Work ongoing at properties of Silver Trend

Underground drilling has been completed at the Silver Strand gold-silver mine in Idaho’s Coeur d’Alene district.

Silver Trend Mining (SpOTC) says six holes were drilled: two through the known orebody, two into the walls of a stope and two holes into the enclosing country rock. Assay results are pending.

Silver Trend leases the property to Mine Systems Design, which has an agreement with the U.S. Bureau of Mines covering the old mine. It is situated 25 miles west of Kellogg in Kootenai Cty.

Additional work included rehabilitation of the lowest adit, where overburden was excavated and a 7-ft.-diameter culvert was placed in the tunnel. Meanwhile, in Nevada, 28 miles from the community of Fallon, work is ongoing at the old Pyramid gold-silver mine property acquired by Silver Trend in 1979. The property is leased to Robert Gee and Associates. The old workings and the surrounding area underwent mapping this year.

A partner Gee took in this year, Dynasty Inc., has worked on the old shaft. The collar of the shaft has been rebuilt, a steel headframe has been installed, and track and pipe have been laid down the incline. A drift, heading north from 40 ft. above the bottom of the shaft, is under way. Ore from the drifting is being stockpiled. Dynasty plans to mill that ore using a small flotation concentrator originally built for tungsten ore. A low-level adit for access and ventilation, from a nearby canyon is also planned.