Show THE BLACKBIRD For some time past the wealthy company com-pany of which Dr P A H Franklin Is manager has not been doing much work but the developments in the Cactus group have evidently Inspired the company to enter upon the devel opscnt of Its Copper Gulch property with more energy Hhocompany has a group of 103 claims adjoining the Cac tus ou the west In addition to its large possessions 1 > In Lomhl county Idaho Work has been stopped at all tho Ida ho properties nnd the company inr tends giving Its entire attention to Copper Gulch At present a force of thirty 1 men Is employed under the dl rection of Gordon Hutchins This torcewlll be Increased to nearly fifty men in thenext few weeks The com 0 I pany has built a new office and Is now erecting bunkhouses for the men An addition Is to be mode to the boardinghouse board-inghouse after which the company will have thing moving along In good shape A number of men were employed em-ployed the latter part of November grading a road to the new shaft which Is to be sunk on the hills above tho canyon a short dLctanco northwest north-west from tho Cactus shaft The company com-pany already hasa ahaft down 316 feet from the Bottom pt which 30Q feet r f I + of crosscutting has been done A flow of water has been encountered which Is unsuitable for cooking owing lu m presence of copper The company has a steam hoist at this chart and home lowgrade copper ore has already been I encountered similar to the Cactus It Is the Intention to resume sinking In this shaft shortly as well as in 1 the new main shaft on which work has just been started Tho Blackbird company com-pany is tho fortunate owner of a good oprlng the water from which will be r piped for use at the camp in the canyon can-yon In addition to the shaft the company com-pany has a 170foot tunnel which Is to be conncctN with the ma n shaft at a depth of i5 t i |