Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17

viously stated In addition to these,
some development is also being carried
on at the Rummel claim, adjoining tiie
Horseshoe claim to the south, with
prospects of further extending the &c
posts in that direction, ana announcer
interesting point of development - oc-
ing made on n Halter dipping VEIN three
feet wide. two miles east Of the Horse
shoe claim known as the Little mine.
North of the Packsaddle property the
coal formations are deeply covered Win
rhyolite lava, and short distance
south of the Rammol claim they are
badly broken and disturbed some
vertical short step faults are shown III
the Brown Bear workings that defect
tho entries n little but don't destroy
the coal and it is believed by competent
authorities, who have examined tins
field, that it's extensive development VIII
solve the serious fuel problem that
Idaho IS annually afflicted with,
METAL MINING.
rho metal mines of Idaho have e"-
porienCed quiet year in respect To
new development, A steady output
has been maintained, however, ny the
principal producers or the Occur d Aienc
district, and their total yield OF lead
and silver for 1910 will be fully up to
the average of the past ten years.
some remarkably rich orc develop
mcnt has been made during tho year in
a new series Of powerful assures thnt
are being opened up In the foot wall
, formations OF the Wnrdncr lode, three
OF which are already large producers
and their discovery has thrown n new
and interesting light on that poftioh
i of the district.
In I.nmhi county. the construction of
the pIttshurg & Gilmore railway into
tho Gilmore district has greatly stimu-
lated interest in tho mines and pros
meets OF that extensive and promising
lead silver field, and am reliably in
formed that two TO three cars or rich
crude ore n day have been sent to mar
kct during the past three months. Thls
region, including the nc!ghboring dis
tricts of Junction, Spring Mountain.
Birch Creek and Nichoin. has dozens
OF very promising properties, including
some handsome deposits of gold and
| copper ore MS well AS lead and silver
| and presents n very attractive field Tor
| the legitimate promoter and investor.
Al the famous old gold and silver
producing district OF Silver CITY in
Owyhco county. tho Trade Dollar mine,
after continuous operation Of II years
and n gross production of S20,nOo,0OO al
a net profit of SiO,o0o,Ooo. had been per-
maucntly closed down az exhausted ut
the .7OC-rt. level. The old Delamnr
mine, in the same vicinity, continue" n
In steady operation with force OF 200
men. and IL still making decent mar
gin Of profit in spite of oncounter'ng
n more refractory ore. the successful
treatment OF which tho management
with characteristic ingenuity has been
able to meet and overcome.
some rich ore development has re-
Gently been made IN the Banner mtno
OF Florida mountain Mt very consider
ablo depth and some active prospecting
work Is In progress and meeting good
encouragement in several other proper
tics OF the district, anu 1t is not unlike
" that 1t will blossom out with impor-
tant new producers aga In IN tho near
future. At Boise Basin. the Boston
and Idaho company have successfully
operated their 1000 yard drcdgo OF tho
largest typo made.