The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1913-07-08
JARBIDGf NEWS NOTES
Reports Show That Mines Are Look
ing Well.

The force at the Buster mine have
finished timbering, catching up the
heaVy ground and cleaning up gener-
any, ana the entire workings are now
III excellent shape. The work of de-
Veloplns is again proceeding and few
mines respond so favorably and SO
quickly to systematic development. AT
a point in the vein 225 feet south of
the main crosscut tunnel the drift was
run on what was supposed to be the
IootWall. 1t was broken into here and
ore opened up that averaged $50 per
Ton across three feet. An assay from a
sample across IL inches gave returns
of $S1 per ton.
Forty feet, further to the south an
other crosscut was run into the sup
| posed lootWall and again ore was dis
closed. NO assays were taken here,
| put pannlnSS indicate ore of CONNER
clal grade. In cleaning up at the bot
tom OF the winze the boys took out
some OF the finest specimens ever
found IN the Buster. Gold is plainly
visible all through the rock, and as
TINS is the deepest working in the
mlne-360 feet below the surface-it
is especially gratifying.
There is 1904 feet of DEVELOPMENT
on the Buster, as follows: Crosscut
tunnels to tap vein, 97S feet: drifts
ana crosscuts on the vein, 1866 feet;
SHAFTS, so feet, wines, 10 feet
raises, 10 feet. This work blocks out
5O,OoO tons of ore averaging SIS a ton
| "a total of $750,000 In doing all of
the above and purchasing water
rights, timber claims, etc, the COM
pany has disposed of only 100000
shares of its 100000 shares of treas
ury stock.
John A. Jess, superintendent for
Honore Palmer, of Chicago, has not
| yet returned to camp, but Alex Urd-
ahl, his foreman, has had force car
rying up tools and supplies to the AL
phas, preparatory to resuming work
on that property. Some very fine
specimens, with lots of visible gold,
which were picked up on the dump of
the Alphas, were shown on the street
yesterday.
No word has been received locally
as to the progress of Mr.. Jess's nego-
tiations for the Bourne mine, but it is
said that an attorney of Gooding, is
endeavoring to have the case reopen
ed and the judgment set aside. He
says that if this is done the owners
OF the property will start work at
once.
At the Flake, the management de-
cided to continue the drift from the
53-foot point in the winze instead of
sinking deeper as was first contem-
plated. This drift is now out 80 feet
and the values in the main body of
the vein are better, if anything. The
values are more evenly distributed,
instead of being rich and low grade
streaks.
Messrs. Martin and Rowland, leas-
ing on the Little Devils, are making
good progress on the crosscut tunnel.
In the next u or Is feet they expect
to cut the vein from which they SACK
ed $500 ore in the upper workings.
In the drift on the vein from the
lower tunnel in the Buckeye, a small
streak of high-grade, evidently the
continuation OF the streak found in
the tunnel 100 feet above has been
picked up. Beautiful specimens come
from this, but bigger body of less
rich ore is what is being sought for,
and expected soon,
Good reports continue to come from
| the Crater section. On the True Fish
err the tunnel being run under con-
| tract for a block of treasury stock by
VIM. Franks and Al George, is now in
40 feet and there is good looking ore
in the face.
A little work on the Stormy group,
owned by Attorney Edwin e, Game,
of Elko, and VIM. Franks, has proven
very encouraging. The vein has been
opened up in two places where it
crops and 6-foot body of ore expos
ed. The ore is white sugar quartz,
looks very similar to that of the
Flake, and paintings indicate average
values per ton.-Nevada State Herald.
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