Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-11-27
A GLANCE OVER THE MINES
QUARTZ RUNNING 5000 IN GOLD.
4 strike on Wild Horse Creek Near
Ymir-WorL Resumed ON the
MotherLode In the Occur d'Alenes
Basin Country.

Klondike bonanzas in the shade has been
made in the Summit mine, on Wild Horse
creek, near Ymir, and but a short dis
lance from the famous Elise mine. is the
report from Nelson, b. c. The property
was bonded some time ago by the Fern
COMPANY on the strength of an lS-inch
cropping which gave result of 500 IN
pold per ton. The Fern company spent
$4,000 in the venture and sunk II shaft
about 40 feet without encountering the
lead The bond was thrown up and the
Lindblade brothers, who were the owners,
took up the work where it had been aban-
doned. They sunk five feet more in the
shaft and ran across Il slN-foot ledge OF de
composed white quartz which ran as high
as 5000 in gold to the ton The rock is
pale blue, thoroughly honeycombed and
soft. The first test was by panning, and
two small chunks crushed and PANIED out
showed a line of colors about four inches
in length and containing between 40 and
50 cents. Twelve men have been put TO
work drifting both ways on the ledge and
sinking the shaft to a greater depth. The
dip is about As degrees. The owners will
work it steadily during the winter and
will put in rawhide trail for shipping.
The work of sacking the ore has already
been commenced and Il carload has been
made up for a mill test.
Grent Quartz Region Predicted.
| Col. George w, Cook OF Denver, who
visited Butte last week, has made an in
vestmcnt in the Basin country. in Idaho,
! :. q, SnanI a LARGO Ot
money in developing some gold properties
there that give promise of being exceed
mely rich, according to the Butte Inter
! Mountain. Col. Cook went into the Ba-
sin country with J. L. Horner, manager
of the Crescent Catalpo mines at Lead
Vile. and spent some time in looking over
properties at Placeryille. The indications
were so promising that Col Cook and Mr..
/ Horner took bond and lease upon
/ group of properties and started develop
ment at once. After having made care
full examination of the country, Col. Cook
predicted that it would become n great
quartz mining region. He will sink two
shafts on the property he has secured and
run a tunnel this winter to explore the
property, He expects to find large body
of milling ore, in which case he will put IN
a large milling plant.
In High Ore Gulch.
Boulder. Mont, reports that the eXten-
sion of the tunnel on the property OF the
High Ore Gold and Copper Mining Com
pany in High Ore gulch has proved very
satisfactory On this property last year
an immense amount of work was done
under the supervision of Nj. l.. Hewett.
and IA tunnel was run about a thousand
feet 1t failed to reach the lead ana
the owners of the mine concluded to spend
little more money in that direction, so
contract was recently let to extend the
tunnel 300 feet further. 1t had been run
distance of about 100 feet when fine
BODY of ore was struck The lead Is two
feet wide where struck and is rich ga
lena ore that can at once be handled with
profit.
From winston.
Reports from Winston, Mont, are that
both the Stray Horse and the East Pa
cifc mines are in very tlourishing condl-
ton. Both have large forces OF men at
work and the owners have no couse of
! complaint, DUN lltlllNS tiI ollVN MS ~
markablv we'll. The development work
| has been satisfactory in every respect
and the Stray Horse and the East Pacific
deserves places in the list of Montana
steady producers. During the worst of
the recent slump in silver it was reported
that the East Pacific would have to close,
Robert Bell of this city, the main owner,
said that while the profits were naturally
/ reduced, he had no intention of closing
down unless the white metal fell below
the A. cent mark and remained there.
Ore Chute in the HecIn.
For three weeks the new ore chute
in the Hecla at Burke, Idaho, has been
improving. until now there is four feet of
ore, great part of it of shipping grade,
and it promises soon to take its place
among the great mines OF the Occur
d'Alenes. No arrangements have yet been
made for milling, it being the intention to
drive further into the chute before any
stoping is done. When the time comes
the mill of the Milwaukee Mining Com
pany will probably be used, as the con
trolling interest in the two companies are
owned by the same parties At present
the mill is under lease to the Mammoth,
but it is terminable at any time by either
party.
On Prichard Creek.
Work has been done in several places
along Prichard creek this fall, finding
good pay in places where in early days
work was attempted and the men were
driven out by water. The theory is that
the work done on the creek since has so
thoroughly puddled it that the water
runs more on the surface, instead of seep-
ing through to bedrock. Work has resum-
ed on the Mother Lode, the claim which
first called attention to the gold quartz