The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-08-28
GRUBSTAkE AND BOND
THOUSANDS IN NUGGETS LAID RARE
ny THE HYDRAULIC PROCESS.
Millions 81 Tens OF Low GRADE ore
IN Mentana-0ianees OF OtheR
Camps.

N@AAfAAH
dent Of the Golden Gate and the Gold
iiar Mining Companies. was in Spokane
the Other day, looking after machinery
and other business connected with work
on the claims represented BY him. located
on French and Orc Fino creeks. Pierce
City miniag district. Idaho. aWork l.
progressing finely on the Golden Gate nm.
der the management Of H. L. Gray" he
said. We have tunnel Of 200 feet, tan.
ping the main ore body. which assays
from soe.l7 70 Sis per ton. free milling.
About 20 tons Of ore has been taken out
ready Tor milling. The company Is pre-.
pairing for stamp mill and ore crush.
ing machinery next month. Hosting ma.
ehlneFy and ore cars have been forward.
ed 70 the Gold Bar mine, and men are A
work taking out fires milling ore that as.
says Sios per ton. Two veins Of IS inches,
IN close proximity, are being worked,
with Indications that they viii become
united At greater depth" Mr.. Stacy says
siO.S00 In nuggets has been taken from
the top Of this ledge by the hydraulic pro.
s~ss Of mining. two Of which he exhibited
one weighing 90 rnd one s52.
a new FIad IN Montana.
For the past 10 OF u years pronpectoss
hare bern tIamping over . portion Of the
country west 81 Maiden, Mont.. that has
been covered with what appeared TO be
porphyTy, paTs and simple. but q
thorough test Of this rock shows Il 10 be
certain kind Of granite with a por.
Phyriiic iendency and shows an average
oi $50 In gold PER ton. The rock l. \
perfect slide, and Is 10 broken up that no
mining 10 Necessary, ~ the pieces are,
many Of them, very small. thus enabling
10 be miiled AZ = small cost. There
have bern four claims taken up, two af
whtrh are owned By Y. w. FLAT, and II
. estimated that ON Mr.. Flint's property
alone there are between 100000 and g.
10000 tons in sight. MF. Flint also owns
tSo valuable cyanide propositions and
mill ate. directly opposite thess new
claims, and is Al present Negotiating for
l00ton mill 10 be erected on his prop
esty. This neW end proni~es 20 be tiFss
elasa eyanide ore and win nct the party
building . min Al least &355 per ton.
Mr.. Fiin, aill endcavor 10 interest a syn.
dIoAie In this property. a. be has ample
facilities for accommodating two large
plants on his ground. Sample assays run
-, % and $50, while general namples
show $3.50, a. and $50 In Eold--no cop.
PER and no silver.
sWask Mins Beaded.
Frederic HagcmAn Of Tacoma, repre-.
ssntiRg . wealthy Colorado syndicate has
got bond Of the First Of August and
Golden Ridge quartz mines In the Swauk
district for $4,000 for ak months. Mum.
sIoas other elAiuas In the vicinity have
bcen bondcd by the same syndicate, but
a. the flodin property h the best de-
seloPed In camp most Of the interest
horeES about L. A peculiar feature Of
the mine u that the alate walls for Is
toss on each side Of the ledge carry gold
10 the amount Of els per ton. This fact
vas Aacrrtaincd but recently. and. as Mr..
HAgeman SAyN will make the Swauk one
al the gold fields Of the day. BY the
written agreement development work on
an extensive scale h 20 begin immediate.
ly and be kept up TIL the bond expires
The most improved boring and lifting ma
ehinery is 10 be put in, and \ stamp mill
sill take the place Of the double arastras
by which the gold has heretofore been
crushed out
On Granite Nloantaia.
The Granite Mountain Gold and Cop
per Mining Company Of New Denver. Ida
ho. controls . number Of claims on the
celebrated Granite mountain, about six
miles west Of keuterville. and one mile
from the mouth Of the Salmon river, and
also owns the water right on Deep creek.
with bitches already constructed total
Of 500 feet, furnishing all the water power
needed for development work on the
mine. The ore IL called gold-copper, run.
ming. mill test, from 20 10 20 per cent
copper and about - in gold 20 the ton.
with traces Of silver. A shaft has been
sunk 80 feet on the vein, which shows
seven feet Of ore at the bottom, with the
foot wall not In sight.
Purchased silver Ben Ne. ..
r. Lewis Clark and Charles Sweeney
have obtained controlling interest in the
silver BaIl No 2 Of SLOGAN district for
5000 The cash Was paid for the prop.
erty yesterday. Silver Bell No. 2 is aid
to be q promising high grade proposition,
the development Of which has been retard.
ed by disagreement among the owners.
To Let Contract fer . Tunnel
T. J. Kelley, former manager Of the
lie Roi, has gone to Kaslo TO let . con.
tract for 1000 feet Of tunnel work ON the
properties Of the SLOGAN and Liberty
Hill Mining Company. The owners eS.
pcct that this tunnel will crosscut II
we'll defined lodges. and the company,
which includes q number Of Spokane
investors. is expecting great results.
A Tunnel en- the PoOrnan.
l.. Davenport Of the POOrman was in
Nelson, h. c., the other day. He says the
crusscut tunnel which was run 10 inter.
sect che main lead is now In over 400
feet, and they expect TO strike the lead
any minute There are rumors Of several
saies Of Hall creek claims for still figures,
but details and prices are not yet obtain,
able.
In Eastern Oregon.
The Geiser boys who recently sold the
BONANZA for $4,000, win stay In the
mining business. Edward and Frank
have closed deal for the purchase Of two
claims, the Diadsm and Brindle Horse. To-