OCR Text |
Show TO USE CYANIDE. Plant to Go in on Mines in Rapid River District, Idaho. Special to the Tribune. WEISER. Ida.. April 26. President D. C Kevin of the Iron Spring Mining company, com-pany, operating In the Rapid River district, northern part of this county, has returned from the Bast) here he i penl two months purchasing machinery for a 100-ton cyanide cyan-ide plant which will be Installed on the mine during the summer. Some of t '. machinery "a arriving and will be tin-lf tin-lf aded at Council, from which point it will be taken by t' .im to the mines President Pres-ident Nevln Is now at his camp, superln-1' superln-1' x llng the excavatit g tor tlx- mill Imlld- ixg. Most of the lumber and frame timbers tim-bers are already sawed, Th..- Gold Coin mill at Black Lake ha la en 9hut down, owing to an accident which demolished one of the rwlng-jan of the rock crusher. As It Is necessary to send East for the parts, n win be some time beforo the mill will n -ume ..niu-t!i ..niu-t!i ns. Meantime tho force In the mine is bi log incrrnsed and considerable fxplor.i-tlon fxplor.i-tlon work will be rlonc A drain tunnel mere -than 1000 feet long will be run In order to drain the workings. In which It Is almost Impossible to work during the spring and summer. The present season promises to witness wit-ness th most extensive peratlons In placer mining since days when Florence Flor-ence and Warren were famous placer crimps N ai loo men are now em. Lived In the various camps on Beosah Meadows and In the Marshall Ixike district. The rich placers are but a few miles from the two old camps, ind are claimed to be fully as rich Men huve been leaving Waver every day the psst two weeks for the camps Another large party will nvi la re tomorrow under engagement to work for the Golden Rule s navels, This company com-pany owns se.'eral hundred acres of valuable valu-able ground They will operate, live giants during lie sumOi ! |