The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-10-30
AMONG THE MINING CAMPS
THE OLD AND NEW PROPERTIES.
FIne Gold Taken From the Gold Hlu
Property Near RadersbuFg, Mont.
work ON the Iron Mask--saies
nj Murray, Idaho.

The property known as the Gold Hill,
at about one and half miles southwest
Of Radersburg, Mont, Is causing no lit
tie excitement in that vicinity owing to
the great amount Of free gold that IL daily
being taken therefrom. Ii is estimated
by conservative old timers that the rich
est part of the vein ii properly saved will
yield from SIS to $50 per sack net The
Gold Hill is by no means new discovery,
having been worked previous TO nine or
ten years ago by the Omaha company,
but it was allowed to 60 by default. They
had sunk q shaft some As or so feet and
were just beginning TO uncover the rich
ore when the thought occurred to them
TO hide their find, which they speedily
and to all appearances effectualIy did BY
filling the shaft up. but the eagle eyes
of Messrs- Charles Crane and William
Starkweather guided their footsteps near
the hidden treasure, and they at once re-
marked the locality and began an inves-
tigatiOn by cleaning out the old shaft, at
the bottom of which they found well
defined lead of dolomite Of pyrites assay
ing some $50 TO the ton of gold The main
lead is some three feet wide and il said
to be a fine concentrating ore. On the
hanging wall is about two and one-haIf
inches of silicious quartz which is literally
alive with free gold.
Red Rock Plume Property.
The Red Rock hume property, at Idaho
City, Idaho, has been sold TO c. II. South
er of Boston for $4,000. 1t takes in
seven miles of the bed Of Moore creek,
beginning at Idaho City, the claims en-
braeing about 1000 acres. The intention
is to work it by dredge. There was an
interesting contest for the property. 1t
was sought by Montana parties who
have successful dredge mining enter
prise at Bannock, Mont Their repre-
sentative, NJ F. Kirkpatrick, was bid
ding for it by telephone, but the owners
here closed with Souther. S. +. Davis,
one of the owners, was huTrying down
from Idaho City with Kirkpatrick. They
stopped at the Half Way house and Kirk
patrick raised the bid to Sal COO. but it
was toe late. He SAYS be would have
given $4,000, with a possibility of going
to 100000 after interviewing his prin-
cipals. The Souther original bid was
$4,000, and it would have gone at that
if kirkpatrick had not appeared at the
other end of the telephone line Kirk
patrick had not appeared at the other
end of the telephone line. Kirkpatrick
had just purchased $50 acres at Placer
vile, upon which a dredge will be placed.
This is all the ground that could not be
worked by the ordinary process
Mining sales nj Murray.
The property transfers recorded last
week at Murray, Idaho, aggregate only
S72l.75, eight of the IA deeds being for
the nominal consideration of 81. Ii is
noticeable that nearly all mining deeds
recorded read in that way, the public be-
ing carefully kept from knowing what
the real consideration was The prospect
ors have evidently been active. for "a
locations were recorded during the week.
OF these IL were in unknown mining dis
tTicts, mostly in the gOld-copper belt on
the upper St. Joe. Pierce City parties re-
cord nine quarts and one placer claims
New Coal Lands.
There is much interest in Red Lodge.
Mont, and vicinity over the new coal
lands acquired by the Anaconda company
about three miles from Joliet, on the
road to Red Lodge The company bored
until it struck a six-foot vein of coal at
a depth or 1000 feet, which is supposed TO
be the old Gebo vein. A double eompart-
ment shaft is now being sunk to the 1000.
and a triplet will be put in later. The
manager, Mr.. BurTill, has stated that the
company will be shipping coal inside of
eight months. The new town which is
springing up there will be called Carbon
GtyA Three shifts are being worked at
the mine.
Machinery for the Carib0O.
The new engine and hosting plant for
the Cariboo mine, Camp Mckinney, pass
ed through Midway, b, C., the other day.
The six teams engaged in hauling it from
Bossburg to the mine came in from Car
son over the new road up the Kettle river.
valley, which gave them a level haul in
stead of heavy grades encountered in GO
ing over the mountains between Grand
prairie and Boundary creek.
on Palmer Mountain.
Twenty tons of ore are being hauled
from the Bull Frog group Of claims on
Palmer mountain TO the Wyandotte mill
at Loomis, and it is understood that il
the test proves satisfactory the mill COM
pany will take the property, ON which
they have an option.
The Iron Mountain Nine.
The Iron Mountain mine, in Missoula
county, Mont, makes the following state
ment to stockholders for October: De-
layed returns for shipments in August,
Sl4.eSs.s6; ore sales for September to
date, $50l4.53; current expenses. for Sep
TENDER, S9aa5.5S; cash on hand Septem.
Der Is, $l2,464.66: balance in the treas
ury, 81, 436.l7. No dividend win be paid
this month.
GILT EaEe Camp.
The Gilt Edge gold camp has once more
donned her garments Of activity. Messrs.
L G. Phelps and +. W. King have leased
the mill and all the possessions Of Butte
Bros. and Moshner Of Receiver L. S.
Woodbury. and have a force Of men at
work on the mill, reconstructing the ore
bin and putting all in good shape so that
the work Of unloading the ore viii be
more practical Twenty men are en-
ployed at the mine under the efficient
management Of n. j. Littlejohn, Praeti.
cal miner Of long experience.