The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-07-24
PRODUCTION OF METALS
YEARS DEvELOPMEnr TWnoUGu.
OUT SOUTHERN K0OTEHAY.
Renewal I'm Geld Mining Abeut Hell
sna-saie - an Opal Mime
Ofher Hotes.

The returns compiled BY George JOHN
stone. collector for the port q Nelson, u
lustnte as wei ~ amy set Of figures can
the development which has taken place
in southern Kootenay during the past ~
months ending june 20, which comprises
the fiscal year Of the customs department,
says the Nelson Tribune. During the
period the revenue Of the port 81 Nelson
has increased from els8OO0 to e35OO76,
while the mineral exports have made .
relative increase, amounting in the aggTe-
gate value TO &4y34l $50. These figures,
it should be remembered, do not cover the
entire mineral exports Of the district, a.
much Of the ore went out via Revelstoke
and was credited 10 the port Of Westmin-
ster through the output Of ReveIst0ke.
The vaIne Of the exports more than trei,-
lea the value of the imports, the former
being 81 SCI, SOS, against purely mineral
export trade Of &l,e4l, 450.
Manes Abeus Helena.
There has ben . great revival in gold
mining about Helena, Mont A number
Of mills that have been closed down for
years are now running, and others are be-
ing built, among them . 000-stamp mill
for the Diamond Fill mines, 20 miles east
Of the city, which win START up next
month. The mine was sold last year to
a Scotch company for &2lO0OO00. II has
fine electric equipment and water power
Is furnished by an immense dam across
Crow creek, three miles from the mill
The mine has blocked out 100000 tons
Of free milling ore running from - to g
per ton
Dase0veFaen nj GAatese.
Reports from Saltese received at Mis-
souIas Mont, are that that camp i likely
to become an important mining point
Recent discoveries in the St LAwrence
group have been such that Il b known
that there are large bodies Of rich copper
gold ore there. The force Of men at
work in the properties Of this group at
present is larger than ever before and viii
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 lElniS9.
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 viii con-
tInue up to August with all the water
needed. 1t Is estimated that the amount
of gold washed this season wiz be in ex-
cess of that Of any year for the past ten.
Production 81 Copper.
The production Of copper from the
mines in the United States for the month
of June amounted to 44,0O6 800 pounds,
against a, 5000 pounds during the pre-
ceding month, an increase Of l,6S3.oO0
pounds The exports from this country
amounted to l4.677 tons Of gao pounds
each, against 1915 tons in May. an in
crease of 2502 tonA
sale 81 Opal MAne.
Lewiston parties have purchased the
AlPowai opal mine from r. p. Grifits,
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.. Griftits 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 whiteeap GrSup.
The Whitecap group of mineral claims,
situated about Eve miles east Of Bound
airy, Wash, on Red Top mountain, have
been sold. The purchasers were A. II.
Mason and w. L Palmer Of Bangor, Ne,
and the consideration, it is claimed, was
$4,000 The group is a fairly well de-
veloped proposition and susceptible Of BE-
ing a shipping mine at an early date. The
purchasers propose TO commence work at
once.
CrOokeA River PlAeers.
A company called the Tacoma {
Clearwater Mining Company, limited, has
been organized by Tacoma capitalists for
the purpose Of opening and operating the
plaeers on the lower end Of Crooked river,
the principal tributary Of the south fork
of Clearwater.
Lead oG C0pper-Gola.
News has reached Phillipsburg, Mont,
OF the discovery Of lead Of per-gold
ore in the Moose lake district. The lead
Is said to be IS feet wide.