The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1897-12-25
PRODUCTS OF THE MINES.
CHUNKS OF NATIVE COPPER.
Indians Found Nuggets in the Gravel
Bars of Copper River-Propertics
I'm the Pacific Northwest and
What Is Being Done.

chunks OF native copper as nuggets from
the river gravel bars, and at that point
on the river directly north of Mount
Wrangel. 1t is known that up to the
present date no white person has ascend
ed the main Copper river as far up as the
place where the Indians report finding
their nuggets of copper, at least, if any
prospector has ever penetrated there he
has never returned to civilization again.
No prospectors have gone up the river
farther than q few miles above Taraal, at
the forks, those being party of four, and
the date about five years ago. No placers
have been discovered on the river, and no
miners have brought out any gold from
that section, as has been reported. The
Copper River Indians bring down no gold
nothing but copper 1t seems the Cop
per River Indians obtain their chunks of
the metal near the headwkaters of the
main river, and the Stick Indians, a tribe
living on the Alsek river, get their pieces
or nuggets in the same manner from the
the metal near the headwaters of the
fork of Copper river. If one can believe
Indian tales, and accept their geography
of the country as being correct, one would
infer that the two streams head near to-
gether and that the red metal under the
same conditions is found upon both
streams.
Struck Ore in Lowest Tunnel.
Nelson, B. c., reports that ore has been
struck in the third and lowest tunnel of
the Ymir, owned by the London and Brit
ish Columbia Gold Fields On November
"a the second tunnel tapped the ledge at
depth of 200 feet, but the width at this
depth has not been determined. The
length of the tunnel is 500 feet and inter
cepts the ledge directly beneath the shaft,
which is down nearly 200 feet. At this
level the ledge shows a width of 26 feet,
II feet of which is shipping ore. Most Of
the work has been done along the foot
wall, and all of the three tunnels go to
prove the continuity of the vein. In all
there is in the neighborhood of 1000 feet
of tunneling, drifting and shaft work done
on the mine. The general average of the
ore is about the same throughout the
mine, and is fully up to expectations.
The War Eagle.
The War Eagle, at Rossland, B. c.,
which has been improving steadily, has
made another important strike This time
it is in the east drift at the 375-foot level.
The ore chute at this point has been
widening out until it is now between Is
and 20 feet wide, all in clean solid ore
running better than $25. This includes
about per cent copper values and the
rest in gold, with the usual small value in
silver. The ore in the chute for its entire
width can be shipped just as it is broken
down, without any sorting The same ore
chute extends up to the No. 2 tunnel, l25
feet above but at the latter level it is
only about two feet wide. The station for
the Wine at the 500foo level is being cut
out, and work will soon be resumed in
the Wine itself. Some ore is being met
on the 5O0-foot level.
From CoIfax with Train of Forty.
II. S. Hollingsworth, one of the first
settlers of Colfax, will leave in the early
spring for Klondike via the Spokane over
land route with pack train of 40 ami
mails. Mr. Hollingsworth is one of the
pioneers of the northwest, having come
here in the Cos, and is said to be well ac-
quainted with a portion of the route
through British Columbia. He could not
be found the other day, but one of his
neighbors told reporter that ''Hez," as
he is generally called, will start north
with pack train of 40 horses just as soon
as spring opens and expects to find no
difficulty in packin through to the Klon-
dixie.
In the Emigrant District.
A mining deal has been consummated
by which 0. P. Chisholm of Bozeman has
secured from Caroline /. Aylesworth,
Ella NJ. Edsall and Oscar Van Tassell,
bond for the purchase of mining proper
ties in Emigrant district, in -Iontana
/ The properties included in the bond are
/ the Great Eastern, Great Eastern extern
sion, Mountain Chief, Imperial, Great
Western and Great Western No. quartz
/ lode mining claims. The purchase price
is $4,000. payable March l, 1899 The
terms of the bond provide that the prop
critics shall be represented during the life
OF the bond by Mr.. Chisholm at his own
expense, and that he have the authority
to develop and treat or sell the output of
the Mines, the proceeds of such operations
to be applied to the payment of the pur-
chase price of the properties.
Bought the Franklin Group.
The Franklin Gold Mining Company
recently organized in Spokane, has pur-
chased the Franklin group of claims and
mill at Pine Grove, Idaho. The price was
$4,000 There are four claims in the
group, the Franklin, Vixie, Monroe and
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