Show MILL FOR SOUTH FORK MINE mine near ne ar elk city idaho showing up nicely under new ownership during the past year more than usual activity has been noticeable in the mining regions surrounding elk city idaho and extensive and systematic development has resulted in bringing quite a number of properties in that locality very prominently to the front among them being the south fork on the clearwater where exploitation has disclosed ore bodies of such tonnage and value as to justify the installation ot reduction works the mining news of elk city in making mention of this promising property says frank peck who with J adams of atlantic city new jersey owns the south pork fork mine on the clearwater left sunday for denver where he will meet mr adams and they will place an order for machinery and equipment for a five stamp mill mr peck stated that work on the new reduction plant will be started as soon as he gets back or as soon thereafter as the weather will permit everything on that point depends upon the amount of snowfall lumber will have to be hauled and it will be impossible to do that if the snow is as deep as it has been most years in february at any rate mr peck expects to have the new mill running 11 by the middle of july asked what process would be used in the treatment of the tailings mr peck stated that was yet to be determined A big shipment of ore was made some time ago to a seattle firm for laboratory test but he would not be able to learn the results before he got to denver development work done in the mine since we bought it in august proves that the mine is good and the reduction plant is fully justified said mr peck in fact some think that a larger plant should be built but mr adams and I 1 are rather on the conservative order we have no stock for sale so we intend establishing the business on a firm basis our property is a fine showing continued mr peck there is no dead work about it in every tunnel shaft and raise there is ore and good ore too we blaye added feet to the underground workings since august the main tunnel is ninety five feet further ahead two raises have been run and a crosscut forty feet has been made our gold is coarse gold the many prospectors who were in the stampede and located claims near the south fork mine when a strike was made there about a year ago ar are e happy over the recent turn of affairs on a number of the new locations considerable work has been done and good showings made and some of the lucky owners feel that they have all but won a prospectors fortune |