The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-01-09
NEWS OF IDAHO
Items Of General Interest Gathered
From All 0ver the State.
COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL DoiN0a


Boise $500 State Mine Inspector Bell
states that the total mineral output of
The state for The year 1908, would
amount 70 over t20 900 900.
CaldwelI--The local iagFr:~ra' instr
tuSe @esgcsssH iatee Ii at work preparing
for the meeting TO be held January 81,
20 and 20, 1901. Prof. French Of the
University Of Idaho, and other promi.
nent agriculturalists are expected TO be
present.
Boise--Few mining camps in the
state have made more steady, substan-
tial advancement than that of Pearl.
IL IL iocated rs miles southwest Of
Boise and Ia the most important mining
section within distance Of 35 miles OF
The capital city.
Boise 500 Ernest Pearson, the we'll
known Glenn's Ferry capitalist, Is in
the city ON business connected with the
Glenn'a Ferry land and irrigation pro-
lect. Work on the canal has been COM
menced and about 20 teams are now ac-
lively engaged on the project. This
number will be greatly augmented as
soon as further details are closed up.
BoIse--The third payment has been
made by Dr.. r. s. Law on the purchase
OF the Kimberley mine in the Marshall
Lake district The money, t6, $50 was
transferred by wire from New Y ork City
and was then placed to the credit OF
ID. l.. Roy and his four partners, in
one of the city banks. The next pay
mens will be due July when the larg-
or part Of the original consideration,
$50, 900, will have been paid.
Gilmore--The progress that has char
acterized the Gilmore Mining company
in Texas district from it's inception ia
quite apparent at this date. A new
shoot Of high grade ore has been opened
in one of its old adits and the output of
Its product IL somewhat OF a sensational
character. 1t IL estimated that snip
ments therefrom, for which immediate
preparations are made, will net the for
tnnate owners upwards of 800 ton.
Boise-F. l.. Thompson has returned
from Big Creek district, where he had
been for several weeks looking after
work on the Silent Friend group, OF
which he is assistant manager. He
says there is great deal OF activity in
the district, work being pushed with
rapidity on the various properties. He
estimates that there are about 1876 men
engaged in the various mines, all of
which are making excellent showinQs.
The mines all have abundance of sup
plies so there is no fear of any suffering
during the winter.
Boise-While the shipments OF gold
bullion from the United States assay
office are large, yet they fall far short
of showing the actual gold production
of the state Placer gold usually finds
It's way to the government assay office,
where 1t Ia sold, but the thousands of
tons of concentrates which are shipped
to outside smelters never send their
product back TO this state. 1t amounts
to large sum and is usually sent di-
rect to New York or Philadelphia.
The fluctnation in amount OF bullion
shipped from the assay office represents
largely the conditions of placer min
Ing, which, as all know, Is ON the de-
cline, while the output from the quartz
districts is rapidly increasing.
Boise-Among the mining sections
for the first time claiming public at
tention during the year is the phenom-
inal and promising district know as
Deer Creek, situated about is miles
northeasterly from Boise City. Little
was known of this camp until the
spring of 1908 other than what was
shown by developments of what is
known as the Big Ledge group of
claims, but during the year IL was dis
covered that the large dikes of fine
grained quartz trending in north
westerly and southeasterly direction in
this camp carried gold values ranging
from 80 TO W Per ton, with some ex-
ceptional assays, running into the hum
dreds OF dollars. The lodges vary in
width from 200 TO 600 feet. and it was
found that these ores being free from
iron, lead, copper or other rebellious
elements, yielded most readily to cyan
Idle treatment. BY actual tests from
30 TO 92 per cent of the values were
saved by ahat method of treatment.