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Show TO MINE FOR GOLD. LEON I A. Ida.. Aug. 4. drowning drown-ing fourteen years of effort, by whieh seemingly Insurmountable difficulties have been overcome, big scale hydraulic mining operations are expected to be started within a few days on the Idaho Gold and Ruby mine, near here. The hydraulic hy-draulic mining adventure Is said to be the largest ever attempted In any part of the world. Twenty miles of roads were dug by steam, ahovel. six miles of ditch were constructed, dame and pipe lines were Installed and a permanent mill was built for receiving fine gold and black sands. In the fourteen four-teen years of .preparation for operations. op-erations. - Sluice buses are being put In the bed rock in the main can' yon, and the bottom of the canyon is being cleaned up' from jl point about 100 feet upstream from the toe of the big rut. in readiness for the expected, cleanup of yellow treasure. . |