The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-01-04
Golden Mining Company Take
Property Under Bond
Have New Plans.
INSTALL 5O-TON MILL
Outline Many improvements
for Comng Year-Rich
Ore Blocked Out.

Sites Enterprise-T Golden Min
,n,, COMPANY have bonded the Buck
horn property formerly owned by Z.
y Samnle. Mr.. Sample was in Spo-
Eane last week and met with the com
many and all business matters ADJUST
ad satisfactorily to all parties concern
al The new company Will install
5O-ton mill and cyanide plant IN the
snrinp and operate the mine on en-
tirely new lines.
During the past summer Il saw mill
VAS installed, q new mill building was
constructed and rod mill installed
for grinding ore, and concentrate
tables installed this fall. In the spring
a new battery of tables will be pro
rided TO meet the demand of the I'M
crease in production.
Among the improvements to be con
structed in the early spring will be a
hunk house, cook house and dining
room. and several small residences
for the officers and men with families.
This property has been under devel-
opment for the past seven years by Mr..
Sample. who was formerly manager
for the IA3uckhorn Gold Mining Co.
This company have had a small Chill
Hail Hllll ODCl hhi MS bAAS PeN'N
four years and took out good values
during the summer and did develop
ment work during the winter.
There is now an immense amount OF
ore blocked out and will run in val
ues from $14 to $33 per ton and several
ASSAYS have shown values In excess OF
$500 per ton.
No. / tunnel is in about 400 feet
800 feet of which goes through good
values in the face as the drift pro
ceeds at depth of 125 feet. No.
tunnel has 732 feet and 800 feet is
drifted on the vein, showing gooc
values most of the way. This tun
mel will be continued ahead to reacl
the rich shoots in No. l tunnel.
One of the great obstacles in our de
yeopment Of this territory said Mr.
Sample, lis the transportation o.
heavy machinery into the interior ant
only hope in securing the water grad'
route from Elk City to Sites will b.
by every miner and farmer in this sec
tion to get busy and boost. We car
readily see why we have not been abl
to get this road, the interests hav
been divided. but as they now stant
everybody pushing for the water grad
route to Sites we will see our effort
will be rewarded When this road i
constructed this viii he the mecca fo
the miner, and new life will make thi
the camp of the country for prOductio
Of gold"
Great Quantities of Ore Blocked Out
Peter Proulx, of Golden, owner o
the Occur d'Alene group of quart
mlnes is one of the most persisten
development workers in the distric
and has more ore on the dump on hi
property than any one in the section
lle property is developed by one tur
mel 1000 feet long and is on the ven
and Il number of good ore shoots a
Of which carry good values. Tn
depth of drift at the face is 400 fee
ana the immense tonnage blocked OF
ready for the mill as soon Nv tram
portation facilities are available to d
ireighting at a reasonable figure to tf
interior.
Mr.. Pr0ulx has not lost any enthu
Msn In the mining district but
working daily on development and e,
pects to get his reward for the yea
u labor he has put on this propert
peiore the close of next year. Tn
property was bonded to eastern ca
iAlsts at one time, and big pa
ment made on it, but as the finances
oppression in the country they we
hol able to complete the bond and Il
possession reverted to the origin
owner.