Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-10-14

RIVER Gold Mining Company is assured
in advance.
Work will begin Immediately on a larg,
dltch TO furnish Il sluicehead and move,
10 run pump to raise a pipehead loo
feet above the river This Arrangement
VIII meet the conditions that brought dis.
aster 10 former operators. There is A
million Ill this bar and it seems 10 bc
easily accessible TO these practical men.
! his mime Is 30 miles from Lewiston. near
the mouth OF Salmon river, and direct.
~ tributary to this city.
struck "a Vein.
y contract was concluded recently be.
tween the Princess Maud Company AMI
the Jim Blaine Company OF Republic
camp by which the Princess Maud people
are permitted to start Il tunnel ON Jam
Blaine ground to tap the Princess Maud
VEIN The ledge on the Princess comes
close TO the Jim Blaine side line \ tun-
mel will be started on the Blaine ground
and will run 300 feet through it. lis total
length will be about 3s2 feet and it will
tap the Princess Maud vein at depth of
about 242 feet. This tunnel will encoun-
ter the vein in about the center OF the
claim so that drifting both ways may
be undertaken.
News came from Republic last week
Blaine ground to reach the Princess Maud
vein had entered a ledge on the Jim
Blaine which has never been opened be.
fore. At last accounts the tunnel was
two and half feet in quartz with no
wall in sight This strike is close TO the
Butte & Boston end line and indicates
that the latter property also has IA vein
which has never before been pro>pected.
Rich Ore on Admiral Dewey.
Arthur Webb, \. j. Burlette and Ole
Tufeson have obtained good values on ore
from the Admiral Dewey, claim which
they located last May on the north side
of the South Fork two miles below Os
burn. Idaho. On the surface they OBJ
tanned an assay of SIG per ton, and from
the bottom of 25-foot shaft they took
ore that yielded at the rate of Ga ounces
in silver and - ounces in gold. The
shaft will be continued until the lead Is
found in solid formation, it being more or
less broken SO far, and if it then ma kes
the showing it does now they will go
down the hill to where they can run a
800 foot tunnel, cutting the ledge about
25O feet deep.
Big Idaho Strike.
What is confidently claimed TO be the
most important strike ever made in the
gold belt of the Occur d'Alenes was that
on the Crown Point recently. This claim
is situated at the head of one prong of
Trail gulch, on which some of the richest
placers of the early days were found, ly-
ing partly on the Trail and partly on the
Pl-tchard creek side OF the ridge, divid-
ing them. Rich ore has been found on
it for years, sometimes apparently in
place, but usually as float, and when
considerable bodies were found further
exploration has always proved them to
be merely fragments OF the ledge broken
off.
Francis Jenkins, one of the owners, put
up his l0-stamp mill TO work the Crown
Point and adjoining properties, but al
though he got some good ore out OF a
small ledge, it was evident that it was
not the same ore for which he was look
ing.
In doing the assessment work this fall
the parties engaged to do the work were
given the privilege of doing the worl;
wherever they deemed it advisable, and
they started in to find the lead. Their eff
forts were crowned with great success.
as they have shown it unquestionably III
place. at intervals of 400 feet. The ledge
varies from 10 to 10 feet in width, show
ing free gold in generous quantities from
wall to vail wherever uncovered. A Mr.
Linden OF Portland owns the controlling
interest, and nothing can be learned re-
garding further work on the property.
\ Fine Trip.
William Munson, who came from Chi
cago last spring for the purpose OF test
ing the overland route to the klOndlke
has lust returned to Colville, Wash.
from a trip as far north as Teslin lake
and will remain for month resting NJ
before he goes to his eastern home foi
the winter. He says that the trip wa
as good as might be expected, and in facI
was a delightful summers outing Mr.
Munson and his party found the country
good enough this side OF Teslin lake, and
have located several valuable placer
claims that they will go back to in the
spring
Mining Notes.
Reports from Cooke, Mont, state that
the mill OF the Daisy company Is no" II
operation. and it is confidently believed
that it will open a new era of prosperlt.
for the New World mining district.
Gus swanson has returned from hi
placer diggings on Quartz creek. Mont.
and has in his possession the largest mug
oct ever taken from that ground. i
weighs 2l5 pennyweights and is pur'
GOLD Its value is more than 500. HI
placer operations on Quartz creek TIM
wear have been unusually successful, ant
all OF the cleanups have been satisiac
tory.