Show IDAHO mackay miner J H mcknight writes from camp wilbur on little lost river that they have a hundred tons of second class ore sorted on the dump and a car of first class in the sacks which will be shipped as soon as the market advances a little this property a lease adjoins the daisy black which is now shipping elk city mining news james colgrove at oro grande reports a good strike of free milling gold ore has been made on his star claim in the oro grande district the strike was made in a shaft being sunk and at last account the full extent of the ore body bode had not been determined but the ledge is said to fill the bottom of the shaft elk city mining news joe coverly and walter pittock owners of the snowstorm were in camp over night wednesday buying supplies and engaging miners they resumed development work on the snow storm thursday of last week and report the showing has improved with the ground that has been broken since that time A station twenty feet square is being made at a point feet from the portal of the main tunnel from which a shaft will be sunk A dispatch from cuprum idaho to the weiser american says A strike of a threefoot ledge of gold ore was struck yesterday on indian creek about five miles from cuprum near mud springs the ore is literally covered with free gold the strike was made almost on the surface on a new property just being opened up by dick waring sam hunter and mr carpenter the strike has created much excitement in the seven devils and many miners are prospecting in the section where the strike was made salmon recorder george W cronkrite was down from baker the last of the week he tells us that a seven foot vein of lignite coal has been struck twelve miles up the lemhi leahi by george rose who is developing the mine he has been following the vein which shows a better grade of coal as depth is attained there is said to be a good deal of slate in the vein near the surface but it is expected that the coal will prove a better grade as they go down A seven foot vein of good coal in that section of the country is equal in value to a gold mine salmon recorder R L edwards formerly manager of the kitty burton mine at ulysses arrived here monday and left wednesday to inspect the mine it is said that he went with the purpose of inspecting the mine thoroughly and if he finds things as he anticipates there is a strong probability that the property will be started up during the coming season mr edwards ww was rather uncommunicative but would not deny that the company owning the property would not be governed by his report as to the future policy to be pursued in regard to the mine ma akay miner at the monday night meeting of the board of directors of the silver king gold copper mining company billy boone and george moore were awarded the contract for fifty feet of tunnel work on the companas comp anys property there were thirteen bids submitted ranging from 4 to 8 per foot it is thought the completion of this contract will put the drift very close to the ore bodies shown in the shaft above and will give a depth of nearly feet on the vein the contractors began on the tunnel on wednesday and expect to finish the fifty feet by the of march silver city nugget the carpenters taking advantage of the fine weather this week have completed the root roof on the banner baliner mill and are now at work on the construction st of the transformer building machinery A chine ry is now arriving every day two of the four batteries and a 35 horsepower motor some of the pans and settlers having been unloaded at the mill this week all the machinery arriving now is being put snugly under cover the mill being entirely enclosed with all the eighty five windows in mr G E green the millwright mill right sent from salt lake city to take the place of mr moran arrived here yesterday |