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Show IDAHO SMELTER DESTROYED. ' Lung fc Bidwcll's smelter at Mineral, Washington county, Idaho, was destroyed hy tire last week. The workmen were preparing pre-paring to blow off, and it is probable the tire followed the blow-off. The estimated loss is $'20,OtJO, but the delay caused by the de-, de-, tstruetiou of the plunt w ill be serious and costly. For some time previous to the tire the smelter had been tiring ore belonging to T. E. Logan of Boise. TESTING CYANIDE PROCESS. A Denver company has begun the construction con-struction of a mill at Placerville, Idaho, to crush iron eultrhurct ores to be treated by the McArthur-Forrest cyanide process. The sulphuret belt extends a distance of twenty-five twenty-five miles, and it is for the working of these ores that the plant is being constructed. The capacity is to be fifty tons a day. REVIVING CONFEDERATE GLT.CII. Confederate gulch, with its yield of S10,-000,000 S10,-000,000 in gold dust, may again soon come to r the frout as a largo producer of gold. Like every rich placer camp ia Montana, Confederate Confed-erate yielded its millions from a remarkable deposit, which is being worked w ith profit But the gola reefs and ledges have already teen touched. His said to be the only place iu .Montana, where gold reefs, resembling those found in South Africa are to be found. The quartz is practically iuexhauslible, and some of it shows free gold from the surface. An effort is uow being made to revive the camp. AN ENORMOUS OPAL. As the foreman at the Moscow mines in Idaho recently jumped into the pit after a blast had been touched off and the smoke cleared away a remarkable sight met his gasci Ou the floor of the pit lay a great number of pieces of opal broken lrom one original piece, and in the wall protruding therefrom was probably the largest opal ever discovered. The pieces were carefully gathered together and were found to be of the enormous weight of 1 140 karats. tiOLI) brick ion world's fair. Montana will exhibit a 100,000 gold brick at the World's fair. The ore will come from a siugle mine Spotted Horse iu Fergus county. The mine is owned by Air. and Mrs. i W. McAdow, and they arc developing develop-ing the property iu ft systematic manner. A great deal of rich ore is uow iu sight aud a big strike is reported to have been recently made on the 400-foot level. At present the payroll is jlOOO to 1400 per mouth, and all work is for the purpose of developing the niiue and exposiug new ore bodies. Negotiations tire iu progress for the purchase pur-chase of the mine by a wealthy syndicate, but in case the sale is not effected the mill will be started some time in October. Dips and Spurs. The Julia S, in Carr Fork gulch, is looking look-ing splendidly. The Sampson, at Bingham, shipped a car of first-class ore last wcck. ' A great deal of ore is being hauled from C'larictte to l'rice. The new mill on the Copper place prop-erty, prop-erty, Bingham, will start up this week. A shipment was made from the Coyote, iu Mark ham gulch, W est Mountain district, last week. The new concentrating plant at the Old Jordan and (lalena, Biuguam, is rapidly approaching ap-proaching completion. The force at the lead mill, Bingham, has been increased. The mill was running on Highland and Brooklyn ore last week. It is said that the owners of the South Swansea, at Silver City, have recently refused re-fused an offer of 15,000 for their property. Some good ore is now being taken out of the Turngreen group, at Bingham, of which 3. J. O'Reilly oi this city is oue of the priu-tipal priu-tipal owners. A few days ago the Horn Silver mine was located in Willi Cat eauyou, western Box Elder. It is on Fred Roh wer's ranch. The locators lo-cators are J. 11. Clark, Samuel Hocking and A. N". Callahan. Bri'jham Hitrlrr. M. J. Rogers, J. Angrove and J. Rose-' Rose-' veaur located a new claim called the Lizzie a short time ago. It is situated in Park valley, val-ley, north of the Century mine and eight miles north of Joe Roger's ranch. Brirjham ISitgler. A very important find near this place, says theNephi hiisitu, has been attracting eon-nideiable eon-nideiable attention here of late, 'lhe coal is of the best quality, and many large samples sam-ples may be seen at different places in town. The newly discovered tieids are about twelve miles from town and are the most promising that huve yet been found. If Neplii soon becomes one of the most important coal towns iu the territory our readers need not be surprised. sur-prised. The Silver J.odo Mining and Milling company com-pany also liled articles of incorporation with the secretary. The princiDal place of business busi-ness is in Salt Lake and the i oinpany will exist for fifty years. The capital stock is placed at irobo.OOO, divided into 100,000 bhares of the par value of 5 each. The of-licers of-licers are Hudson Smith, president; W. W. Couk, vice piesidedt; Seward 11. Fields, jr., treasurer; J. Fred Corker, secretary. Tbt- Fish Springs Mining company filed articles of incorporation with Secretary Sells today. The company will exist for a period of fifty years, with the usual provisions, and will make its headquarters at Salt Lake. The object of the company is to conduct a gen-tral gen-tral mining business, and the capital stock is placed at ?1"0,000, divided into 150,000 shares of the par value of f I each. The stock subscribed, with the names of holders, is as follows: John W. Morehouse, 2.IXK1 Bhares; F. E. Morehouse, 2WI0; G. W. Morehouse, More-house, 2oOO; Alma Hayne. 2"00; G. C. "Whit-temore, "Whit-temore, 2.rtMi; George A. .Meurs, 12500; Nathan Na-than Sears, 2500; John Reese, 25UI; John J. gears, HH; treasury stock, 13,400. lhe officers are John W. Morehouse, president; pres-ident; George A. Mears. vice president; Johu J. Scars, secretary; Almu Hague, treasurer. |