Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1904-11-17
Work at Roosevelt.

In talking of conditions at Thun.
der Mountain, G. J. Perkins, man.
ager OF the Il. Y, said yesterday
~ arrived Tuesday at IL O'Clock,
making the trip from Roosevelt in
five days. I came in a private
conveyance with Mr.. Thomas Sua.
rue, of Lorraine, Ohio.
The roads from Roosevelt to this
city are in q most excellent condi.
tion. There about 80 teams on
the road between Randall's Trans.
fer and the mines on Thunde,
Mountain.
The Sunnyside company will
take all their machinery into the
mine by Friday night.
This has been one OF the most
beautiful falls in Thunder Noun.
tain since its discovery. Every.
thing is in excellent condition in
the district; all Of the operating
companies, excepting one or two,
have all their supplies iu store.
We have sufficient supplies to run
our property, with twenty men,
until the first of August. The H.
Y. company got in everything but
175 pounds of iron.
l should Judge that the Sunny.
side mine will be dropping stamps
inside of 90 days.
From a mining standpoint, the
district was never in better condi-
lion than it is today. Go in what
ever direction you will where de-
velopment is going on, and there
you will find the operators driving
into milling ore.
One Of the most sensational dis
coveries on Thunder Mountain has
been made on the Standard proper
ty, owned by the Standard Mining
and Milling company of St. Paul.
o. M. Snyder, the superintendent t,
invited me to sample their strike.
The tunnel is in about 80 feet; it
was driven through 35 feet Of dor
ite, and then broke right into the
Thunder Mountain blanket por-
phyritic ore zone; they have 10 feet
of ore. l made q most careful and
conservative sampling of this tun-
mel. l secured 81 pounds OF the
ore and had it assayed in our own
assay Office, and it gave the aston
ishing return of $3.50 in free gold
Not being satisfied, we took four
pounds of the sample and after
extracting the moisture. mortared
the ore, and secured the gold by
panning, and this when weighed
up, showed the saving to be at the
rate of S14. 20 a ton. This strike is
within 45O feet of the II. Y. kitchen
and dining room.
On the II. Y. mine we are en-
ploying 20 men. During this sum-
mer we erected two story bunk
house and two story dining room
and kitchen, as we'll AZ an Office
building and shaft house and a
boiler room, all constructed from
lumber cut upon our own property
with our own sawmill. Five
days ago, l had everything under
cover, well prepared for winter
operations. Messrs. Busby and
Pankake, the contractors on our
Il. Y. Climax shaft, will commence
sinking about Saturday next. We
have installed our hoist, boiler,
sinking pump, and have all Of tht
wood, shaft timbers, shaft lining
and wedges delivered at the shat
buildings, and everything in fin,
condition for fast and economical
sinking. While the contract fol
sinking is 500 feet, if necessary, tt
encounter the blanket vein, yet
Messrs. Abbot & Wagner Of tn,
Sunnyside, Professor Hunt, tn,
mine expert, and many others pre-
dict that we will not have to q
more than 25O feet.
We have driven the Dakota tun
mel nearly 500 feet; the last 40 tt
80 feet has shown up a splendit
average Of pay ore. Also driv
ing q tunnel in the Polo Duro lod,
joining the II. Y. mine on the east
Here we are encountering fail
values and expect to enter into tht
blanket zone any hour on its deptf
ffom Thunder Mountain into thu
n. Y. Climax group.