Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-12-03
NEWS Of MINES AND Miners
PLANS OF FUTURE OPERATIONS.
Numerous Surface improvements Of
the lie ROi-COke Industry In
Noutana-SaIe of Red Top Mount
ain Claims.

ain Claims.
The smelter returns Of the LIE Roi show
that the ore from that mine is averaging
l.54 ounces in gold, about four per cent
copper and in the neighborhood of three
ounces in silver, making total value of
about $40. The numerous surface I'M
prove,nents lately undertaken Oh the
mine are now completed, and Captain
Hall, the superintendent, is well satisfied
with the shape things are in. Operations
have lately been commenced STOPPING ore
at the lOOfoot level. In the original
development Of the mine little attention
was paid to the ore at this level and a
fine reserve remains almost untouched.
The west drift at the 600 foot level is now
in about 225 feet, and the ore body, which
is from ! to Is feet wide, is showing up
most favorably. Stopping will soon be
commenced on this level. Notwithstand-
ing the heavy drains on the mine,
amounting from $25, 600 to $4,000 month
ly, paid out on the construction of the
Northport smelter, the property contin.
ues to pay its regular $4,000 dividends
monthly. The smelter will be in running
order by January !, and then work will
be resumed on the new three-compart-
ment shaft to the west Of the present
workings
The Coke Industry.
J. II. Conrad of the Montana Coal &
Coke Company says, relative to the plans
for future operations at Horr which, if
carried to successful termination, will
revolutionize the coke industry and make
Park county, Mont, the logical point for
smelter operations. The position is to
not only convert the output of the mines
of his company at Aldridge into coke, but
to save and utilize the by-products of gas,
coal tar and dyes, and with the gas and
water power, which now goes to waste,
operate snelters for the treatment of ores
at minimum cost never yet approached
in smelter operations in Montana
A. o. Newton, manager of the Butte
and Yellowstone Coal and Coke Com
pany. reports the preliminary work for
the erection of the company's Is coke
ovens proceeding favorably and expects
that within short time the mines at
Cinnabar will be contributing to the coke
output of the country
Moose Lake District.
An important mining deal in the Moose
Lake camp, in Montana, has been made,
j. +. Dunn, John T. Cadle and Thomas
McGlaufiin having bonded to l.. j. High
land the Gold Hill and Abe Lincoln min
ing claims. These claims adjoin what is
known as the Gable property. The condi-
tions of the bond provide that Mr.. High
land must erect tve-stamp mill on the
properties additional stamps on or before
July !, 1898. In addition to this he paws
the owners $4,000. Should he fail to
comply with the terms of the bond, then
ne forfeits his mill and such payments as
he may have made. What looks particu-
larly good about this deal is that the
two mines named are among the first
struck in the camp.
Red TOP Mountain Claims Sold.
Boundary, Wash, reports that Captain
James Hays, the pioneer mining man of
that camp, has just closed a deal with a
Northport syndicate, with which the lie
l1ol people are largely identified, for the
sale of group of claims located on the
north end of Red Gap mountain. Includ
ed in the group are the we'll known Hun
Ter, and a two-thirds interest in the
"hlte Cap properties The group con.
sists of the White Cap, Beatrice, Tip Top
ana Saint Cloud, owned by Florman.
Hays Palmer and Mason, and the Hun
ter and Chauncey, owned by Chingrend
ana the Nelson estate. The consideration
Is said to be $4,000. The last two claims
We're discovered and located in the spring
OF 1896. There is an lSO-foot tunnel on
the White Cap, besides shafts and a short
tunnel and shafts on the Hunter. The
ore Is largely silver one, with paving
quantities OF lead, copper and gold.
Denver Mint.
Told receipts at the Denver branch
mint for the half month which ended DC.
tober 10 show gain of Ill per cent over
the corresponding period of 1896. The
TOTAL Tor the two weeks reached 1852 /.
.z4.a' compared with $3O3, 1854. SO for the
nfst half OF October, 1896. The difference
IN favor OF the present month reads $34s..
oos99 The number of smelters contrib.
u''ng Is the same as last lear. The gain
Is due largely to the increased capacity
OF the cyanide, chlorination and stamn
mills which handle the lower grade Of
ore. VI
Million Dollars in sisht.
Inc war Eagle Consolidated Mining L
development Company held its first an.
hual meeting Thursday in Toronto hut