Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-03
AMONG The MINING CAMPS
THE OLD AND NEW PROPERTIES
Fine Gold Taken From the Gold Hill
Property Near Radersburg, Mont
Work ON the Iron Mask-saies
Mt Murray, Idaho.

the great amount of free gold that is daily !
being taken therefrom. 1t is estimated
bv conservative old-t;mers that the rlcn- !
est part of the VEN ii properly saved Will
Weld from SIS to $3.50 per sack net Inc
Gold Hill is by no means new discovery
having been worked previous to nine OF
ten wears ago by the Omaha company,
but it was allowed to go by default. lhey
had sunk a shaft some 40 or 90 feet and
were Just beginning to uncover the rlch
ore when the thought occurred to them
to hide their find, which they speedily
and to all appearances etfectually did by
filling the shaft up. but the eagle eyes
of Messrs Charles Crane and William
Starkweather guided their footsteps near
the hidden treasure, and they at once re-
marked the locality and began an inves-
tigation by cleaning out the old shaft, at
the bottom of which they found well
defined lead of dolomite of pyrites assay
ing some $50 to the ton of gold. The main
lead is some three feet wide and is said
to be fine concentrating ore. On the
hanging wall is about two and one-half
inches of silicious quartz which is literally
alive with free gold.
Red Rock FIume Property.
The Red Rock fume property, at Idaho
City, Idaho, has been sold to G. ii. South
er of Boston for $4,000. 1t takes in
seven miles of the bed of Moore creek,
beginning at Idaho City, the claims EN-
bracing about 1000 acres. The intention
is to work it by dredge. There was an
interesting contest for the property. 1t
was sought by Montana parties who
have successful dredge mining enter
sentative, NJ. F. kirkpatrick, was bid
ding for it by telephone, but the owners
here closed with Souther. S. F. Davis,
one of the owners, was hurrying down
from Idaho City with kirkpatrick. They
stopped at the Half Way house and Kirk
patrick raised the bid to $4l 900, but it
was too late He says he would have
given $4,000 with possibility of going
to 100000 after interviewing his prin-
cipals. The Souther original bid was
100000, and it would have gone at that
if kirkpatrick had not appeared at the
other end of the telephone line. Kirk
patrick had not appeared at the other
end of the telephone line Kirkpatrick
had just purchased $50 acres at Placer.
vile, upon which dredge will be placed
This is all the ground that could not be
worked by the ordinary process.
Mining Sales Mt Murray.
The property transfers recorded last
week at Murray, Idaho, aggregate only
$72l75, eight of the IA deeds being for
the nominal consideration of 81. 1t is
noticeable that nearly all mining deeds
recorded read in that way, the public be-
ing carefully kept from knowing what
the real consideration was. The prospect,
ors have evidently been active, for 81
locations were recorded during the week.
vi these II were in unknown mining dis.
tricts, mostly in the gold-copper belt on
the upper st, Joe. Pierce City parties re-
cord nine quarts and one placer claims.
New Coal Lands.
There is much interest in Red Lodge.
Mont, and vicinity over the new coal
lands acquired by the Anaconda company
about three miles from Joliet. on the
road to Red Lodge. The company bored
until 1t struck six-foot vein of coal at
depth or 1000 feet, which is supposed to
be the old Gebo vein. A double compart.
ment shaft is now being sunk to the 1000.
and triplet will be put in later. The
manager, Mr.. Burrill, has stated that the
company will be shipping coal inside of
eight months. The new town which is
spflnglng up there will be called Carbon
olty. Three shifts are being worked at
| the mine.
Machinery for the Cariboo.
Inc new engine and hosting plant for
'ne Carlboo mine, Camp Mckinney, pass.
ed through Midway, B. c., the other dav.
Inc SIX teams engaged in hauling it from
Dossourg to the mine came in from Car.
son over the new road up the Kettle river
valley, which gave them level haul in.
stead OF heavy grades encountered in 90
ing over the mountains between Grand
prairle and Boundary creek.
On Palmer Mountain.
twenty tons of ore are heinz bouloa
from the Bull Frog group OF claims on
rainier mountain to the Wyandotte mill
aC Looms, and it is understood that Il
'iie test proves satisfactory the mill com.
pany will take the property, ON which
they have an option.
The Iron Mountain Nina
The Iron Mountain mine. in NI;ssor,,
county, Mont, makes the following stoto,
,iieht 10 stockholders for October. 10.
my S,yeu returns for shipments in August
Sl4''o2.S6; ore sales for September 70
aate' Sool4,53; current expenses for Son
TEMPER S90O5.5S; cash on hand Senton,
per 49, 1o $l2,46466; balance in the treas.
ury' $22'436.47. No dividend will he mai r
this month. 'o pau
Gilt Edge Camp.
Inc Inc INT Edge gold camp has once moro
T r. Oh her garments of activity. Messrs
L. VI Phelps and E. w. King have leosoS
the mill and all the possessions 80 i p's.l
D and Moshner of Receiver T 9
woodbury. and have force of NAV :.
work on the mill, reconstructino thn ~ ~
th n ana putting all in good shape so that
me me work OF unloading the ore will, ha
r more practical. Twenty men are sn Nc
p paoseu at the mine under the efficient
management of T IAN. ecieht