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Show 1 i :J.IIINTU fC0TI3S.V I'aill llroUnTn ol Uljr Nrraila ulilp-pnl ulilp-pnl ( nnoptMUidaufeoueCutrateirutof Kiy a few day iga. I iirttnn of ore U mltl ererjr vtSAl ror hiifla kSti llenu rnlue-tloiiJTiirleViciiy7N-r notlir TmirltFr ha commcnccil opcmtlon In leiUlllc making four that nil iKitT trtmlliiir the mil of that dliltlct bam lia tif ore tnken from the Creole mine In tlu Mul. linn ilWtrlct ab inrs alurnf ltd In gvM nn 1 nluut twent) Auiiefii mlrer to the ton 1 he pro-nrlj pro-nrlj Hloealcil about four iiillca from the lobiiuy mine A Mnaon talley, Netnda rnncticr n few (lay ago put In a 1 laat on the alte of an old mu Iter, noil It uncof ere 1 at out four ton of pure lopper, worth about Slo at jriMiit prlcra. Iho mcuil hn I run thruuiili crrrlcca In the furnace hlch nna uli curly day odalr, ami not very aubatntillal Mattertnir rrorla loine from the raining illatrlct of tlicKiutlicrn partof the Mnte In the ItiilUii Crrck illatrlct tlvri la a Krmt ilral of detelopucut Hiirh Rolng 011 while btatdlne la 011 a rcrltal la boom In the Drrr I odge ilUtrlct A NN McCune and aaaoclatca nru working a force ot 100 men at the prcucnt time Owner of nropcrllca at the head of lllg Cbttynmood (nil) on are llnnluthe belief that aoiuo of the beat copper inlnea of the atatc will be developed In that dUlrklilurlnglliecomtngjear (looil copper ore neerages 7 or 8 er ccntexlaU lu moat of the ropertlca, and, It la claimed It only require n little money to maki ilitldend pa) era out of tlain A coal famine nt the tadtllle inlnea la thrcattiad and conalderable uocait nca la felt thcro that the railroad will uot get cnongli fuel In camp In time to pretent the flooding of aoinc of the inlnea which would happen In 11 rcry tdiort time If the ateam puni a were furccd to clone down Domcalla coal la being uaed at aon a of the pro ptrtlc already The Hue Qmane Mining I Milling company liaa dtcldcdlo put In two hlfu of men, aeten In nil, In their mlneatMaryatale, In the lloraelleaten dlatrlit Ablackunllhaliopnnd board Ing bouae will alio la built un I work proaecuted tlgoroualy throughout the winter The tunnel la alriady In 400 feet, and when It la run In 1MI feet more the com any expecta to atrlke a good I ore lody I The Hull; Hoy A. Wei Ur mllia at Maryatale, wtitall laaaltl lu ! una ot the beat propertlea In Uold Mountain dlatrlct la to ba put through a courae of ayaumaltodetelopment within the next year A new mill will be one of tho chief changca to lie made, but nothing noth-ing of that kind will be undertaken until un-til next aprlng, when It la believed then will be a autllclcnt quantity of oro expoard In the mine to keep a plant constantly In operation Die American Mining company of IScwciutle, NNyo , ha begun a tunnel at the bate of llagged lop mountain which will be a mile long and will connect con-nect with a 1000-foot ahaft from the top It will be the longeat tunnel In the lllack Hill and will colt 3 000 000 beforo a pound of ore I mined Im-memo, Im-memo, reduction work are planned and a town uamed American City hat 1 ecn lat 1 out, to which tho llurllngton la building n branch Hue 'Iho management of tho buy lark cop per mine, In the Heater I uko dlatrlct, ha announced that the new tunnel ha been completed to the length of Ighty lire fret. A decided changohaa taken place In the face of the tunnel, amall atrlngcra of ore are coming In, and the men working there momentarily momentar-ily expect to cut Into the vein toward which the tnnuel 1 directed It I believed be-lieved u good grudeofahlpplngorewlll I e found when the vein la cut Into H (1 NNeaton of I Iko, ISetada made a ttrauge dltcorer at the llattlmore Coppermine, on lone mountain, lat neck 1 hero la 011 old ahaft on the mine about twenty feet deep, an 1 conalderable con-alderable ore baa been taken from the yeln on the aurface north of the abaft He concluded to atrip the teln extend-aouth extend-aouth of the ahaft and In doing ao he went through about eighteen Inoheaof blaokloamand found etldence of old working bar g rcn Oiled In with de-brl de-brl I aulni, trough till debris he dlacotercd a two-foot ledgo of mala chite, with a three foot ledge of red oxide of copper adjoining It The atrangc part of the dlicorery la bow the teln of nalachlte came to be cov orcd with flllrd In matter NNeaton I of the opinion that tho teln was dl covered kcvoral hundred year ago by the Hpanlarda Kpokane partiea hare bon led the boiling of the South Mountain Mln lug b Smelting company near Sllter City, Idaho, covering tho principal proprrtlea of the camp and new location loca-tion have been made ao that these geutlamon hate praotlcally the entire dUtrlot In their control. Their hold ink embrace two and one liujf, tnllee on the veiri, with aide apura, lulllalU and water rlghta for the different pro pcrtle The elalma are on three dl Unci mountain elopea and will be operated oper-ated In three group |