The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-10-23
GOLD, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD
THE MINES ON MINook CREEK.
session and Montana Company Ia
ereesinG its Capacity - $4,000
SoIa Dust From -. MtehaeIs-
Notes From Ar AFosRd the camp.

"N'oie Anoihsr season. Claims, according
70 MT koss, are selling at an average of
sooOo Tor half interest on Little Minook.
hunter and HOOsier creeks. ID. Baxter
and Z. U. johnson Of San Franciseo
bought No. IL. shove discovery, for $4,000
and were offered an advance Of $1,000
Tor their bargain two days later. johnson.
Who owns No. on Little MInook, in 20
days took out 5000. The owners Of No.
took out $500 In five days, all In mug
gets II is claimed that the gold on the
hinook is Of higher grade than that
Of the kiondiks. There are 1900 people
on the AinOok and rs many more viii
hhd Their way there this winter.
Bostos aaa Montana.
Superintendent Evans Of the Bostan A
Montana Mining Company il credited
With saying; AT Great Falls the Boston
and Montana company is increasing the
capacity Of its smelling, refining and con.
e~niTAting works u Is per cent prepar-
AtoTy TO an increased output from that
aud the Butte and Boston property. The
odd machinery AT the Boston and Mon
tAEA mine he also bring supplanted by
The nrN and more modern appliance.
The copper basin Of Montana i a mile
side and three miles long and continues
10 hold good At the greatest depth thus
far attained. viz. 800 feet" The Butte
and tSostoh has fourteen claims, Of which
but tao arr thoroughly developed. Tx.
4 ploSations are being conducted in other
paTts Of It's territory, and several Of these
places arr opening up we'll This work
has ee~n going on since the reorganization
aud no attempt viii hs made At regular
I Production toE about year 10 come.
eTz.oOo In Geld Dass.
| The steamer Danube. from ST. MichAels.
has brOaght d0un ~ pAss-ngers, most Of
them naen Who failed 10 rraeh the mines
by all water route. Some got a. Ear a.
For iakoh and had 90 turn back. There
AIv " miners from Circle City. Who bring
about tssoeo in gold usl Most Of them
have bren working around Circle City.
bai ieG q th~m ARE interested in the
kiondiks claims A lot Of provisions is
al Fort Iukan. bat IL is feared that il
there is = rush from Dawson Il will cause
shortage further down the river. II IL
Psrdicted that many men will perish in
The attempt 10 escape starvation by com.
ING dswa tho TivcE The steamer r. Il.
wraTr. after bring on a sand bar 20 days.
sol oil and arrived al ST. Michaeis on
September 20 She started up again
uilA = load Of freight, but il Is feared she
ell never Rct up the river. The steamer
Alicr arrived at 81 MichAies September
20 with 100 miners, starting again on tho
g5,h, but ran aground al the mouth Of
the river.
a AtHSy-sIa1p MIL.
IL l. stated that the Kenneth company
ia Madison county. Montana, has decided
10 put in a 90 stamp mill and that the
contract Will be let and the work Of con
s,rliction undertaken al once. The Ken.
netl people have directed operations 70
s,pioit.nR the mine rather than 20 the
production cf ore during the past two
YEAR.. and the fact that they have de.
oid~d 10 put in . mill Of such extensive
,,amPARc il proof positive that the ores
rrsrrvcs arr ample and the mine all right
he public had entertained some Appre
hcnsiou concerning its future since the
greater portion Of it, working force wa'
laid 81 = few wecks since. The fact that
the Kenncst is to be put into Immediate
line with Montana's big gold Producer'
uill BE- a great thing for Madison county
The Evening star.
The upper tunnel Of the Evening Star
where the strike was recently made, Il
, nov in about 2ls feet The orc body
continues a. vigorous as ever, is the re
port from Rossland. A crus~cut will b
commenced now to disclose the width o
the chute. so far nothing is known o
the thickness Of the ore body. Tho sur
face workings farther down on the out
can Of the same vein continue 20 show
, IN very favorahly. and a wagon road i
under way TO reach them. The road vii
he completed In about 10 days, when op
rrations in the surface shaft will be re
mmcd. and the hole will be sunk 10 o
Is Zee, deeper for the purpose Of opening
up the vein. II the roe body proves per
! manent and its trend can be established
nrcrations will be resumed In the lowe
cros.rut tunnel. This tunnel never reach
ed the ledge. but the intention now
10 con,inuue Il until the vein Is tapped
when a Wine will be started TO connec
Il with the upper tunnel, so feet above.
Atlantic Company nuildinGs.
= Wallace, Idaho, reports that the Al
z lan,ic Mining Company has completed II
h buildings ready for work this winter an
p during the week took up a car an
enough steel rails 20 put track in. Tn
r tunnel Il now in 275 feet and q contrac
A has bccn let for continuing It as soon a
J. the truck IL completed, The compan
= owns two claims three and half mile
}. north from Wallace on little branch q
Nine Mile, running from the Black Clou
over 10 Grouse Eulch, and are running
tunnel from the creek level that will Civ
y ,hcm near 1000 feet Of stopping groun
: when they get under the top Of the hill
e from surfaced showings they expect
q strike ore before they get near that ta
y In and that Il will continue beyond u
summit.
The Maynswer.
;, The Mayfower mine, in Madison cOuI
/, ~ Montana, is now the greatest produc'
: a Inc state. Last year Il produced abot
~. -. -. A skf. ,..ar avau III the nffanI