The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-28
IDAHO CITY MINES
Tunneling in the Hills and Stripping
the Bed Rock of Wolf Greek.
A STAMP MILL FOR BANNER
At the Washington Mine - The
Boulder Company and others
Busy and Making Money
In Cambrlnus District.

special correspondence OF the STANDARD.
Idaho City, Idaho. March 25.-J. b.
French and N. f. Livingston have been
busy all winter doing development
work on the Jupiter mine. at the head
of Little Wolf creek. five miles north OF
this place. A tunnel was first driven in
so or 60 feet. which tapped the ledge at
the depth of 40 feet. Here the pay
streak was from a foot to is inches
wide of ore that will mill $50 or SOS per
ton. They extended a drift 20 feet east.
from which they sank a Wine so feet.
All the way down the ore continued
good the rich vein holding a width of
is inches. From the bottom of the
winze they drifted 30 feet farther east.
and went down another 10 feet, making
100 feet in all. Where this last winze
was started the ore vein was about
three feet wide. but i'm the bottom of IL
they have width of six feet. on the
foot wall side is a porphyry ledge that
VIII mill at least $40 per ton and Is
from four to six feet wide. This is a
mine that will certainly be one that
will bring the Deer creek district to the
front this year. as by driving into the
mountain much more depth can be had.
Whether they Will erect a mill this year
has not yet been decided. but the
length of the ore chute. which is known
to be at least 300 feet, seems to justify
such a move.
A letter lately received from the
president of the Elmira company says
that the 20-stamp mill at Banner will
be started up as soon as possible on
ore from the Banner mine. Although
only two men have been working i'm II,
the amount of ore taken out is at Least
200 tons. and will yield up into the hun
dreds of ounces per ton.
Charles Balbach has written here 10
~ fafV l.aa he
place to the Washington mine will be
passable for wagons. as he will resume
work In the mine and start up the mill
as soon as possible. This mine and
mill have remained idle for several
years. and it's resumption of operations
will put from 60 to 40 men at swork. 1t
is thought that he can get supplies to
the mine in two or three weeks.
The Boulder company Is running a
tunnel into the mountain To reach an
ore body that crops on the surface.
Some good ore has already been de-
veloped. and the mill. which is a 30
stamp, will resume crushing I'm a short
time Owing to the water freezing up
in the ditch Il has remained idle since
January. Several hundred tons of good
ore is now in the ore house.
The owners of the Populist have
reached the ledge. tapping II at a depth
of over 100 feet. ore worked last fall
yielded over $50 per ton I'm free gold.
They will take out ore from this time
on until the Blaine mill can be started
up.
The rains during the past few days
have started the water I'm the creeks.
and many placer mines have com
menced operations. Several more will
commence piping during the week and
within 10 days ii is expected that every
claim in the Basin will be working.
Exceedingly rich ore Is now coming
out of the Buffalo. between this place
and Centerville. ore taken out last
year milled SIP per ton, yet the owners
tell me that the ore now coming out is
better They are extracting IL from
point deeper than heretofore worked.
j. C. Seward. general manager and
president Of the Alder Creek Placer
Gold Mining company. died in Garden
valley on the 22d, the news OF which
reached here yesterday evening.
The owners Of the Lucky Boy. In
Gambrinus district, will soon COM
mence taking out crushing of ore
from the upper works. They have
spent the winter running a tunnel TO
tap the vein at depth of over 300 feet.
The mine is certainly a good property.
as the owners keep up the expenses OF
this dead work by occasionally taking
out crushing. The ledge is 40 feet
wide. and they believe that when the
tunnel is in they will have a great
mine.
The Olympia. on Summit Flat. has
Just been sold to a London company by
Vivian Thorne, who went TO London
over a month ago for that purpose.
The mine is we'll developed, much good
ore is in sight and a new five-stamp
mill a short distance below the mouth
of the tunnel. The success Of this prop
erty will insure more capital for that
section. as there are many good mines
in the district.