The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-02-08
COUNTY MINES
BECOMING ACTIVE

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out ready for shooting down as soon
As the water starts sufficiently 1or the
mills TO begin operation. Nj. y. Tytier,
who assays and tests the ores OF the
mines In the Elk. district, estimates
that there is approximately SoOv'VVV
I'm ore values ready for the minis
Rich Vein In Black Pine.
The working tunnel on the BLACK
Pine is now In 1920 feet and Is Delng
driven ahead day and night Inc
vein for over $50 feet shows an aver
age width OF two feet, some or the
ore assaying in the thousands with an
average value the length and width Oh
the vein OF, 5000 to the ton.
At the Hercules development is pro-
crossing on the second and third lev
| els. Manager John M. McDermid, VINO
Il is at Hamilton, Ont, has advised his
associates here that sufficient funds
have been raised to continue the work
and also install modern reduction
| blant next summer. Modern buildings
were erected at the mine last fall ana
sufficient lumber sawed for the mill
building Fourteen men are now en-
ployed In underground work.
The Orogrande Gold Mining COM
pany Is getting everything at the mine
and mill ready for operation at an
early date. Fourteen tons of pipe
were brought In recently and 100000
pounds of new machinery is at Sites.
The plant will handle 300 tons OF ore
a day.
Expose Ore in the international.
Development will continue all win
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tunnel, In $50 feet, has exposed vein
Of free milling ore 20 inches wide that
averages 500 to the ton. Some very
rich specimens are obtained Ar
rangements have been made for plac-
ing small mill on the property at an
early date, The International is own
ed by Frank SockOlick and other Sp0-
kane people.
At the Black Diamond two shifts
are blocking out ore. An attempt was
made to get in the machinery this win
ter, but the condition of the road was
such that heavy pieces were aban-
doned along the route. The plant
is being financed by the Pabst brew
cry interests of Milwaukee.
To Enlarge GrangeviIIe Mill.
lHC dtuuSCtilfC tutIC, ICCCntit cOiQ
to Los Angeles people, is to be
equipped with a larger mill The ore
bins are full and much ore has been
blocked out for stopping. The mine is
developed with approximately 1000
feet of tunnel and upraise work. The
vein averages two feet In width. The
ore is practically free and gold values
of $50 to. the ton are saved ON the
Iafa This ~ haes toll r6
$4,000 in the present small stamp
mill
The mineral zone mill is running
with two shifts Bullion and concen-
trates are shipped twice a month 1t is
the intention of G.. T.. Basket, the
owner, to sink for rich ore bodies ex-
posed by drift from the bottom of
the shaft. This property has been pro-
ducing continuously for the last three
years.
Mother Lode Group Is Sold.
The Mother Lode group which adj
joins the Black Pine holdings two
miles east Of Elk City, was. sold this
week to people in Philadelphia for
$4,000. This property has produced
considerable gold, but the expense of
hauling the ore to the custom mill for
a
sufficient margin of profit. 1t is the
intention of the new owners to sink
200 feet, then drift both ways on the
vein. Should the present value con-
tinue 10-stamp mill will be installed
The Alberta quartz property, which
adjoins the Hercules, is to be devel-
oped next spring The property was
recently sold to Canadian capitalists,
said to be the same people now oper-
ating the Hercules mine.
The unusual snow fall to date In
sures an abundance of water for
placer mining.
The Deadwood Placer company has
completed arrangements for construct
ing several miles of new bitches and
the construction of a large dam to i'm
pound water sufficient to insure a con
tinuance of operations until the freeze
up next fall