, 1889-06-20
IN THE MINES.
Progress Of Operations in the
C9ur d'AleneS.
The Alma and Nellie Wood
Steady Producers.
improvements at the Custer ana the San
Frsncisco-Nsw Discovery IN
kootenEi.

the REVIEW condenses the following in
terestinK mining news:
Tho Alma aud Nellie Wood consolidated
mines, OF Elk creek, are again a,nong the
steady producers OF the precious metal
The twenty stamps Of tue company are re-
ducinR fifty tons per day. The mines
chow slopes Of ore that promise steady
yield tor some tine. There arc forty.five
men on the pay roll.
The Old Abe mine Is located at tower.
inu height upon the mouuti ain but since
the 6rst explorations were made upon it.
the hope of the owners has been equally
exalted. and when they say their mine il
away up" they refer not only to its loca.
tion. but they also make very decided
reference to the quality of ore it contains,
and the line bodies OF mineral they have
recently uncovered. In the discovery it Is
Thought second Sullivan has been
brought to light, ~ it is apparently on
the same mineral belt with that wonderful
ore producer. and offers eqraly as good
Inducements for the continuation of opera.
tiono as that famous mine did in the early
days OF the South Fork. The first car
load of ore was shipped by the owners of
the Old Aoe on June to the sampling
works at Helena, Mont.
Work 10 progressing steadily oil the
ineZ mine on Deadwood Gulch. and the
re-timberinR of the incline is nesrly COM
pleted. The frame of the building for
the hoisting works IL put up and will be
completed next week The machinery il
en- route and the boiler and engine'wil ar
rive next Monday.
The annual meeting Of the stockholders
o. the bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining
and Concentrating Company, for the eec-
ton of the board of directors lor the ensu-
ing year and for the transaction OF other
important business will, be held ut Port
land on next Thursday, June Goth.
= Prof. Clayton made II thorough inspec-
tion of the Poorman and Tiger mines in
the latter part of last March, at which
time the 100 foot level on the Poorman
had been driven east from the cross.cut
2l0 feet and had been driven west under
the creek 320 feet Since then the level
has been extended west to the Tiger line.
The width Ut the vein is measured up ev-
cry ten feet in length, giving AN average
OF six and one'half feet. IL takes about
three tons OF ore to make one ton Ut con.
cantrates. During last week Prof. Clay
ton returned and made another visit. He
found the shaft extended down seventy
feet lower and the cross.cut ran to the vein
and u new level IL now being opened,
showing the vein to be wider and stronger
than II Was on the level above and dis
playing a continual increase in size as
depth ia reached.
The Tiger Mining Company has put in
a small hoist to be driven by a Pelton
waterwheel. They have Wine down
100 feet below their tunnel level, which
they nre now enarging for two com.
partment shaft, from the bottom of which
they will extend levels each way on the
lode connecting with the 100 foot level of
the Poorman. The intention IL to sink
another 100 feet and open up new level
corr espondiug with the Poorman second
level. This Is the baginning of sys.
tematic development OF these mines to the
deep. These develobments show large
quantities of ore in advance of extraction,
and the intention is to keep at least two
years supply of ore ahead of the mills
Messrs. Hotter. Murphy and other Mon.
tana capitalists who bonded the Evening
lode. on Chloride Hill, tor $1,000 have
suspended operations, having concluded
not to It'll the terms OF the bond. Since
the Helena syndicate became interested In
the property over one thousand feet tun.
neling has been run. but the result did not
justify further outlay. They consider the
mine 10 held at too high u figure and have
arrived at that conclusion after spending
nearly go 900 in its development
ON urPER SOUTH FORK.
The Wallace Free Press has the follow
ing Interesting item OF news: The usual
quantity of ore has been shipped ont this
week. The Tiger, Poormap and Granite
maze up the list of Canyon creek producers,
but within two weeks the San Francisco
will be added and little later on the
Gem will fall into line. At Mullan the
Hunter has temporarily suspended work.
There 10 difficulty between the mining
company and railroad company concern
ing the ground upon which the mill is
located This is liable TO be settled ut
at any time, when work will be resumed.
Work on the Morning mine progresses
favorabiy and it viii. take but short time
to place this mine among the shippers.
Two Nine Mile properties the Custer and
California, will make shipments from
Wallace in the near future. All the mines
mentioned above are reported in excellent
condition. IL has been less than eighteen
months since the 6rst carload of ore was
shipped from the Upper South Fork or
tributaries. The present showing Is a
good one. The lsit of producing mines
constantly grows larger, and it would not
be surprising to see the number doubled
within the next year.
IN SPLENDID SHAPE.
Tue Custer wagon road will be COM
pleted Monday. Peter Porter informs US
that wagons loaded with ore may be eX-
pected in Wallace about the middle of the
week. George 4 Human have the con-
tract for hauling.
The mine is in splendid shape. There
is better ore and more of it than ever be-
fore. As is known to most OF our readers,
the Custer yields the highest grade OF sill.
yer lead ore yet shipped from Cour
d'Alene. The ore now being sacked tor
shipment runs rs per cent lead and 81 l'2
ounces silver.
A few daYs ago Mr.. Porter had an as