Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-11-05

Fro"
or,s that at the properties OF
BUTTE Boston Company naS. rons''e Prsns
i't'0p .re being made for the develop
a''l'h' t a shaft of the East Gray Rock
rent Oh, !, 1900 level to depth OF 100 feet
ho" u: ~. for sinking purposes was re.
N .' s't Installed at the laoo-foot level and
eal,. ho,,,ins will be done through the
d the ~, 90 that operations in other
pump s # the mine will not be interfered
ror.'0",r hs East Gray Rock is ON the
vita. . the diamond, which is considered
s'r'n =. .sa richest Of the Anaconda prop
'0t /" The ore obtained at the l4W-foot
t''l If the Gray Rock was OF a fair
Nh a and the belief is general that it
fa% Ia out in quality to much greater
depth. r,,,. prop-rty.
r.. Rod Rock hume property at Idaho
81, has been sold to c. h. Souther OF
=" =. 20, s36 600. 1t takes in seven miles
~. had Of Moore creek, beginning at
',s W. C;ty the claims embracing about
MN acres The intention is to work it
~" I,sdce There was an interesting con-
-, for the property. 1t was sought by
',a.,oua mrties who have a successful
,,sdo. mining enterprise at Bannock,
uou, Their representatives, NJ. +. Kirk
~ ,,r;sl was bidding for it by telephone.
r., tho owners here closed with Souther.
n Davis, one of the owners, was hur-
.,;,, down from Idaho City with Kirk
,.,r;ck They stopped at the Halfway
so,se and Kirkpatrick raised the bid to
al co., but it was too late. He says he
v0nM have given $4,000, with posi-
blity Of going to 100000 after interview
ing his principals
Al work on Hall Mines smelter.
Nelson. b. C.. reports that the work on
tho new reverberatory and calcining fur
u,ees at the Hall mines smelter. is being
mshed, and it is expected that they will
be completed in about two months. The
larce blast furnace made n run last week
which broke the record, turning out 26
tons Of matte in "a hours. Everything is
working smoothly and the ore treated
continues to be of high quality. The
management is getting in some lead ores
from the SLOGAN for the purpose of max
imp trial on the old l3O-ton furnace
which has been converted into lead fur.
mace. These ores are being prepared foi
calcining prior to the test. 1t is expected
that in the near future this furnace will
he running steadily on custom ores.
Sylvanite Camp.
The Climax claim in the Sylvanite
camp in Montana is making fine show
ing under development. The property is
about two miles from town, on Burnt
creek, and was discovered about six weeks
ago. A 25-foot tunnel has been run, ant
late assays are so good that permanent
camp will be established and work pushed
all winter. The Orc Gmnde is sinking OF
the lead and is down nearly so feet. TIL,
vein has widened from four and a hall
feet to over seven feet. Assay returns rul
from $ll to 500. The Gold Flint com
pany has nearly all the machinery in
stalled in the mill and the gravity car linz
is ready for the rails. 1t is expected tina
the plant will be in operation within ;
few days. and the event will be a grea
one for the camp.
Pierce Placer Claims.
Johnson Bros. who are engaged in OK
tensive placer mining on French creek
Pierce City district. were in Nez Perc
the other day to purchase supplies an,
market their dust. They are working
atacre placer and have only three fee
Of earth to strip before reaching pay dirt
Much OF their ground goes 81 to the pa
and samples Of their gold shows coars
grain, consequently easily saved. The
report foot of snow in the hills abov
Greers ferry, which means that the Pierre
district will soon be cut off from con
manlcation with the balance of the worlt
shipped From sandon.
shipments of silver-lead ores and cor
eehtiates from Sandon for the week enc
ing october % are as follows: Payn
,orel, to Pueblo. 500 tons: Ruth (ore),
Everett and Pueblo, 1876 tons; Reco tore
umaha. 40 tons; Wonderful (ore) I
Aaslo' 10 tons; SLOGAN Star (concel
'rates), to Omaha, 10 tons.