Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-11-28

claim by relocating it. After a mum.
Der of years Mr.. True has found buy
er at good figure.
Mr.. Spotswood of Moscow in speak
ing of Florence makes an observation
that all who have visited that camp
! will appreciated 1t Ia known that small
gold bearing veins are distributed all
over that district and from these veins
came the rich placer deposits which
! were worked in the eos. Mr.. Spots.
| wood says these veins as a rule grow
richer and larger AS they are developed
| in depth. This feature makes Florence
the most promising of all new quartz
| districts.
!. A. Vernon and William Morrill, of
this city have been working q bar claim
at Big Eddy which has paid $3.50 to
the man with shovel. They have now
arranged to use giant and have hopee
of good pay for future work. They
have forty acres of ground with an
average of six feet OF pay dirt that
prospects between thirty and fifty
cents to the yard.
Mr.. J. A. Clark, sent here by a st.
Paul company leaves for his home
shortly. The company has lease on
river bar near the mouth Of Ten Mile
creek. The ground prospects were good
bit the machinery that was being ops
Grated to save the gold would not do
the work for which 1t was intended
l. 10, n r<Hfrs1 otNdvy nj
the whole business and being practical
mechanical engineer he will design a
suitable plant for the purpose upon his
arrival in st. Paul. His object is to re-
turn here again in the spring.-Sentinel
J. II. Bingham furnishes to the
Asotin Sentinel the..following infOrma-
ton in regard to the mining PROPOSE.
tion in the Pierce city country:
The Scott boys on Reeds creek, be.
below the Pacific company, have their
claims in successful operation and al.
though the season was well advanced
before they commenced mining, their
returns were very favorable for the
time they run. They have closed down
for the winter, but will commence OPP
erations as early IN the spring rs the
season will permit.
| Chairman & Co. on the Ora Grande,
cleaned up one hundred and twenty
live ounces for the month of October
and expect to do much better proper
tionately next season.
Sutherland & Madgewick on Orc
Elmo creek, have undoubtedly the
finest bed rock tiume in the state, and
although this company has been Ito
heavy expense all summer having en-
countered hard bed rock which requir
ed blasting, it does not deter them "
the least, as they are fully satisfied thai
they will have fine paying PROPOSE
ton as soon as mining operations a Z
commenced. Take it all In the pros
poets for entire Pierce City mining dis
trict were never more favorable, and
next season with an average of waite
supply, the placer output OF gold from
this camp will make fine showing
ana while quartz mining Is still IN 1T
infancy in this section, from the re
turns from the only mill in operation
lin the district, three stamp mill tn
property Of Dunn Bros. 4 Carr, tn
pro spects are very llattering that w
will soon be quartz producer OF som
note. This mill running on the or
JuC l'AouuSON VA
hundred and thirty ounces of gold 70
for the month of September, one hun
bred and sixty for the month of OctObe
and will probably reach two hund rex
ounces for November. At no time ha
there been more tnan six men employ
ed in the mill and mine. The owner
now feel confident that they have
mine and will enlarge their mill an
> increase their force in the mine in tn
,, early spring.
Capitalists from the east have secur
ed a controlling interest in the extension
of the Bond mine and will work
torce of men all winter developing tn
property. Should the showing mad
I be satisfactory, II ten stamp will b
put on in the spring. This and man
e other mining enterprises contemplate
e in this campis bOunp to make 1t in tn
e near future one of the largest pr
| ducing districts in the United States.
i O'Keefe and Jurgens have suspende
l.. mining for Il short time on account
e running short of fuel for their bOile
: They expect to resume operations agai
4 in short time and continue until sto
!, ped by freezing weather. They sh,
;, down last Monday evening and Il
!. days cleanup was a trlfie over tw
-. ounces of gold worth $l5.75 per ounc
e For the eleven days they have bee
0 working the output of gold amounte
to S205. 100. Three men were employs
S part of the time. The owners sta
t that with few inches more of raj
IN the river they will clean up Ov
TWENTY-FIVE dollars per day.