Lewiston inter-state news. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1905-1906, 1905-04-28
AMONG MINES
OF THUNDER
Reviews of Progress and Devel.
ooment in ldaho's Famous s
Camp
Mountain News.)

THUNDER Mountain News.)
A, the H. Y.-Climax the new shaft
&c down about 90 feet; no new devel-
onments have taken place. but the
,york will be continued.
The Standard.
The Burley tunnel at the Standard
,,ire is now driven 26O feet. The rock
is now solid requiring no further tim
baring and the Great Terrett Lode
sbould be cut within the next Is feet.
In the Elk tunnel the drift on the lode
;s in Is feet and 65 feet from the be-
ginning of the drift crosscut Of the
lode is being made. At this point the
lode swerved slightly to the west but
is coming back to its former direc-
tion. on the foot wall of the lode
drift was started Tuesday morning.
Twentieth Century
Thirty -one men are on the payroll Of
the Twentieth Century Mining and
Power company, and the force is be-
ing constantly increased. Work is be-
ing pushed on the Central. the Toltac
and the Blue Point tunnel.
A. A. Lyden, who is an experienced
charcoal burner has been given con-
tract to burn 1000 bushels.
The sawmill. which was started and
was running smoothly last week. has
been obliged to shut down for two or
three days on account of an accident.
A block of wood passed through the
grizzlies and stripped the bevel geared
wheel Of cngs. The damage can easily
be repaired. however. and saving will
soon proceed.
The sunnyside.
Work is being pushed at the Sunny
side in preparation for the starting OF
the mill which will occur in a few days.
The tramway is nearly ready. the
crusher is being put in place. and the
main stope Is laid out so that the large
number of miners required to furnish
the ore may work to advantage. In
the Bur Oak tunnel the, raise to the
blanket is progressing well.
fine station has been built at the
foot of the raise which is underground
ore compartments and iron slide doors
opened and closed with levers and
worked with perfect ease. allowing the
rock to fill the cars and shut off the
discharge at the will of the operator
Reardon Creek.
On March II the News called at.
tention to the work being done OF
81 y,
Reliance and Helen Gould groups,
claims in all. The owners are Franl
g. Allison. Lester H. Busby and Rich
ard r. Blackburn. Mr.. Bnsby has jus
returned from the property and ma
well feel delighted with its showing
A representative of the News was al
lowed to pan some Of the rock whic
was brought in and the prospect was
good one. As was stated in the issu
Of the 1lth the Reliance group wher
the work is now being done. is abou
three fonrths Of mile from the sum
NIT south Of Diamonds road house.
well defined lode of quartz ruiz
through the property. and in one plat
is so situated that by running tur
mel 'diagonally to the vein the ore wi
be reached In about IS feet at a dept
Of $50 feet. The work Is already begu
on this tunnel. The surface rock
white ovtdixed r"artz and seems
De entirely free. Mr.. Rusby and h
partner have great faith in this groui
and firmly believe they have a valn'
bile mine.
Prospective Sale.
Frank r. McCann and Lester
hnsby have made conditional sa
of their property dn Sugar creek abo
two miles from Rainbow summit. Ca
italists from the east have an opti
fon the group till Jolly Is for $780, 900.
tunnel ss feet in length has been r
and the showing II good the lode is
porphyry is IS feet In width and h
Doth walls OF granite well defined.
S As the sale depends only upon t
vefireationA@ TIE representations ma
by Afrl McCanh and Mr.. Rnsby. it
safe to say that the deal will
'hn"pgh aif xght. = ) .
bn crpsk Mines. .
RNF.SdSscldman : arrived from I
''"eek last Friday sInsspeaking of 4
c"'ntry Mr.. Goldman said that
.'iaenenaerees pine never showed
as wen AS AZ present. This II a gr
yanide apropositions aAbout SOC f
= tnnnsl ~er* has been done. 2
'ock b ssokine better ana theSass.
are ruFpins hieher.zssT 81
hne Crown Mining company Is j
iet'ins rnnttact Tor 1..s6e feet OF h
"e' ~qrkt 81 Vpon the. developments
IN me main tunnel at the Independer
which ,s36inx sii,e ore~.n Is con, par
property. depends whether the w