The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-12-06
Camp Busy With Development
Work and Installation of
New Machinery.
GILT EDGE Mine SOLD
Buckhorn Buys 50-Ton Lane
Mill-New York Is Work
ing Thirty Men.

Sites, Idaho, Dec. 2-The Ten-Mile
district of Idaho county is making great
strides as gold producer and a good
deal OF activity is being shown in this
camp by the installing of new machin-
cry and development work. Several
properties have already changed hands,
a proof that capital has confidence
in this district as a gold producer In
the near future.
The Gilt Edge property was sold last
week to A. ID. Meenach and f. Fl. Os-
good of Seattle, The new owners pro-
pose to put 50-ton Lane mill and all
the necessary equipment on the prop
erty at once, as every one Is anxious to
take advantage of the roads, which are
ih exceptionally good condition for
this time of the year, little snow hav-
ing fallen as yet, and what remains il
only on the north hin sides Mr.. Meen-
ach is mining man of experience, hav-
ing spent u years in Alaska and ship
ped the first copper ore out of the
territory when he was part owner and
manager of the Ellinor Mining COM
pany.
BuckhOrn Gets Mill.
The Golden Mining company. opera
ting the Bdckhorn mine. of which w
+. York Is superintendent, has 10000
pounds more machinery here and on
the road to the mine, consisting of
cotton Lane mill, 40-horsepower
Atlas engine and fiotation system,
with capacity of $50 tons every "a
hours This property has installed all
the other machinery, and expects to
bring its output up to the capacity
of the fiotation plant as soon as pos
sibe There are %, 100 tons of high
grade gold ore blocked ont ready for
milling, the main tunnel is In $50 feet,
giving a lift Of 400 reet. and will be
driven another 700 feet this winter.
giving a depth Of 800 feet There are
eight properties in the district which
will he active producers next spring
the Gilt Edge. Buckhorn. New York,
Wonder, Lone Pine, Gold Hill, Mckay
and the Halliday.
New York and Wonder Busy.
The New York and Wonder are both
Installing 10-stamp mills, while the
Gold Hill is operating a Gibson mill,
and expects to add other machinery In
the spring. The New York is owned by
Mr. Huntley of Spokane and the Smith
Bros. They are working 80 men, and
in few days will have their mill in
operation. and expect to do further de-
Yelopment work on the big body of rich
ore that has lately been cut in the
lower tunnel
The Lone Pine has fve-stamp mill
III operation aud ii is runored that
this property will change hands again
III the near future and the machinery
enlarged to bring the output no to
the capacity that the showing war
rants.
The Mckay, recently taken over by
Seattle parties. after II stormy period
lasting several years, is Mt last in the
hands of men who will develop this
property
Dean Roberts Pleased.
Dean Roberts of the mining depart
meht of the University of Washington
after making an examination, is enthu-
SiaStic over the district as n gold pro-
ducer. Dean Roberts. in testing ore
nj the university. says that he believes
more values in this class of ore can he
saved by the Denver mill than any
other he knows of. his tests showing n
saving of 10 per cent of the free gold