The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-12
IN IDAHO CITY.
Many Miners Hard at work i'm the Boise
basin.

MANY miners ttuTu AT VOTE ~ ~ poise
Basin.
Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Idaho City. Idaho, April S.-There are
now more men at work In Boise Basin
than at any time for several years
past. although the placer season has
not yet opened. The Montana Dredg-
inc has 60 or 20 men in its
employ at Placerville, working around
the mines and on the boat. while many
teams are hauling the dredge from the
depot az Boise.
AT Centerville the Basic company
has over 100 men at work constructing
"A wagon road down Grimes creek from
Centerville to the canyon, where an
electrical power plant Is to he placed.
Whether this company will place
dredgers along the creek or work by
means of a bedrock fiume is not yet
known. The superintendent says that
within the mex two weeks the force
will be increased to $50 men.
Eighty men are now at work enlarg-
ing the Christie ditch so as 10 place sew
eral thousand inches of water on the
old Plowman placer claim. on East hill.
Six of the latest improved giants will
be set to work as soon as possible. As
soon as the ditch is completed the crew
will go to work on others.
William Sweet has struck a large
body of good ore in the long tunnel he
is running at Crimes pass. The tunnel
Is i'm 100 feet.
Work has commenced on the Golden
Fleece and Golden Star free gold quartz
mines at Centerville. A 10-stamp mill
for the group has arrived at Boise City
from Portland.
A sale of the New York. or Deer
Creek. is about contaminated. The
company holding the option contem-
plates ordering a 10-stamp mill imme-
diately. as the mine is one of the most
thoroughly developed OF any i'm the
county.
The shaft at the Summit mine is now
down 100 feet. There is a good hoisting
plant on the property.
Del Shearer and John Mcmahon. who
hold a lease and bond on the Buffalo.
fou miles northwest of this place. have
cut the vein with a tunnel at a depth
of about 100 feet. Ii is from five to
seven fee; wide of ore that will mill
about SIS per ton.
Hall a. Emery have developed a ledge
so feet wide of low grade ore i'm the
Gem on Balloon gulch. A sale OF il may
soon be made to a New York company.
John McCarty has cut into a large
body of good gold ore in the Mountain
Ram, Gambrinus district. Surface ore
from the mine mills from sls To SIG per
ton free gold. but hat now coming out
IL much better.
Horner a Fleming are still pushing
the tunnel ahead at the Lucky Boy.
They expect Ia reach the chute in
about 80 feet more.
James Ballentyne and Nelse White
will piping in the Maun &
Hanson claim. pm Elk creek. within the
next few days.
William Barker is laying pipe at his
placer claim a mile south OF town.
James Irwin is piping i'm his lain
on south fork Of PaSette.
Centerville - now so crowded with
people that the school house. lofts OF
stables and all other buildings are
used as lodging houses.
Work viii soon to develor
a ledge at Miller Diggings. Is miles
north of Banner. A Boston man secured
an option on il several weeks ago and
made a partial payment.
The Dresden Iron works of Sar
Francisco will soon ommence shipping
machinery for the large dredger to be
put OF Moose creek here. The foundry
has been at work constructing il since
March 9Th