The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-10-16
NEWS OF THE MINES.
DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT.
carIous AIscaIcaIation by the Man
ayers of Properties In Montana
More Information From Alaska
British Colnmbia Notes.

A cablegram has been received from
Glasgow, Scotland, from the head Offices
of the Diamond Hill mines. ordering
shutdown of the entire plant for time,
The reason given is that the power that
was developed ON Crow creek is far short
OF the amount necessary to run the l2O-
stamp mill recently completed on this
property. The discovery of the INSULT
cheney Of power was made after all the
machinery had been put in, and thus far,
it is announced, the surprising result has
been that at no time has there been pow
er enough to run as many stamps as the
mill contains. The owners believe they
can not work economically on half ca
pacity, and will endeavor to make other
arrangements for power before continu-
ing. To develop power by steam would
be out of the question, so it is said, for
it would cost eight times as much per
horse power as the water power was es-
timated to cost, The Diamond Hill plant
is one of the largest in the state, and the
fact that the discovery OF insufiieiency
of power was not made until the entire
machinery was in place is regarded as
ing circles. 1t is said arrangements will
be made to secure electrical power from
the Missouri River Dam Company and
transmit it 80 miles
On Hunter Creek
Among the passengers arriving at Sc
attic on the steamer Resale the other
day were six from Dawson City. who
. nalt
were Pat Calvin and wife, Charles Thebo,
c. +. Garrish, c. II. Davis and a man
named Bede. They had about $4,000 in
nuggets between them They left Daw
son August 20 and arrived at Haines'
mission September %. They report that
rich strikes have been made on Hunter
creek, which is as rich as Bonanza or Fl
Dorado. The total output this year will
exceed any estimate ever made. The
Resale reports everything quiet at
Skaguay. Many of the miners have com
pleted building cabins in which to winter,
and others are caehing their supplies pre-
paratory to leaving tail next spring, when
they will again try the pass
Mineral Output of Montana.
Eugene B. Braden, assayer in charge OF
the Unitd States assay office at Helena
has begun the work OF gathering stats
tics for his annual report to the director
of the mint of the metal output of Mon
tana- Mr.. Braden said that he thought
the total mineral production of Montana
would be greater this year than last. The
increase would be mainly in copper. From
what information he has obtained he be
lieves there will be less gold, silver and
lead than was produced last year, al
though the decrease may not be great
Several silver-lead producers in Montana
have closed down during the year, owing
TO the low price of the white metal
There is little dou-- that the copper pro
duction will be greater than ever before.
Willow Creek.
Recent developments in the east fork o.
Willow creek are Of such a character a;
to suggest that the mother lode of that
camp has been found. The development.
are on the TiPtop claim, five miles from
Pearl. There are two lodges on the prop
erty, each 25 feet wide. One is developed
by l7Ofoot shaft. The value of the orr
averages from $40 to S45, mainly in gold
A second ledge has been found five feet
down the hill from the one first opened
1t is also 20 feet wide, but the ore is
richer, running from s25 to $50 per ton
Going to the kIOndike.
One hundred and twenty miners have
arrived at Victoria, B. C., on their way tc
the Klondike. All obstacles in the way
of a direct steamer service between Vic
toria and Dawson have been removed, the
Canadian Pacific Transportation company
have obtained permission from the l nited
States to build a steamer at st. Mich
aels Of Canadian material, which has al
ready been sent up, and when completed
will be placed on the Yukon river tt
connect with the steamer from Victoria
There will be no difficulty in the way o.
transferring freight from one steamer t.
another, there being a United States o.
feer at st. Michaels.
smeIter at Twin Bridges.
An important event in the history o.
Twin Bridges, Mont, was the blowing
in Of the Montana Smelling and Mining
Amid great cheering, Mr.. Davis
president, and l. NJ Jacobs, gen
eral manager Of the company
wheeled out the first pot of Stag. Three
cheers were given for SeweIl Davis, L
Hartzell, T. Graves and |. NJ Jacobs. Al
the Stag was running three cheers and a
tiger were given by the large crowd fol
the company. In the neighborhood of q
people from Butte witnessed the blow
ing in.
Nearing the 14OO-FOOt Level.
Burke, Idaho, reports that the Tigel
has commenced sinking again, after hay
ing suspended work on the shaft for 8
month. 1t is not necessary to keep sink
ing all the time, for the ore chute is 1906
feet long, and the shaft can be sunk much
faster than the ore can be mined for such
a distance. The shaft is now 1925 feet
deep, and will continue until the l4OC
foot level is reached
On Loon Greek.
Report reaches Boise that a great gold
ledge has been discovered on Loon creek,
tributary of the South Fork Of the Sal
mon. 1t is supposed to be the source OF
gold in the Loon creek placers, which ere.
ated great excitement in the mining
world few years ago. The ledge is said
to be IS feet wide and the ore Of compar-
atively high grade.
In the silver Cup.