The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-09-06
MINES AND MINING

udS recently eTecteu gypsum mill q
their property.
The Marysvale or east section of tn
Gold Mountain country, in Utah. |
looking more encouraging and hopefu
right now than it has for twelve o
fifteen years.
A twelve-inch vein OF rich galena or
was uncovered fifty feet below the SUI
face in the Basin property at Wallace
Idaho, last week. Senator Hepburn /
one of the owners of this mine.
A strike of gold in the grass root,
in the Left Flank claim on Michigan
hill, near Centennial, Wyo., has made
excitement At thirty feet a three
foot ledge showing $40 to the ton was
uncovered.
The largest and richest natura
sluice box in the world, and perhap.
the greatest deposit of gold on earth
is to be found in the combined golt
of the black sand concentrates of the
Snake river, Idaho
The Washington Mining & Milling
company, operating rich gold proper
ties on Bear creek in the Marshall
lake district, is running night and
day shift, the stamp mill being kept In
operation sixteen hours out of "a.
There is a great dea! of metal min.
ing going on in the region radiatins
from Pocatello, and the opening OF
good coal measures in that section will
do more to build up southeastern Ida
no than anything that has ever hap
pened.
The North Star mine, on the east
fork of Wood river, will! soon join the
ranks of producing mines. Two years
and half ago the Haley mining bu-
reau secured lease UPON it, with an
option to purchase at any time within
five years for 100000.
A man named La Point has been at
work on the Snake rive, below Parma,
Idaho, installing small plant for SAL.
ing the values from the river sanda
This plant has been worked for soma
time and the results are SO satisfac
tory that large one is to be installed
Work at the Petit mine at Atlanta,
Idaho, is being rushed. The power
plant is being put in, and it will bs
one of the fine ones of this part Of
the state. The plant will be supplied
through flume 1900 feet in length
from which a fall of So feet is secured
The manager of the Rainbow COM
pany's properties in Little Cottonwood
district reports having tapped high
grade silver-lead ores, in that proper
", and he is now certain that he is
going to make a mine of it. The ore
shows 1879 ounces of silver, rs per
cent lead and 40c in gold, with some
copper.
A Spokane dispatch says that Thos.
!. Greenough, millionaire mining man
md former partner of Peter Larson
las announced the purchase of $4,000
lcres of placer ground in Fremont
county, % miles from Lander, the
learest railway point, and will spend
j, 100000 in improvements on the |
Oil locations are being made nine
niles south of Levan, in Juab coun-
y, Utah, and the locators believe they |
viii develop some phenomenally rich
ii properties. Oil was shipped from
his section, in small quantities, sever.
i years ago, but lack of capital and
roper facilities resulted in cessa-
ion Of development.
The Mink Creek coal mines, near
'ocatello, Idaho, have been opened to
depth of 300 feet on the dip of the
elm, which is twelve feet thick be-
ween walls and which has pitch OF
etween 80 and IS per cent from the
orizontal. The quality of the coal is
Improving with depth, and the mine
ill undoubtedly make fortunes for its
wners.
The anthony district of Utah is in
le northeast corner Of Garfield coun
T, about 200 miles from Salt Lake
ity. A rancher discovered the anti.
ony properties some twenty-six years
20, and but little work has beer
one. But now Montana capital has
ken hold of the proposition and
)0-ton concentrating mill to handle
lie lower grades of ore is nearing com
elton.
Sheridan county, Wyoming, coal
ines have practically doubled theh {
opacity since last season, and the /,
,ming winter will witness by far the
'eatest business ever handled from I
e field. Anticipating the tremen- I
JUS tonnage, the Burlington has pur.
lased 100 new engines of the heav- ,
st type of freight locomotives, and g
lied 5000 cars to its equipment. q
leridan operators say If sufficient :
iners can be secured the output will {
actically double that of any pre-.
Gus year. i
According to producers of copper
e supplies in consumers hands are L
ver than they have been in years. =
lie producer says even the copper in Q
e form of scrap has been practically
nsumed, and that manufacturers can a
t stay out of the market two weeks \
lger. h
It is stated that the Big Giant prop
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