Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-10-15
NEWS OF THE MINES.
DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT.
Curteua Ats~alcalatt~a ~ The MAN
ax~rs es Fr~p~rsses IN NsntaAa-
More Information From Alaska
RrtssAA CNlaa haa Notes.

u Ia Ssyo~, Scotland, from the head offices
OF the Diamond Hill mines ordering a
shut down of the entire plant for a time.
The reason gwen 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 I
can not work economically on half ca
pacity. and will endeavor TO make ether I
arrangements for power before continu- !
ing. To develop power by steam would !
be out Of the question, 80 it Is said. for !
it would cost eight times as much per
horse power as the water power was es-
tirnated to cost. The Diamond Hill plant
is one of the largest in the state, and the
fact that the discovery of insufhcieney
of power was not made until the entire
machinery was in place is regarded as
one of the sensations Of the day in min
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 Rosalie the other
day were six from Dawson City. who
came out over the Dalton tran. They
were Pat Calvin and wife, Charles Thebo,
G. f. Garrish, c. H. Davis and man
named Bede. They had about $4,000 in
nuggets between them. They left Daw-
son August % and arrived at Haines'
mission September %. They report that
| rich strikes have been made on Hunter
creek. which is as rich as Bonanza or Ell
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 caching 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 statis-
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 character Al
to suggest that the mother lode of thai
4 camp has been found. The development
= are on the Tiptop claim, five miles from
Pearl. There are two lodges on the prop
erty, each IS feet wide One is developed
D. by l7O-foot shaft. The value of the or
J. averages from $40 to $45, mainly in gold
A second ledge has been found five fee
y down the hill from the one first opened
'. 1t is also 20 feet wide, but the ore j
y richer, running from $25 to $50 per tor
a Going to the Kl0ndike.
a One hundred and twenty miners hav
~ arrived at Victoria, b. c., ON their way t
!. the Klondike All obstacles in the wa
of direct steamer service between vi,
toria and Dawson have been removed, til
Canadian Pacific Transportation compan
have obtained permission from the Unite
States to build steamer ut st. Micl
aels OF Canadian material, which has \
a. ready been sent up, and when complete
20 will be placed on the Yukon river
H. connect with the steamer from Victori
~ There will be no difficulty in the way
e- transferring freight from one steamer
e. another. there being United States o
:" ficer at st. Michaels.
smelter At Twin Bridges.
- An important event in the history
A Twin Bridges. Mont, was the "blowir
~, in" of the Montana Smelling and Minir
\. company's smelter the other da
70. Amid great cheering, Mr.. Davi
~ president, and l. NJ. Jacobs, ge
eral manager of the cOmpan
wheeled out the first pot Of Stag. Thr
cheers were given for Sewell Davis,
Hartzell, 7. Graves and l. NJ. Jacobs.
10 the Stag was running three cheers and
tiger were given by the large crowd f
as- the company. In the neighborhood of
ny people from Butte witnessed the bio,
ne ing in.
ms Nearing the 1AOO-FOOt Level.
@e' Burke. Idaho, reports that the Tig
en- has commenced sinking again, after ha
vi ing suspended work on the shaft for
-" month 1t is not necessary to keep sin
Z" ing all the time, for the ore chute Is l3
nc feet long, and the shaft can be sunk mu
nc faster than the ore can be mined for su
-" a distance. The shaft is now 1925 fe
VIC deep, and will continue until the IA
foot level ia reached.