Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-11-26
A GLANCE OVER THE MINES
QUARTZ RUNNING 5000 IN GOLD
a strike ON Wild Horse Creek near
Ymir-Work Resumed on the
Mother Lode In the COeur d'Alenes
Basin Country.

A strike which puts the reported /
Klondike bonanzas in the shade has been
made in the summit mine, on Wild Horse
creek, near Ymir. and but short dis !
lance from the famous Elise mine. is the
report from Nelson, Il. G. The property
was bonded some time ago by the Fern
company on the strength Of an lS-inch
cropping which gave result OF xltD IN
gold per ton. The Fern company spent
5000 in the venture and sunk shaft
about 40 feet without encounteilng the
lead. The bond was thrown up and the
Lindblade brothers, who were the owners,
took up the work where it had been aban'
.ioned. They sunk five feet more in the
shaft and ran across six-foot ledge OF de-
composed white quartz which ran AZ high
AZ 5000 in gold to the ton. The rock Is
pale blue, thoroughly honeycombed and
soft. The first test was by pann'ng, ana
two small chunks crushed and panned out
showed line of colors about four inches
in length and containing between 40 and
10 cents. Twelve men have been put to
work drifting both ways on the ledge and
sinking the shaft to greater depth. The
dip is about As degrees. The owners will
work il steadily during the winter and
will put in rawhide trail for shipping.
Tho work Of sacking the ore has already
,n.eu commenced and carload has been
made up for mill test.
Great Quarts Region Predicted.
Col. George w. Cook Of Denver. who
visited Butte last week, has made an in
vestment in the Basin country, in Idaho,
and is prepared to spend large sum OF
money in developing some gold properties
there that give promise Of being exceed
ingly rich, according to the Butte Inter
Mountain. Col Cook went into the Ba-
sin country with j. +. Horner. manager
Of the Crescent Cstalpo mines at Lead
vile, and spent some time in looking over
properties at Placerville. The indications
were no promising that Col. Cook and Mr..
Horner took bond and lease upon a
group of properties and started develop
,nent at once After having made care
full examination Of the country. Col. Cook
psesiicted that it would become a great
quartz mining region. He will sink two
shafts on the property he has secured and
run a tunnel this winter to explore the
property. He expects TO find large body
IL milling ore, in which case he will put In
large milling plant
II High Ore Galch.
Boulder, Mont. reports that the exten
sion Of the tunnel on the property Of ths
High Ore Gold and Copper Mining Com
pany in High Ore gulch has proved very
satisfactory. On this property last yea
nm immense amount Of work was dom
under the supervision Of NJ. L. Hewett
and u tunnel was run about Thousand
feet. It failed to reach the lead ant
the owners Of the mine concluded to spen'
y little moro money in that direction, ~
a contract wa. recently let to extend tn
tunnel 800 feet further. 1t had been rul
y distance Of about 100 feet when fin
bosly OF ore was struck The lead is tw
feet wide where struck and is rich ~
lena ore that can at once b. handled wit
profit.
From Winston.
Reports from Winston, Mont. are tina
hotl, the Stray Horse and the East Ps
ciic mines are in very fiourishng cond
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work anu tne owhess nave no co"se
complaint. both mines are showing y
markably we'll The development wor
has been satisfactory in every respe'
and the Stray Horse and the East Pacit
deserves places In tho list Of Montana
steady pro'iucerS' lMrne the WORST
the recent slump IN s'iver u was Iepo'''
that the East racine wouia nave I" CLOS
Robert BELL OF TINS c'ty, inc mann "w"t
said that while the pronts We're natural
rstucssi' no had y" .n'en''on !" on ',"S''
down unless she white "e.ai ic'. oe'"
the u cent marx ana remalhss '"e'e'
ore Chae~ IN sne "ec"'
For thfetF weeks the new ore emu
in the Heeia ~ BURKE iuaho' mas oe
improving, unth now there - Iour ieet
ore. great past OF u Oh s",Pp'.s er"'
and IT promises sooh 10 MNe us pun
among the great MINES VI "e w