| Show THE BANNER MINE nugget silver city idaho william C tanfield and joseph crawshaw of minneapolis arrived here on monday and spent two days at the banner with manager steele they are interested in the banner company and this is their first visit here they expressed themselves as well pleased with the progress being made on the mill construction and much surprised at the development made in the mines which they inspected ins pecked quite thoroughly going through nearly all the drifts and upraises up raises they also took a trip to dewey and visited the trade dollar mill the upraise shaft north in no 4 drift feet from the tunnel was broken through to no 3 drift on wednesday this shaft is three compartment feet and gives good air for the miners minem working in that teat part of the mine as well as those pushing no 4 drift further north all the way up for the feet this shaft has been in a good grade of ore thus blocking out enough milling ore to keep the mill when started running an indefinite anite period 0 The work in drifts no 2 both north and south from the tunnel shaft also shows high grade ore identical with that th at on no 1 on the original banner upper drift so much ore is now blocked out that all the energies of the management are now directed toward the comp completion letien of the mill which it regrets to admit is being much retarded by the condition of the weather and the difficulty in getting material in as required the sheathing is however now biow on the roof of the main building and the iron roofing will be put on as soon as it arrives and the weather will permit and the setting of the machinery will then begin the gentlemen visiting hare ii ere this week however state L that they L will not be disappointed if it I 1 is s well along in the spring before the mill is completed we may add that a part of the purpose of these two gentlemen visiting idaho was to mountainhome see where hey have under consideration investments in real estate they stopped there as they came out today they are visiting boise |
