Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1910-04-21
late MINING NEWS
Elk City and Ten Mile Mines
Working
PORTLAND MEN INTERESTED
OroRrande District On Verge
of Boom

Joe Sugars, here from Orogrande
last Saturday to lay in supply of
provisions for the lola mine, gaye out
information relatives to the mines
there that proves that Orogrande is
not going to be left behind by other
central Idaho districts in the matter
Of mine-development for the year
1910.
The Twin Butte, Umatilla and lola
are the properties in the limelight Just
now.
Twin Butte.
The Twin Butte, of which company y
H. M. Peterson, of Charleston, Wash
ington, is president, is employing Is
men at present. Repairs are being
made on the tram and concentrators,
which were shipped to the mine last
fall, are being placed.
Development Of the mine is being
pushed. The raise 255 feet to the
surface is within 120 feet of being
completed. This raise was started
from the main tunnel at the point
where it cuts the ore body, which is
365 feet from the portal. The ore at
that point is 43 feet wide. On the
surface the ore has been traced for
several thousand feet.
The Twin Butte is equipped with
Chilean mill of 80 tons capacity, oper-
ated by water power, which makes the
expense Of treating very low. Mr..
Sugars thinks the mill can be started
in about two weeks
| More Ore in Umatilla.
Orrin Lamb, in charge Of the work
at the Umatilla, reports a shoot of
high grade ore 8 feet wide has just
been found in the east drift from the
main tunnel, at depth of 250 feet
This body is exposed the distance of
800 feet on the surface.
This new strike improves the Uma-
tilla by about one hundred per cent.
In the west drift an ore shoot that
averages about feet wide is exposed
by the draft of 250 feet, the ledge be-
ing crossed by a dyke 40 feet wide.
The late Jacob Schlosser of Chicago
who was president Of the company,
was perfecting plans when he was here
last fall .cor mill for the property.
It is understood that the brother who
has come into the position is to carry
out the plans made, so now with the
new discovery Of ore in the east drift,
it seems the mill will surely be built
this summer. 1t was also one OF the
plans of the late Jacob Schlosser to
install hydro electric power plant at
the confluence of Four Mile and the
South Fork rivers, Of proportions to
operate mathinery at the Umatilla
mine and other mines in the neighbor-
! hood. Hydraulic engineers had gone
over the ground of the proposed inn
provement, and a power company was
about to be formed in Chicago when
Mr.. Schlosser took sick and died.
!, Mill For The lola.
Mr.. Sugars is working on the lola.
on the trail to the Umatilla mine
distance quarter of mile from Orc
grande, and has cut ledge 8 feet
wide at so feet depth that assays $2C
9 to $125, gold to the ton. The lola is
owned by Mr.. Sugars and M. L. Der
!. rigg, of Grangeville, who propose t.
: put on stamp mill Of small capacity
: for development purposes sometime
during the summer.
! Crooked River Trail
The Orogrande people have takel
e up the matter of building trail dow
y Crooked river to connect on the Soutl
Fork trail. There is a stretch of fou
e miles of trail yet to be built, and thi
e will be started on soon.-Mnin
News.
A Heavy Producer
From the Oregonian of Portland "
clip the following item. The Fran
u J. Parker, who is spoken Of in til
:, article is brother of A. f. Parker {
> this city:
e "While the new Elk City, Idah
strike is authentic beyond question,
1t said Frank J. Parker, of Lincol
county, yesterday, "the location Of Il
Harmon and Morrow property has n