Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-07-24
PRODUCTION OF METALS
YEARS DEVELOPMENT THROUGH
OUT SOUTHERN kOOTENAY.
ena-Sale of an Opal Mine
Other Notes.

The returns compiled by George John
stone, collector for the port of Nelson, IL
lustrate as well as any set of figures can
the development which has taken place
in southern Kootenay during the past II
months ending June 80, which comprises
the fiscal year of the customs department,
saws the Nelson Tribune During the
period the revenue of the port of Nelson
has increased from SlSS,OOO to S350O1S.
while the mineral exports have made a
relative increase, amounting i'll the aggrc-
gate value to S4,S4l ,459. These figures,
it should be remembered, do not cover the
entire mineral exports of the district, as
much of the ore went out via Revelstoke
and was credited to the port of Westmin-
ster through the output of Revelstoke.
The value of the exports more than trel-
les the value of the imports, the former
being 81 ,566,59S, against purely mineral
export trade of $4,S4l ,459.
Mines About Helena.
There has been a great revival in gold
mining about Helena, Mont. a number
of mills that have been closed down tor
years are now running, and others are be-
ing built, among them Il 600 stamp mill
for the Diamond Hill mines, 40 miles east
of the city, which will start up next
month. The mine was sold last year to
a Scotch company for S2,00O.O0O. 1t has
a fine electric equipment and water power
is furnished by an immense dam across
Grow creek, three miles from the mill.
The mine has blocked out 100000 tons
of free milling ore running from 50 to Sc
per ton.
Discoveries at Saltesc.
Reports from Saltese received at Mis-
soula, Mont, are that that camp is likely
to become an important mining point.
Recent discoveries in the st. Lawrence
group have been such that it is known
that there are large bodies of rich copper
gold ore there The force of men at
work i'll the properties of this group at
present is larger than ever before and will
be increased still further before the end
of the month. The mines in this group
have been prospected for several years
but the development work had not until
recently revealed anything extraordinary,
Water for Placer Mining.
Advices from Diamond City tell of an
abundant water supply for placer mining
purpose, and an unusually large output
in Confederate Gulch is assured. The
season opened Is days earlier than for
any year now remembered, and the pros
pect is that mining operations will con
tinuc up to August with all the water
needed 1t is estimated that the amount
of gold washed this season will be in eN
cess of that of any year for the past ten.
Production of Copper.
The production of copper from the
mines in the United States for the month
of June amounted to 44,O0S.900 pounds,
against 42,l25,000 pounds during the pre-
ceding month, an increase of l,SS3,900
pounds. The exports from this country
amounted to 1867 tons of 224O pounds
each, against l2,l75 tons in May, an in
crease of 25O2 tons.
Sale of Opal Mine.
Lewiston parties have purchased the
Alpowai opal mine from R. p. Grit1its,
and a company will be organized to de-
velop the property and place the product
on the market The mine was discovered
two months ago by Mr.. Grif1its about one
mile below the mouth of the Alpowai
creek in the high granite bluffs adjacent
to Snake river. The property is in Whit
man county, Wash
Sale of Whitecap Group.
The Whitecap group of mineral claims,
situated about five miles east Of Bound
ary, Wash, on Red Top mountain, have
been sold The purchasers We're A. NJ.
Mason and w. f. Palmer of Bangor, Me,
and the consideration, it is claimed, was
100000. The group is a fairly we'll de-
veloped proposition and susceptible of be-
ing shipping mine at an early date. The
purchasers propose to commence work at
once.
Crooked River Plncers.
4 company called the Tacoma &
Clearwater Mining Company, limited, has
been organized by Tacoma capitalists for
the purpose of opening and operating the
pacers on the lower end of Crooked river,
the principal tributary of the south fork
of Clearwater.
Lead of Copper-Gold.
News has reached Phillipsburg, Mont,
of the discovery of a lead of copper gold
ore in the Moose lake district. The lead
is said to be 25 feet wide