Show THUNDER MOUNTAIN STRIKE mining news elk city idaho S L royer superintendent at the property of the thunder mountain gold company reported last sunday that a strike of lour four and one half feet of good ore was made last ast 1st week in a drift west from no 4 tunnel mr royer states the ore is on what is commonly known as the mable vein and is developed velo p ed with an tunnel that exposes the ore for feet with the additional depth gained upon the vein the ore has increased both in quantity and quality our new 50 horsepower boiler is now of at the mine said mr air boyer and we expect n to have our 10 stamp mill operating operatic about the first of january there is enough ore in sight now to supply the mill for a considerable length of time and with the excellent prospect we have of catching a large harge shoot a little farther ahead in the vork we have under way I 1 feel that I 1 can give almost positive assurance that the mill will continue to run when it is started af since mr boyer took control of affairs now a little over a year a dif ferent different plan in in development work has been followed tunnels have been run to tap the ore bodies at great depth the strike made last week as also the ore encountered in the face of no 4 tunnel in september proves the wisdom of the plan |