Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-07-10
NORTHWESTERN MINES
DEVELOPMENT WORK ON PROPER
TY NEAR TROY, MONT.
A $1,000 Gold Brick From Placer
Diggings on salmon River,
lduho--Mining Notes.

Work on the Big Eight property, six
miles from Troy, Mont, is said to be
going ahead at a rapid rate. The own
ers recently let a contract for cross
cut tunnel 270 feet in length, of which
90 feet has already been completed
The ore Is silver lead, and Is said to be
a splendid concentrating product, SIM
liar in many respects to the ore of the
b. & B., in the same vicinity. This
property was located seven years ago,
and bonded for $50 900. After doing 2OO
feet of work the bond was thrown up
and the property was not again worked
until last spring, when active develop
ment was commenced. When the lead
is struck the owners will determine
whether or not to install machinery The
property is located six miles from Troy,
Mont, on Callahan creek, and comprises
two claims.
Buys the Hi-Yu.
Glen B. King has purchased the Hi
yu gold mine in the Florence tldaho)
district. The property was owned by
Spokane company. There has been dis
satisfaction existing in the company for
some time and the sale was the result.
The price was about $4,000. The Hl-yu Is
a property that paid its original owners
some years ago something like $4,000,
but for some reason work stopped and
the mill was moved away. The company
which has been operating it recently has
done some development work, but no ma
chinery has been put on the property to
work it. The new owner, Mr.. King,
promises to put in machinery and proper
ly develop the property.
Bear GuIch and COIOma.
Harry Thompson, who has Just return
ed to Missoula, Mont, from Bear gulch
and the Coloma district, says all of the
placer mines along Bear creek have had
a good season this year and the prospects
for the rest of the summer are excellent
as the streams have still plenty of water
and the season will probably be longer
than was anticipated early in the spring.
In the quartz mines the work this year
has been successful and the indications
are that the Coloma group will become
rich in its output. While the work of de-
velopment has been going on in the Mann
moth mine under the direction of Super
intendent Browne the Mammoth mill
has been operated under lease by the own
ers of the Stilicom and other small prop
critics near by, and the results have been
more successful than any other expert
ment that has been made. The trouble
has been heretofore that the percentage
of loss was SO great that the operation
was not profitable, but this has been over
come by the present mill superintend-
ent
$1,000 in 30 Days.
A gold brick valued at about $4,000 IS
the result of about 30 days run of the
ictor Mining Company placer diggings
on Salmon river, Idaho, of which G. W.
Ide of Spokane is president. I'VE have
been fairly successful in some ways and
unfortunate in Others, said Mr. Ide, who
has been waiting his appointment of mar
shall for so great a period that his face
has naturally grown long. I'VE started
out thinking we would cut a swath this
year. but three cloudbursts came and de-
stroyed our confidence and fumes at each
time. In consequence we have been put
to a great deal of unlooked-tor eX-
pense."
Seven Devils.
j. B. Perkins has Just returned from
the Seven Devils mineral district. He re-
ports the existence of valuable ore bodies
in that country, but advises prospectors
to stay away. Almost the whole mineral
belt is held by locations and relocatlons,
he says This system has been carried on
for Ii years with no development and but
little assessment work. There are II pat
ented mines in the district and $4,000
acres in solid body have been held for
many years by methods adopted for the
purpose of defeating the intent OF the
mining laws.
Purchase Involving 100000.
There is a report in mining circles that
the Bonanza mine, free gold property
near Baker City, Or, has just been sold
in New York to New York capitalists for
$4,000. The Bonanza is big property
and is said to operate 20 stamps and to
pay monthly profits of about $4,000 The
property was recently exported by George
Milliken for the New York purchasers,
and it is said to be upon his report that
the sale was made. Milliken was former
Iy mineral expert for the Northern IA
cifc
Nearly Eight Millions.
The report of the farrott company
filed with the assessor at Butte, shows
that it operated its mines and smeIters
at profit of S4l2 ,37766 during last year,
which is almost double its profits during
the previous year. The report makes the