Show IDAHO emmett index there is considerable excitement at pearl over a rich strike made in the lincoln on monday at a depth of f feet sometime ago work was started on a shaft to sink feet at that point the led ledge lede t e of rich ore was struck eighteen feet 1 thick samples of the ore have been sent to be assayed and it is predicted they will vill show very rich values silver city nuggett the manager of the village blacksmith is now cutting a station in the tunnel and preparing to sink a shaft on the vein he is also driving the tunnel further north with a fine streak of ore in the face he has been doing work on the claims acquired the showing tor for making this a fine mining property is continually improving several vale men interested te in this property are looked for to visit and inspect the mine early nex next twee salmon herald L J ban the D croft property man for Schlegel placers on bohannon bar ass Sch leel in town saturday he says F C manager of the works has arrived arrive and they the from his home in roxbury mass this t are getting ready to do some business 3 A with year mr bancroft in company ranch ranc brown has leased the josie barrack tile the foro tor for a term of five years and while lat the er will spend the summer at the bar the ter will go industriously to work on and alid whis w ranch cultivating potatoes alfalfa kers martio I 1 wallace times F J stol holders one of the principal conaw codac of the rhode island mining nd ind who has charge of its development was n the city yesterday in speaking of the iro property he said we have now crosscut he ile vein which we found to be fourteen feet vide six feet of the vein is galena ore of F milling quality four feet of iron gold silver er and copper and the remaining four teet leet s s gangue angue the four feet of iron gold silver and copper we have had assayed and bave ave returns of 2287 to the ton the ore was as encountered when in a distance of jeet beet froni from the portal of the tunnel 3 wallace times it is stated on good authority that T N barnard of this city has agreed to sell his entire holdings in the property erty of the park copper mining company the claims of which are located on stevens speak between the champion and springfield mr barnard who has been buying heavily of this stock lately is perhaps the largest individual holder and may even hold the control it is understood that the parties who are negotiating for this stock would have nothing but the control leading to the conclusion that mr barnard holds it the property possesses much merit and is under steady development at the present time wallace mines and metals the directors of the green mountain gold mining milling milling company met last week in spokane and voted to erect a ten stamp mill on the companas comp anys property near tyson idaho as soon as the machinery could be hauled to the camp the mine in which an exceptionally rich body of free gold ore was recently opened up has been developed by two tunnels in the lower tunnel the drift has followed the ledge for teet feet and is still in ore the width of the ore body averages from seven and one half to eight feet until such time as the mill is erected work will be continued in the lower drift and a larger reserve of ore will be blocked out for mill ing i j elk city mining news after an idle period of more than two years due to litiza f tion among its owners the mill at the amer ican eagle mine on seigle creek at a point eight miles east of elk city was placed in operation again on wednesday of this week the mill is under the management of pat brennan and J B henniger who have been watchmen at the property since operations 4 were discontinued and their connection with the company adds color to the rumor that extensive operations will be begun soon j though both gentlemen have given out that they have secured operators lease for four months for the purpose of milling the ore that is now on the dump both batteries consisting of five stamps each are working of i emmett index last week a company cOrn panY known as the hecla check mate mining milling company was organized to buy and operate the checkmate alf mine at pearl four other claims adjoining the checkmate were also included in the deal the is company composed of H A partridge and sam kesl of nampa E K hayes of emmett russ wolters S M carhart and john fewel of pearl and mr carl son of boise the officers are sam kesl kes president john fewel eewel secretary E K hayes treasurer the capital stock is 1 the checkmate is probably the most noted mine at pearl it has turned out some of the richest ore ever found in that camp owing to litigation it has been closed a number of years hailey times wm watson of salt lake who examined and sampled the clipper group of mines yesterday and today left for home today taking about sixty pounds of ore that he extracted from the various exposures of the mine he says that he is satisfied that the property comes fully up to the representations of mr sherry the owner in his printed literature the vein is two to eight feet thick in the various drifts and shafts and inasmuch as the ore is literally spangled bespangled be with colors flakes and nuggets of free gold it evidently carries very high values mr watson is a locomotive engineer but has been mining during the last seven years he stopped over on his return from california and oregon especially to visit this property and he is glad that ht hb did so salmon herald J W F halcombe was in the city from his mining property on carmen creek monday saying that the recent work they have done is showing up some good things he had in his pocket several very rich specimens of gold bearing quartz showing the gold in beautiful nuggets as large as grains of wheat he says the ore showing these bunches of gold is commonly encountered he has two men engaged in running an open cut exposing the vein about seventy feet lower than the tunnel this open cut shows the vein seven feet wide the tunnel is in the hill about feet and will have to be driven another thirty feet to catch the ore there are seven claims in the group which has always been known as the kenney group and it is the property of mr and mrs holcombe and D W R davis the ore contents are gold silver and copper |