easley property a few days ago is turning out to be one of the she big bonanza strikes in tile the history of central idaho hicks blee bice INI manley anley and wesson who own this pro property are to be known hereafter as the eureka mining company this compa company has had three men itt at work for the past week on the newly discovered ledge and each man has taken take n out a ton toll of ore from the new strike each shift from a shaft following the dip of the big rich vein A depth of ten tell feet finds the ore body widened to a measurement of six feet from one foot at the point of the strike silver city nugget mr J E masters superintendent of the potosi returned from weiser yesterday whither he had gone to attend a meeting of the officers of the company he returned with instructions to have the surveyed at once and begin grading it for a mill the company hopes to have the building constructed and ready for the installation of machinery before winter begins in earnest he was also instructed to begin sinking the shaft to the third level from which drifts can be run both north and south it was not thought advisable to run the second level north because of the possibility of water finding its way into it from the creek under which the vein runs elk city mining news the rich south fork mine was sold the first of this week by E E espey of portland to frank peck of elk city and parties from the east the consideration in the deal is not given out but the sum received by mr bspry is supposed to be second only to that received by mr smith for the buster which he sold to bradley and mackenzie company the first of last july the men associated with mr peck are expected to arrive in the district in a few days to decide on the kind of machinery and the extent of the plant necessary to treat the ore mr peck could give out nothing definite but he thought the company would put on a mill of at least five stamps this fall and he stated positively that mining will be carried on all winter most of the ore is free milling is easily broken down and there is a grea great t quantity in sight pierce city miner one of the finest outfits ever installed in idaho has just been completed on the claims of the junction placer mining company the plant includes two large giants for hydraulic work the new plant has cost about including the flume the companas comp anys claims twelve in number are situated about abou t twenty two miles west of here and the new new outfit will be working next week experimental tests have been made showing that the ground is rich the yield in some places being fifty cents to the pan work in the development of the property and in the installation stal lation of the big plant has been going on for some months mr heikki states that there is an abundance of water and that placer mining may be carried on nine or ten months of the year on the companas comp anys property he states that a sufficient force will be put on to work the plant to its full capacity until late in the winter and if the winter should prove a mild one operations will be carried on indefinitely |