Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-08-27
GRUBSTAKe AND BOND
THOUSANDS IN NUGGETS LAID BARE
BY THE HYDRAULIC PROCESS.
Millions Of Tons OF Low Grade Ore
In MOntana-Glances Of other
Camps.


dent OF the Golden Gate and the Gold
Bar Mining Companies, was in Spokane
the other day, looking after machinery
and other business connected with work
| on the claims represented by him, located
on French and Orc Elmo creeks. Pierce
City mining district, Idaho. Work is
progressing finely on the Golden Gate I'M
der the management of II. l.. Gray he
said. I'VE have Il tunnel of 200 feet. tap
ping the main ore body, which ASSAYS
from $62.l7 to $ll5 per ton. free milling.
About 40 tons of ore has been taken ont
ready for milling. The company is pre-
pairing for a stamp mill and ore crush
ing machinery next month. Hosting ma
chinery and ore ears have been forward
ed to the Gold Bar mine. and men are at
work taking out free milling ore that as
says $lGS per ton. Two veins of Is inches,
in close proximity, are being worked,
with indications that they will become
united at greater depth" Mr. Stacy says
$l0SGO in nuggets has been taken from
the top of this ledge by the hydraulic pro-
cess of mining. two of which he exhibited,
| ciiS "S'SHihS V-c Gnu oiiS F.-'
A New Find in Montana.
| For the past 10 or II years prospectors
have been tlamping over a portion of the
country west of Maiden, Mont, that has
been covered with what appeared to be
porphyry, pure and simple, but Il
thorough test of this rock shows it to be
Il certain kind of granite with por-
| ,,1x
of $500 in gold per ton. The rock is
perfect slide, and is so broken up that no
mining is necessary, as the pieces are,
many Of them, very small thus enabling
it to be milled at small cost. There
have been four claims taken up, two Of
which are owned by F. w. Flint, and it
is estimated that on Mr.. Flint's property
alone there are between 4.OOO,OOO and s.
OOO, 600 tons in sight. Mr.. Flint also owns
two valuable cyanide propositions and a
mill site, directly opposite these new
claims, and is at present negotiating for
a lOO-ton mill to be erected on his prop
erty This new find promises to be first
class cyanide ore and will net the party
building mill at least 1915 per ton.
WI. lIut VIII CuucuNoI W IhtCicSI ~
dictate in this property, as he has ample
facilities for accommodating two large
plants on his ground. Sample assays run
81, Sc and $3.50, while general samples
show $3.50, 81 and $3.50 in gold-no cop
per and no silver
Swauk Mine Bonded.
Frederic Hageman of Tacoma, repre-
senting wealthy Colorado syndicate has
got bond of the First of August and
Golden Ridge quartz mines in the Swauk
district for $4,000 for six months. Mum
erous other claims in the vicinity have
been bonded by the same syndicate, but
as the Flodin property is the best de,
veloped in camp most of the interest
hovers about it. A peculiar feature Of
the mine is that the slate walls for 81
feet on each side of the ledge carry gold
to the amount of SIS per ton. This fact
was ascertained but recently, and, as Mr.
Hageman says, will make the Swauk one
of the gold fields of the day. by the
written agreement development work on
ly and be kept up till the bond expires
The most improved boring and lifting ma
chinery is to be put in, and a stamp mil
will take the place of the double arastras
by which the gold has heretofore beer
crushed out.
, On Granite Mountain.
The Granite Mountain Gold and Cop
per Mining Company of New Denver, Ida
no, controls a number of claims on thu
celebrated Granite mountain, about 81,
miles west of keuterville, and one mill
from the mouth of the Salmon river, ant
also owns the water right on Deep creek
with bitches already constructed a tota
T of 500 feet, furnishing all the water powe
needed for development work on til,
. mine. The ore is called gold-copper, run
| ming, mill test, from 20 to 40 per cen
| copper and about 50 in gold to the ton
t with traces of silver. A shaft has becl
S sunk 80 feet on the vein, which show
4 seven feet of ore at the bottom, with tn
foot wall not in sight.
Purchased silver BELL No. 2.
F. Lewis Clark and Charles Sweene,
: have obtained controlling interest in tn
Silver Bell No. of SLOGAN district TO
y $1,000. The cash was paid for the prop
erty yesterday. Silver Bell No. is sal
:, to be promising high grade proposition
= the development of which has been retard
:, ed by disagreement among the owners.
q To Let Contract for . Tunnel
r f. J. Kelley. former manager of tn
n lie Roi, has gone to Kaslo to let a cor
d tract for 1000 feet of tunnel work on tn
II properties Of the SLOGAN and Libert
n Hill Mining Company. The owners e,
}. pect that this tunnel will crosscut
d we'll defined lodges, and the compan!
b which includes a number of Spokan
e investors, is expecting great results.
l. A Tunnel an the POOrman.
e L. Davenport of the Poorman was
II Nelson, b. c., the other day. He says til
l. crosscut tunnel which was run to int
e sect the main lead is now in over 4C
d feet. and they expect to strike the lea