The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1909-03-03
What The Mining News Tells of
the Elk District.
THINGS COMING ALLO.K.
Work Showing up Good and
Future Promising.

The Laurel Hill group, consisting
Of two patented claims, under bond
TO l. B. Wiener and associates of
Salt Lake, one of the Oldest locations
in the district, are being worked by
small crew.
The Lucky Strike.
Johnson, Cooper & Brown, of the
Lucky Strike, have driven their tun-
mel into another fine body of ore.
The shoot at present is six feet wide,
with only one wall. The ore shows
( some petsite, and is we'll mineralized.
\ This group has produced some re-
markably rich ore, running high in
both gold and silver.
Just across the South Fork from
4 the Lucky Strike, that old veteran
and prince of prospectors, VIM.
\ Houston, has made another good
find. He has driven his cross-cut
a tunnel, into the ledge, which he has
cut into eleven feet, with only one
wall in sight.
The Buckhorn.
The Buckhorn people have just
broken into their ledge in the cross
cut tunnel and the ore looks good
1t is of the same general character
as that on the surface, which was
high grade. They will continue to
push development work, following
the ledge in which is a very good
tunnel site.
Strike on Homestake.
James Penman, one of the owners
of the Homestake group of claims,
located on the divide between the
South fork of Crooked river and Big
Creek, about six miles south of Oro-
grande, is in Elk City showing some
fine specimens of sylvsnite that he
has just discovered on his claims.
He had known of this shoot of ore
for eight years, but as it would not
pan, little or no work was done on it.
But this winter, in doing work he
ran on to quite body, and upon
rooStlng some in forge, was surprised
to find great beads of gold all over the
quartz
He has brought out some samples,
together with some concentrates tha
he panned out, which he will have
asSayed and an analysis made to de.
termlne just what is in the ore.
Fine Ore in the Stratton.
Another good showing has beer
opened up on Quartz creek, nea
the Diamond Hitch group, by Jacl
Hinton, while doing development
work on the Stratton group. The!
were driving a cross-cut tunnel which
entered the ledge at about SO fee
depth, and in driving on the ledg
they encountered the ore shoot whlcl
shows great deal of galena. The ore
OF good value in gold and silver be
sides good per centage in lead.
Omatlla Makes Oooo.
The last 20 feet of the drift is all il
what it is said to be the best ore eve
found on the company's ground
the full face of five feet being most
~ oxldized ore. As there has bee
no croSS-cutting done at present, 1t
impossible to tell the width of the or
body at this point. 1t is understoo
That company will either let anothe
contract or put on crew themselves
More Men ON French Pete Claims.
AT the French Pete claims, locate
on the Santiam in the Ten Mil
country, more men will be put
work in the main tunnel, as the rails
TO the surface is through and the
now have plenty of good air. Drlt
ing and prosecuting will contlnu
until spring when they will put o
machinery and sink. They haN
some very high grade ore in both
.ne adlt tunnels. These tunnels 70
low the ledge all the way.