Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-05-14

In answer to our editorial of April 80
requesting our readers to send us in
formation concerning mining operations
in this and contiguous districts, the fol-
lowing was sent in by a member of the
company and which we cheerfully pub
ish.
The Kamiah Mining Company was
organized under the laws of the state
of Washington in 1903 for the purpose
of mining and developing the eighteen
mineral claims, containing vast deposits
of gold-bearing porphyry and quartz
lodes, now owned by the company and
situated in the Elk City mining district,
Idaho.
The board Of trustees is composed of
the following gentlemen: R. L. Edmis-
ton, M. H. Kline, VIM. 7. Birdsall, ].
Turrish, E. l.. Marvin, Phil. Gerhart,
H. K Cross, all of Spokane.
The company is capitalized for 1000,
600 shares at $1.0O per share, par value
fully paid of this sol, 900 shares were
placed in the treasury to be sold in such
lots from time to time as may be neces-
sary for the development and working
of the properties, and the money de-
rived from such sales is to be used for
mining operations exclusively. Under
the bylaws of the company no money
obtained from the sale of treasury stock
can be used for any other purpose and
no salary shall be paid to any officer of
of the company for services in his Off
cial capacity until the properties are on
q paying basis. The balance of the stock
which was used for the purchase of the
property and to pay for the expenses
of organization has been placed in a
pool and cannot be sold or disposed of
for period of two years from the date
of Incorporation.
The Kamiah group has number OF
tunnel sites which offer favorable con-
ditions for development. Chief among
these is that on Kamiah Nos. and 2,
where tunnel $50 to 400 feet long will
cross-cut the largest quartz lode and
the porphyry. This tunnel may be loca-
ted so as to cross-cut at 100 feet depth
and would then reach the ore body with
a $50 foot drive. A longer drive will
give greater depth. AS soon as this
work is completed the property will be
ready for a mill. Such tunnel will
likely open millions of tons of free mil
ling gold ore, both quartz and porphyry
which may be mined and milled at {
cost which will not exceed one dollar
per ton. BY correct management. anc
by mining on large scale the cost car
be reduced to so cents per ton net; a
the beginning it will be safe to calcu
late that whatever the ore yields above
$1.00 per ton will be dividend money.
1t is the purpose of the board to be
gin the work of development by driving
this tunnel and properly exploring tn
ore body on Kamiah Nos. and 2. Thi
cross-cut tunnel can be completed il
four months by the employment of fiv
miners and cook. 1t is also the inten
tion of the management to explore tn
Corona claims during the summer wit
a short tunnel.
1t must be remembered that tn
names of the claims in the Kamia
Group are as follows: Kamiah Nos.
to 7, Macivar Nos. l and 2, Corona Nos
/ to z, and Spectator Nos. and 2. An
that all these constitute the Kamla
Group and are attached together an
form body of mineral land of "a
acres.
From the test shafts that have bee
sunk as preliminary investigation
the conditions and values the averag
of seventeen assays was about $33.C
in gold per ton. All free-milling ore.
The following is the engineers repol
made by Walter c. Brewer, E. M.
The eighteen quartz location claim
owned by the Kamiah company al
each 15OOx6O0 in size. This extensiV
group is located in Buffalo gulch and c
Blackfoot ridge, three and one-ha
miles northwest of Elk City, Idal
county, Idaho, and it is in the center
the famous Elk City mining distric
where the recent discovery of aurife
Gus quartz veins and porphyry dikes,
reliable commercial value, has attracts
the attention of the mining world.
The leading features of the Kamis
property are the porphyry dikes, whi'
trend through the claims in such W;