Show IN neighboring STATES t NEVADA ely news the two compartment ent shaft on the star copper mine is now down feet and there is no evidence of the ore diminishing in but on the contrary the whole bottom is covered with a higher grade ore than ever before eureka sentinel wm spencer who recently returned to pine valley from cape nome left the hay ranch in pine valley on thu thursday aday of last week with a band of borses horses that were raised on that ranch he took them thein to beowawe thence by rail to san francisco where about fifteen more animals will be added to the band and all shipped to cape nome where they will be used for packing by the lane syndicate delamar messenger fred franks and wm blackwell returned to delamar last week from an extended prospecting trip to the southern part of lincoln county they have made several valuable locations besides I 1 doing considerable development work they report that the portion of the country over which their operations extended were seamed and cut up by numerous mineral veins showing gold silver and copper which only require depth to make them paying properties IDAHO mountain home bulletin we have it from what we consider a very reliable source that a big sale a atlanta mining properties has been recently made the purchasers being a wealthy syndicate composed of denver and chicago parties the properties transferred are the pettit claims nos 1 and 2 the mona monarch ch mine mill and mill sites the last chance pomeroy and the consideration era tion we are told is about boise statesman F F fisher general manager of the fisher mine which is located in custer county about 30 miles from the famous bonanza mine says that tha work is being pushed on their 10 stamp mill as rapidly as possible and that it is expected that the milt mill will be completed in about a month this mine Is developing into a very rich proposition the ore will average high ghighi the main shaft is down 14 74 feet and there is a level off from tb that at feet some very rich ore has been found COLORADO boulder is talking of establishing a mining exchange salida calida mail manager donnell is highly pleased with the progress I 1 being made on the copper star the hoist works like a charm and is neatly housed in a room everything is admirably arranged and work at the foot level is progressing nicely with three shifts A cripple creek dispatch says that W W kirby and associates have secured a lease on that part of the mattie L of the jefferson company below the fourth level of the main workings graded royalties are provided for associated with kerr are several indiana capitalists A special from buena vista says rumors of a fabulous gold discovery in this immediate vicinity have been afloat for several days it is reported that paul and roger emy last saturday opened a twelve foot vein of fine tellurium ore near the surface the ore runs it is said in the neighborhood of 1000 to the ton in gold the location is given as the north cottonwood district eight miles west of buena vista in the foothills near mount havard T the he new find is near the klux district in which is situated the bercu mercury r y friday and paris claims all of which are now being worked calida salida mail aMail under the management of df mr root the Vivan dier group at turret is developing splendidly the hoist is 50 horse power being the largest in the district and well housed it has been in operation now for about six weeks and is doing splendid work the shaft is now nearing a depth of feet and is said to be the finest piece of similar work in the district the mineral showing ll 11 is good and it is the intention to develop the entire group as quickly as possible rib NiANA butte intermountain it is understood that the sailor s dream a promising gold property in browns gulch has been sold to an eastern syndicate for the property is owned by peter kendrick and abe barton the butte boston company once had the property bonded for and expended about in development A mill was recen recently aly erected on the ground butte intermountain the alma crystal placer mining company which is operating about twenty one miles south of butte and four miles from the old town of highland has struck a channel chann elof of rich ground in its c claims and is making preparations to work the property on an extensive hydraulic scale during the spring and summer the strike was made in a tunnel which has been driven about 70 feet into the bar of the creek upon which the claims are located on actual placer miners test the ground yields from 45 to 85 cents per cubic yard the former figure being the lowest obtained 0 11 H catching one of the company came in from the property a few days ago and brought with him some gold taken from the ground of the tunnel a week ago sunday the pieces ranged from 10 cents to in size besides mr catching dan brown jeff and two other butte men are interested in the property OREGON baker city democrat A sensational strike of high grade free milling ore in in a new discovery in the vicinity of the kolb farm two miles from front street in baker city ity is known but for reasons best understood by the locators is kept quiet the particulars will soon be forthcoming sumpter miner zoeth houser of the standard gold copper mining company came in from the standard group on dixie creek today and reports active and satisfactory mining there active work was begun last november and at this time the development consists of three tunnels one of which is in feet the other two 50 feet each and a 40 foot shaft they are at present working in good shipping orel ore of which they have a carload sacked ready for shipment as soon as theroan the road will hauling haulin git it out mr houser says the average assay values values will run 50 per ton in copper and gold A sample shown the miner man resembled the ores of the le roi war eagle and other mines of the rossland B C district in thirty days the standard people expect to be taking ore of good shipping values from three different workings on their property mr houser is anxious s to see the new smelter in operation here as they can at once become one of its pa patrons trolls |