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Show H, ;J THUNDER MOUNTAIN H J,ii REVIVES WITH SPRING H" J H;' I, ."Special to The Tribune. , I .ROOSEVELT. Ida., May l.-As spring H'l (advances tho outlook for greater mining Hj " dovelopmenU"' in tho Thundor mountain 'region during the, conilnsr season im- 1 The prominent Big creek nnd Smith crcelc properties, Includipg the Werden- 1 hoff. Crown. Silent Kriends, Camptire, 1 Empress and others have had consldcra- 1 i ' ile forces of men employed during the, Winter blocking nut ore. I In Thunder mountain proper the Sun- j i riyslde. Dewey, EiLgt Dowcy, Fairvhiw, i Sunshine, Climax and-XL Y. companies i , havrt great bodies of .on; In sight, free nillliruv. ranging In value from H to per ton in gold. ; Tho value nnd amount of ores hav- 1 proven sufficient for many or Ihe com- 1 panics to order reduction plants of from 1 to 103 stamps, which now only await HI'i .ho work of road building, Hh' I less than eight plants, agjrregatlng 1 ,( stamps, will bo sot up for milling this l 'A "ason If the way of transportation is fur- ' u nlehcd In time to get them f ; With tho opening of tho trails for pack L '' t'l trains and receipt of supplies, a number H hi of concerns will resume work of devulop- ';:) ment. Among tliese Ih thw Thundor Moun- jl ' r 'alii Gold Reef company, which has two L ' v i tunnels nbar Four-Mllo creek of 2J) und jl -20 foot, showing Inrgo deposits of pay 1! tii re; the Gold Kins company has two ttm- 11 ''.els of about 200 fet each; tho Eu't i 1 .Oowy has four tunnels started, , two of Ij 1 ' . them in good oro; the South Dewey has a HH( )i tunnel of 17C feet routh of the Dewey j I grounds and hcadc-d for It; the Fitls- Hll J j urg Tunnel company on Holv Terror H'j I j I iTcel: has a tunnel of 17o feet, which is J't unrtTHtGod to be in pay ore. 't Tho yirL National on Trap creek has 1 J? t wo tunuelH of 25 and 25 feet. In tho 2Z- H1' 't' "oot tunucl thn ledge Is from eight to ten il I j i ficL wide of bluo quartz, giving from JI.Ji Bti ' Ir i io ill per ton. An immense slide covored Hlj ;(i ( th mouth of Lhj tunnel twenty fent deep, H) i. -4 and Uic vrcrk wax temporarily Muuporlcd H for lack of supplies. The one shaft in the district, on tho Climax. 1b steadfiy bciriK sunk In good ore. Tho work on the Jhunder Mountain Pearl on Holy Terror creek is going forward In ore that Is Increasing In-creasing in value. With proper milling appliances $3 oro will wiy good protlt Tho March run of tho Dewey mill netted $lS.uX-w!th Un light stamps. Whllo the mill shut down April l owing to lack of wood, tho work or blocking out ore will continue Indetlnitoly. This deposit Js In the south extension and Is found to be of higher grade than that milled In the early winter. It averages about 513 por ton. The Sunnysldo is constuntlv exposing oro W;ltli a forco of twenty men. Tho crosscut tunnel on the Burr OaJt is get-ling: get-ling: Into hard whlto quartz nlringers -ISO feet below the surface, indicating a near approach to tho oni body known to bo above. |