The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-06-18
MINING PROSPE(T
IN (USTfR

Custer Slide Mining COMPANY Is
the naH.s Of the Cripple Greek mlo
Ing eompAny shat has taken bond
. lease on the Lucky Boy mines and
mill, and the Charles RAine ore Slide
at Caster. Mr. hitI, q mlning naa
capitalist, who 10 haanciog the pro
jsct, was a. Custer several days last
week, and was accompanied by MI.
Lewis aud q mining sna inser. The
Chas. Raine miRe, or more common
ly called the old Custer ore slide, is
practically . whuls side mountain
covered with loose slide ore that sam.
plea from 500 ton up, and there is
estimated " be million and q half
tons Of sold-sifver ore la tbis slide,
and BY taking IL ~ IL cones, the
whole slide can be nilled At pront,
~ little expense 10 attached as IL can
be mined on 4 large scAle with
steam shovel. Already scme prelim-
inary work In being done, aud small
force OF men Ii being sorked. The
boarding house st the mill 10 bsing
repaired, and later the company eX.
pect to employ hfty men. IL will
take y considerable amount Of work
to get he Lucky Boy mill and mine
in shape 10 operate. Should this
company purchase the property that
they nov have under bond and lease
We presume that tbey will see 4 wise
plan 70 drive tunoei through Gus.
ter Mountain, starting at the Kill,
and thereby tapping these rich old
mines AT . great depth. They prob
ably caa get electric power for the
work from the SunbsAm plant = fe"
miles away. Tbis tunnsl 10 the cor.
rect solution and will bs driven some
day.
The rich old Montana mine on
Estes Mountain, Yankee Fork Min
ing District, Custer County Idaho,
which forty years ago Was q won der
ia the mining world for lie richness
sxtrsms In gold. Is again coming to
the front. Last fall Wm. T. Ostsr
and othsrs, secured = lease on the
Montana mine, and by good manage.
msnt aud good niniDg, opened up
and took OUt nice bunch OF nigh
grade gold ore. He 10 nov treating
this ore At the Sunbeam mill u short
distance away, on Jordan Greek, and
IL Is reported that the mIli plates are
yellow with the yelloW metal. They
are also working the Sunbeam tail.
inRS through the mill 81 = good
pront Billy iS No. mining snd
! mill man, and his long residence in
the Yankee Fork district has made
him perfectly familiar with condi-
tions there He II working siI meu.
Al BonAnzG, In Custer county
on what In known As Horse Hill
right up the hill from the town oi
BONANZA, are located two separate
RIoups Of gold mining claims which
practically covers ali the srouod OF
the hlll. In the early days the
ground was la q way scattered over
and even At that, considerable gold
vas taken out. IL IL both u quart.
J and placer proposition. These clAimi
or many Of them we're relocated
, aud formed into stock companies tWC
and thres years AgO by q. v. EDDY
the we'll knOwn prospectOr. The
BoosnIs Mining Association has I
mill on ia property, but wbici
. has never operated, but this yea
D they expect 70 put force OF man a
: work on the miRss and operate III
! mill. We are told tie mines are ful
= Of ore that will pay 10 mill. Tit
. ownsrS Of this property, VINO contro
!. II, Ar, railroad men and not iAmIia
{ with mining, and ~ far the propeft.
] has teen very badly managed. bu
, there 10 q prO.psct that the propert!
I, may be better managed In the future
= The Wall Street Mining Association
= Anotiysr mining company, and whicl
b half ths sLOck 10 owned In CbAlli
I and about half 10 Salt Lake 10
= group of seven claims on the sam,
, hill, and practically carries the sam
+ KrAds aud character Of ore A. that o
the BobAnzs group. The Wall stree
claims very little work has bee
dons on them. but about the middh
\ Of thls month George L Core, on
OF the best Known mill and niniD
y. men In the oountTV uill arrive an
q have personal charge Of the pfopert
!, % general manager, and . force q
n msn will bs pat AZ work deVei0pin
,. the propsrty The Wall street "a
n fortunate, indeed, Ia sscuring ~
!. service OF Mr. Coxs
IL The Rsdbird Mining CoDABy q
- Clayton IA Dew organization q
70 capitalists, with Mr.. J. b Jones .
. TIE head Of TIE nee COMPANY Ju'
II ~hat the oOmpanJs plsns sfs q
= this lime Ss are not informed, Du
% frOn The general aspect 81 things
B. would appear that . large amount
ls sork hAs besG made 0uI fOs this -
"a non, snc sOou . large force II Hs
gill % put u sofE. COks 10 bsin
n.ut.d fr,.ru haeks0 a FnuldlV