Show Wood River Items Hailev Times Jan IStli A carload cf Kennelly lease ore was Shipped from tills place today The gravity hoist Just put In the Red Cloud mine by Hon Sam Gundaker has effected a saving of over SOO per month In operating expenses Foreman Holmes of the Tiptop was In toxvn yesterday lie says that the development work Is going on in the mine the 400 or deepest xvorking level Is showing rich ore and the mill will be started up as soon as mild weather returns and it is not necessary to use artificial heat to keep the mill from freclng L S McLure of the Mope Black Cinder Cin-der Burning Moscow and other groups of claims on the gold belt is still de tamed at Nelhart Mont where he Is building a quartz mill He expected to have the mill ready lo run last December Decem-ber but met witli Insurmountable obstacles ob-stacles Tie placed lumber orders with txxo mills Both xxere unfilled because of the breaking out of smallpox at tile mills The second order xvas nearly ready to ship but the health officers quarantined St and the mill A third i order xvas finally placed and that Is now being delixered Before leaving for Salt Lake Frank R Wljson said he saw no reason why there should be another assessment on Aetna xvlille the Improxement need not be very great to make dividends Hon A J Crook has succeeded In getting Installed at his claims in Copper Cop-per basin and has begun work lie is now in Kctchum anxiously awaiting his assay outfit which is coming from the west by i his oxvn teams This outfit out-fit Is expected tomorrow or Monday On its arrival 11 xvill be hauled over to Copper basin and Mr Crook ivlll then start In to assay every part of tile vorklngs so thai he xvlll know Just what tile ore is worth In the meantime contracts xvill be made for a years coke and other supplies and by the coming of spring work xvlll begin on the smelter and be pushed vigorously |