Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-11-06
PROSPECTS AND WORKINGS
CHANCES AT THE VARIOUS CAMPS.
Work Of Butte and Boston Company
Sale of Placer Claims In Idaho
Progress of Hall Mines smeIter-
Shipments From sandon.

Butte reports that at the properties of
the Butte Il Boston Company considerable
development work is in progress. Prep
arations are being made for the develop
ment of the shaft OF the East GRAY Rock
from the 400 level to depth of 100 feet.
An engine for sinking purposes was re-
Gently Installed al the l200foot level and
all the hosting will be done through the
pump shaft, so that operations in other
portions of the mine will not be nterfered
with The East Gray Rock is on the
north of the Diamond, which is considered
one of the richest of the Anaconda prop
critics. The ore obtained at the 400 foot
level of the Gray Rock was of fair
grade and the belief is general that it
will hold out in quality to a much greater
depth
Red Rock FIume Property.
The Red Rock fume property at Idahs
City has been sold to G. H. Souther oil
Boston for 5000. 1t takes in seven miles
of the bed of Moore creek beginning at
Idaho City, the claims embracing about
/ 1000 acres The intention is to work il
by dredge. There was an interesting con
test for the property. 1t was sought by
Montana parties who have successful
/ dredge mining enterprise at Bannock
| Mont. Their representatives, M. +. Kirk
| patrick, was bidding for it by telephone
| but the owners here closed with Souther
/ ), +. Davis, one of the owners, was hur
rying down from Idaho City with Kirk
/ patrick. They stopped at the Halfway
! house and kirkpatrick raised the bid to
/ SAL 900, but it was too late. He says he
would have given $4,000, with posi-
bility of going to 100000 after interview
| ing his principals.
At Work ON Hall Mines SmeIter.
Nelson, b. c., reports that the work on
the new reverberatory and calcining fur
naces at the Hall mines smelter, is being
pushed, and it is expected that they will
be completed in about two months. The
/ large blast furnace made "A run last week
which broke the record, turning out "a
tons of matte in "a hours. Everything IN
working smoothly and the ore treated
continues to be of high quality. The
management is getting in some lead ores
from the SLOGAN for the purpose of max
ing trial on the old Bottom furnace
which has been converted into lead fur
mace. These ores are being prepared for
calcining prior to the test. It is expected
that in the near future this furnace will
be running steadily on custom ores.
SyIvanite Camp.
The Climax claim in the Sylvaaite
camp in Montana is making fine show
ing under development. The property is
/ about two miles from town, on Burnt
creek and was discovered about six weeks
ago. 25 foot tunnel has been run, and
late assays are 50 good that a permanent
camp will be established and work pushed
/ all winter The Orc Grande is sinking ON
| the lead and is down nearly SO feet. The
| vein has widened from four and half
feet to over seven feet. Assay returns ruR
from $ll to 500. The Gold Flint com
pany has nearly all the machinery in
stalled in the mill and the gravity car line
is ready for the rails 1t is expected that
the plant will be in operation within
few days, and the event will be a great
one for the camp.
Pierce Placer Claims.
johnson Bros, who are engaged in ex-
tensive placer mining on French creek,
Pierce City district, were in Nez Perez
the other day to purchase supplies and
market their dust. They are working
6O-acre placer and have only three feet
of earth to strip before reaching pay dirt.
Much of their ground goes 81 to the pan
and samples of their gold shows coarse
grain, consequently easily saved They
report foot of snow in the hills above
Greer's ferry, which means that the Pierce
district will soon be cut off from com
munication with the balance of the world.
shipped From SandOn.
Shipments of silver-lead ores and con
centrates from Sandon for the week end
ing October % are as follows: Payne
(ore). to Pueblo, 500 tons; Ruth tore), to
Everett and Pueblo, 1875 tons; Reco (ore),
to Omaha, 40 tons Wonderful (ore) to
Kaslo, Is tons; SLOGAN Star tconcen-