The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-09-05
HINES AND MINING

J re OUTPUT OF the HiitSs aAt RAJ
Of the GoIdneid district for The past
week was 3.4i7 tons. having an es
timated value OF s39o.775.
Jesse Winter recently encountered a
eighteen-foot vein u copper ore on ms
claim az Grand Encampment, Nyn
Through IL ran several rich stF.ngeFa
OF ore several inches wide.
Plans are being made 10 buiid
railroad from Baker City, Ore TO the
copper belt, Of which the Poorman
mine is the central figure. and 70 the
Iron Dixie mine On the Snake river
In the property Of the Fetish Min
Ing company a few miles from HALEY,
Idaho, in which Salt Takers are IL
terested. ore has been struck which
has a market value of $40 10 the ton.
A compressor plant has been in
stalled al the Baoy Mckee property.
IN Big Cottonwood canyon. near Salt
Lake, and from now Oh work viii be
vigorously prosecuted at that property.
Ore has been encountered in the
property OF the Fetish Mining COM
pany, near HALEY, that has market
value OF 1910 to tae ton. The owners
are principally Salt Lake business
men.
The Schultz tunnel at Boulder Is In
320 feet ana recently has tapped the
vein casing at depth OF 500 feet. In
25 or so feet more tie surface shoot
of ore is expected 10 be cut, says
the HALEY Times.
A strike of four feet Of lead car
Donate ore has been made in the Inn
peftal mine at Burke. Idaho, which
/ State Mine Inspector Bell has declared
to be as big and important as the first
strike in the Hercules mine.
Goldfield mines and leases made the
heaviest shipments In the history OF
the camp last week Three thousand
two hundred and ffty-four tons OF ore
were shipped and $40 tons milled, a
total OF 1874. valued at $i3S,420.
Daniel w. Edwards, who conducted
brokerage business in Tonopah for
some time, Is the authority for state
ment that he aud Nat G. Goodwin, the
famous comedian, Will open brok-
erage office in Reno this fall.
What is known as the copper belt, ~
miles northeast Of Baker City, Ore.
has exceeded all expectations In the
showing made by the developments OF
the last six months. all OF the working
properties In that district showing con-
siderable Improvement.
The building OF the first public con-
centrator In the Occur dAlenes will
be commenced within few days. The
concentration will be erected by the
Northern Ore Purchasing company at
a cost OF 100000. and will have ca
pacity OF 100 tons day.
The Rainbow mine in Mermon ba
sin. some 30 miles from Durkee. Ore.
Ia equipped with an aerial tramway
half mile long, that conveys the ore
from the mine 10 the mill OF 20 stamps
The ore Is partly free milling, A
force of 40 men Is employed.
The report comes from the Atlanta
mining district of Idaho of great activ-
/ ity this year Not enough houses ars
erected to comfortably house all the
people who are there now and no,
near as many mon are there as could
receive employment at the camp.
The north drift from the crosscut
tunnel level on the Banner. at Silver
City. Idaho Ia now In 500 feet, and the
south drift 2G5 feet on the same level.
In both directions the ledge Mt tho
face OF the drifts has been crosscut
to the walls and shows width of 10
feet the greater portion OF the ledge
being OF Il good grade OF milling ore.
The final section Of the FIRST unit of
the Utah Copper eompany's mill at Gar
field win he placed In commission dur
ing the week and by the first of the
month the plant VIII be Just about
running at les capacity of 2.o00 tons a
day, while there is every probability
that few weeks win see the great
uiiil running at better. than 5000
tons
In ortier TO Offset any mistaken I'M
preston that might be created by his
becoming Identified with mining opera
tons on large scale In Utah. F.
Augustus Heiase In an exclusive In.
terview tp tho New York Commercial.
said that he was not contemplating
any heiligerout tactics against any of
tae large interests already established
! In Utah
The addition TO the mill of the Round
Mountain Mining company at Round
Mountain. Nevada. will be finished
within fortnight and the capacity
with be increased To sixty tons day.
The mill has been producing $4,000
month with two Nilsson stamps. re-
| dpclng twenty tons a day. The maa.
agement expects 20 make the mine and
mill earn $50 100 a month net
Three young men. who few weeks
ago took up claims within sight Of
Nampa. are being rewarded for their
enterprise. AT the 355 foot mark
which has Just been reached. they
have struck a small vein OF extremely
high grade ore with much free gold
IN u One assay of this last strike
which has iast been made. ran as
iKh as sS5 500. Out Of QUE pocket
they took $500 worth OF free gold and
one nugget alone was worth SIS,
The conceasrator Of the penn-wyo-
ming company at Grand Eacampment,
Wyo4. has been In operation for sew
eral days TIE tramway is bringing
down large quantities of ore from the
Ferrts.Hagerty mine aud Il il expected
the Smelter will be blown IN to a few