Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-30
Boulder and Jarbidge Min
ing Districts to Be Sup
piled With Power During
the Present Season.
GREAT ACTIVITY IN
MINING PREDICTED
Electric Power Will Be the
Means Of Increasing OPP
erations Work to Be
Pushed as Rapidly as Pos
sible.

haeH eShSiOh poWcT lineB are 10 De
built in the immediate future to the
Boulder and Jarbidge mining districts
by the Idaho Power company. Owners
or the Demming group. now managed
by M. +. Rowland of Nampa, have en-
tered into contract with the power
company for 500 horsepower. The prop
erty has recently been equipped with
new machinery and equipment. The
mill is of the latest type for free mill
ing gold ore and has a capacity of 100
tons daily. An electric hoist has been
installed, as we'll as a new compressor.
A large force of men is employed and
just as soon as power is available the
old property will once more be turned
into producer. Operations during the
past months have resulted in blocking
out large ore reserves and there is as
surance that the mine will again pay
dividends.
o. G. f. Markhus, general superin-
tendent OF the IGaho Power company,
predicts much az .ivity in the Boulder
section. He says other properties be-
sides the Demming group will be busy
this year and that the power company
will have number of customers in the
Silver City district. The line will be
run from Silver City to Boulder, a dis
lance of Is miles. 1t will be a copper
transmission line and with the present
price of copper will represent an in
vestment of considerable proportions
LINE TO JARBIDGE.
The line to the Jarbidgo district is
to supply power for the Guggenheim
interests and the Idaho Power company
is under contract to furnish power by
October l of this year. The line will
be run from the Thousand Springs
plant to the new district, distance of
about 80 miles. 1t will represent a
large investment on the part of the
power company, but the camp has been
proven and there is assurance that
there will be a big demand for power
for n long time to come. The Gug-
genheim interests are particularly in
terested in getting the transmission
line built in the shortest possible time
and are giving the powen company ev-
cry possible assistance in its oonstruc-
ton. Preliminary surveys are now be-
ing made and next week the perma
nent survey will be run. Construction
is to be started at once. The power
company some time ago bought the
copper wire needed for this line, as
well as for the one from Silver City to
the Boulder district.
WORK WILL BE RUSHED.
Scarcity of material and labor will
have something to do with the time
in which the new power lines can be
built, but the work will be rushed SO
that development in the districts will
not be delayed. Al, In the Silver City
district, the mines which promise to
be active this year in addition to the
Demming group are the Sinker Tun-
mel, the Silver City Mining & Milling
company's property, the old DeLamar
and also some leasers on the old
Trade Dollar
Since the old Demming group was
taken over by the new management
and financed by eastern capitalists
there has been installed a fully equip
ped modern plant. In order to max e |
high percentage of saving floatation /
equipment has been added to the con-
centrating plant. This will make it |
possible to save values that have |
been lost in former operations of the |
property. Other properties of this dis
trict are also installing modern |
equipment which will enable them to |
handle more ore and make better
savings. :
The Jarbidge camp is showing up
exceptionally well. There are now
about 1000 people at Jarbidge and the !
extensive development under way on
the Guggenheim properties gives
promise of a noticeable growth in the
Immediate future. The Guggenheims
are the heaviest owners of properties
at Jarbidge, but it is understood that
George Wingfield. the Nevada Million
aire mining man, has had his agents
in the field and has become inter-
ested in some promising claims of
the district.