Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-10-29
b, SILVER, COPPER, LEAD
MINES ON .MlNooK CREEK.

On and Montana Company In
leasing Its Capacity = $4,000
/ co,d Dust From st. Michaels-
10. From All Around the Camp.
,oording to G. w. Ross, deputy col
Of customs of Circle City, who has
rived at Seattle from Alaska, Ram
Citv. OH Minook creek, is to be the
|est mining camp on the Yukon river
- another season. Claims, according
r. Ross, are selling at an average of
for a half interest on Little Minook,
Tor and Hoosier creeks. d. Baxter
r O. johnson of San Francisco
Inf No. II, above discovery, for $4,000
were offered an advance of $1,000
heir bargain two days later. johnson.
owns No. 6 on Little Minook, in 20
took out $4,000. The owners of No.
TX out $500 in five days, all in mug
It is claimed that the gold on the
Ook is of higher grade than that
he Klondike. There are 1900 people
be Minook and as many more will
their way there this winter.
Roston and Montana.
,nerintendent Evans of the Bostan &
ltana Mining Company is credited
saving: cat Great Falls the Boston
Montana company is increasing the
city of its smelling, refining and con-
rating works 80 l-3 per cent prepar-
h to an increased output from that
the Butte and Boston property. The
machinery at the Boston and Mon
mine is also being supplanted by
new and more modern appliances.
copper basin of Montana is a mile
and three miles long and continues
old good at the greatest depth thus
attained, viz, 200 feet" The Butte
Boston has fourteen claims, of which
two are thoroughly developed. Elk
ations are being conducted in other
/ of its territory, and several of these
les are opening up well. This work
been going on since the reorganization
no attempt will be made at regular
1uction for about year to come.
$4,000 in Gold Dust.
be steamer Danube, from st. Michaels
1> brought down 80 passengers, most Of
IA men who failed to reach the mines
+ Bill water route. Some got as far as
ia Yukon and had to turn back. There
|tl IL miners from Circle City, who bring
IL 1000 in gold ust. Most of then
ID been working around Circle City
M few of them are interested in tn,
4 hdike claims. A lot of provisions il
r Fort Yukon, but it is feared that i
AZ E is a rush from Dawson it will caus'
- ortage further down the river. 1t i
~ iicted that many men will perish il
! attempt to escape starvation by com
down the river. The steamer p. b
W re, after being on a sand bar 20 days
|f off and arrived at st. Michaels OF
ember 20. She started up agail
a load of freight, but it is feared sh
I'D never get up the river. The steame
|i arrived at st. Michales Septembe
fith l20 miners, starting again on tn
but ran aground at the mouth @
river.
A Sixty-Stamp Mill.
is stated that the Kennett company
ADDISON county, Montana, has decide
f. but in a 60-stamp mill and that tn
III Fact will be let and the work of cor
etion undertaken at once. The KeI
people have directed operations t
l1|piting the mine rather than to tn
uction of ore during the past tw
+, and the fact that they have d.
to put in a mill of such extensiy
ppage is proof positive that the orr
ives are ample and the mine all RICH
public had entertained some apr
ion concerning its future since IL
ter portion of its working force WI
off few weeks since. The fact ths
kennett is to be put into immedia'
with Montana's big gold produce
be great thing for Madison count
The Evening Star.
be upper tunnel of the Evening Sta
Re the strike was recently made,
in about 2l5 feet. The ore bod
|mues as vigorous as ever, is the +
from Rossland. A crosscut will
menced now to disclose the width
chute. So far nothing is known
thickness of the ore body. The su
workings farther down on the on
oil the same vein continue to she
very favorably, and wagon road
fr way to reach them. The road W
ompleted in about 10 days, when @
Ions in the surface shaft will be !
ed, and the hole will be sunk 10
eet deeper for the purpose of openil
me vein. If the roe body proves p'
eht and its trend can be establisht
auons will be resumed in the low
eut tunnel. This tunnel never reaC
lhe ledge, but the intention now
continue it until the vein is tappt
a Wine will be started to come
lIh the upper tunnel, SO feet above.
Alantic Company Buildings.
ailaee, Idaho, reports that the
c Mining Company has completed
lungs ready for work this winter a
ng the week took up a car a
ign steel rails to put track in. I
,el Is now in 275 feet and contr'
Ueen let for continuing it as soon
track is completed. The compa
Two claims three and half mi
from Wallace on a little branch
Mile, running from the Black Clio
70 Grnnsn rr,,loL IL -.