Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-11-28
GOOD NEWS FOR FLORENCE
Florence Gold Mining Company, Of New
York, Take Hold.
WILL SINK FOUR HUNDRED FEET

Hill OHM FVUn nUNDhED FEEI
A Standard position Which Prom
ises Good Results to Investors.
AS announced in the FREE Press
two weeks since, the Banner and
Esmeralda mines in Florence dis
trict have been sold to the Flor
ence Mining company, of New
York. Mr.. p. B. Armstrong, the
representative of the company,
is now in Grangeville, and . FREE
PRESS representative called upon
him for data concerning the inten-
tions of the company in the mat
ter of developing and equipping
their claims. Mr.. Armstrong
stated that he had sent in more
than 700 pounds Of supplies for
the winters operations and paid
out more than $1,000 for freight.
1t is the intention to sink on the
shaft an additional depth of 200
feet, which will give them q depth
of 400 feet, by long odds the
deepest workings in that camp, if
not in this county. In addition
to this sinking, they will drift on
the vein from the lower levels for a
distance of 800 feet, making in all
1000 feet of development work
which they aim to complete this
winter. This work will be driven
by three crews, working eight-hour
shifts, and the men are being en-
ployed as fast as they can be se-
cured.
But the plans of the company do
not stop with the actual develop
ment of their property. They
have purchased outright the entire
milling and hoisting plant, build
ings ETC., now upon the Blossom
mine, and are having the same
moved and installed upon the Ban
ner. The mill outfit inclndes two
five-foot Huntingtons, with a ca
pacity for milling 30 tons of ore
per day. In order to increase the
capacity and to lessen the wear and
tear OF the mills two rock or ushers
will be added, and it is expected to
have the entire mill plant running
by January 15 next. Later on,
additional Kinkaid mills will be
added SO as to give capacity for
treating 100 tons per day. The
practical end of the work will be
looked after by J. M. Herman, a
mining engineer of 80 years ex-
perience, while the financial end
will be in the hands of Mr.. Arm
strong, who will spend the winter
at the mine.
| AT the present writing there are
about 24OO feet of actual develop
ment work done upon the property,
200 foot shaft, and 1900 feet of
drifts. In these works there are
10000 tons of ore in sight, ore act
ually blocked out and read for
extraction. There is no guess
work about this, as the mine has
been thoroughly examined by ex-
perts for the new owners and
; measurements taken of all the ore
exposed. The property was found
to be of far greater value than il
had been represented by the old
owners.
The operations of the new com.
pany will be watched with great in
terest. They start out with practi
cal knowledge of the undertaking,
which is half the battle, and in this
hands of experienced men there il
no reason why they should no
J make big property out of th'
Banner. The ledge is good ant
strong and it's ore carries the values
big mountains for big mines" il
an old saving, and from the out
= groupings of the other ledges ava,
Y down on the Salmon river canyon
1000 feet below, there is no reasol
! to doubt the fact that the lodges c
= the Florence basin extend into til
. bowels of the earth. The best q
! ologists who have ever visited thi
; country are all unanimously of til
opinion that enormous ore bodie
will be found at depth in the mine
of the Florence basin. The con
pany is well financed by a close co
g poration of responsible citizens
: New York city who have had IL
= property thoroughly exported an
y know what they are doing, an
n are going ahead in q business-li
y manner. Additional locations Z
u the course of the vein have bet
:, made, as well.a on the creek bo
n tom below the mill to protect I'll
]. company's interests.
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n We are advised from reliab