The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-30
LONG PLACER SEASON
Is Assured by the Winters Fail of
Snow


Snow.
Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Idaho City, Idaho, March 24.--Three
feet Of snow still remains on the ground
at this place. and it is from 10 to Is
feet deep on the mountains, which in
sures long placer season, although
work will not be generally in progress
for week yet. The first to commence
Is the Twin Springs company, which
has several men at work cleaning out
their bitches here. Superintendent
Woodburn states that he expects to
commence piping in the East Hill claim
within two weeks. The same company
owns several hundred acres Of good
placer ground along Middle Boise river,
and piping has already commenced in
several of the company's claims there.
The general manager. r. j. Anderson,
has undertaken and carried through
one of the most extensive enterprises in
the state, and short runs made last
fall prove that the company has in
vested we'll
H. L. Woodburn has several men at
work on his Pheasant and Bruiser free
gold quartz mines at Grimes Pass. on
Grimes creek. The 10-stamp mill, which
runs by water power, was necessarily
shut down several weeks ago, and
crushing cannot commence before
April l at the very earliest The veins
are both from four to seven feet wide
and the ore rich in free gold. Two
miles above these mines on CharM.te
gulch, Texas company has devel-
oped good gold quartz mine to the
depth of 200 feet.
The Morning Star wess % Crimes
Pass, is still working a small force at
drifting from the long tunnel
The Mountain Queen. four miles north
OF Pioneer, now has eight men at work
A tunnel has just been started to GU:
the vein 200 feet below the old works.
1t will be, when completed, 500 feet
long
During the winter the shaft at the
Twin Sisters. at Centerville, was put
down 1876 feet deeper. The mine is look
ing fine and the mill will soon be crush
ing again.
Henry johnson and James Constable
Will soon commence work on a rich
ledge on Willow Creek, four miles west
of this place. Mr.. Constable found the
vein last year while placer mining The
surface ore is very rich and the new
owners will sink on it.
William Attenbacker has bought a
one-half interest in the Dewey gold
quartz mine, nine miles east of Idaho
City. The surface ore shows freely of
gold and the present owners will soon
start tunnel to cut the ore chute at
depth of 400 feet.
Men are now getting the New Eng
land company's dredge mile below
this place ready for operation, and the
superintendent informs your CORE
spondent that work will commence very
soon on boats for twu new ones, one
on More and the other on Elk creek
The dredges at Placervile and Cen
terville will soon begin operations.
The Lucky Boy mill. in Gambrnus
district. is still pounding away on rich
ore That now coming out of the mine
IS much better than any ever before
discovered there.
Plowman & Woolley will pump the
water out of the Washington mine and
resume work as soon as the snow is
sufficiently gone to admit of supplies
being taken in.
The Klondike, six miles below this
place, on the divide between More and
Grimes creeks, owned by the Stephens
Brothers, will most likely pass into the
hands of company soon.