The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17

amount Of this ore in sight in the mine.
The lead is a wide one, and the width of
the pay streak from which the above sam
pie was taken is fully one foot. The First
Shot mine is located about three miles
north of the Eva May property.
Notes
The final payment of $4,000 on the
$4,000 bond on the Mollie Gibson, near
SLOGAN City, was made a few days ago.
1t is reported that smelter proposition
for Grand Forks, in the Boundary district,
has been subscribed in Montreal.
The deepest vertical shaft in Montana
is the Green Mountain at Butte. 1t is
200 feet, and is being driven still deeper.
Work has been resumed on the Scotia
mine on Toulou mountain. The Scotia
has So feet of shaft and 260 feet of tun-
neling, the latter being in a full face of
shipping ore. The property now has
good wagon road leading up to the camp.
The East Pacific mine, near Winston,
is producing more wealth than ever be-
fore. AT the present time it is proposed
to construct a flume preparatory to put
ting in a 400-horse power electric plant
with which to illuminate Winston and add
jacent towns.
Dr. S. H. Manly has purchased a full
half interest in the American Flag mine
at Sheridan camp, and his friends now
consider him to be one of the solid mining
men of the reservation. The ledge is four
feet wide and its values in gold alone run
from $40 to $3.50 per ton.
A public meeting of the citizens of Slo-
can City was held last week in the Ar
lingtOn Hotel, to discuss the ACCESSIBILITY
of forming an organization to further the
mining interests of the town and district.
Mr.. Getting was appointed chairman, and
George Nichols secretary of the meeting.
1t was moved by Mr.. Gilland that an or
ganization be formed to be known as the
SLOGAN City Miners Exchange, which mo-
ton was carried.
There have been more men at work on
the placer mines of Libby Creek, in Mon,
tana, this year and less gold taken out
than in any previous season. The cause
of this is that most of the men who were
working this year were doing develop
ment work, opening up claims in better
shape than ever before and preparing u
take out the yellow metal in increased
quantities.
The Incorporated companies of tn
Cripple Creek district will disburse $3lS
:, $50 among shareholders this month whic
u places November in the lead in this r.
spect of any month of the year The tC
tai dividends for the eleven month
a reaches the big sum of So $40. TIL
= does not include the earnings of severe
l. big properties which are either owned
l. private parties or close corporations, nc
:. the profits of lessees.
vt Boston, New York and New Have
2, capitalists have associated themselv'
lie with California men in developing a ne
l. copper district, lying about % miles eai
n of Randsburg, Cal. The deepest shaft
lie the district is 1913 feet, and that, as we
as nearly forty others from 80 to 40 fe,
deep, show an improvement in quantit
% and quality of ore as work proceeds. III
n ores are red and black oxides, with a fe
70 shafts showing green carbonates.
of The new stamp mills the Treadwell an
~ allied companies have been erecting
% Douglas Island, Alaska, are complete
10 and after being tested will be turned ov
q. to the companies by the engineers now
I. charge. These mills give Douglas Islar
90 total of $50 stamps, with capacity fl
m crushing $500 tons of ore daily. TIL
n will be a greater amount of ore than
70 crushed on an equal area anywhere ell
in the world.
The Denver, Colo, Republican says tn
the mixture for preventing fumes in mi
10 ing powder which has been patented
III r. Grove, of Georgetown, Colo, consis
ne of so per cent unbolted wheat flour,
a. per cent common salt finely ground, al
ne 20 per cent pulverized bicarbonate of sod
r The eight Lake Superior producing co
Oh per mines in Houghton county, Mich, a
OF the Calumet & Hecla, Quincy, Osceol
H. Tamarack, Wolverine, Centennial, Fran
H. lin, and Atlantic; in these there are 90
a shareholders. The aggregate market Vi
nj lie of these eight mines is about $500
Is 600; to date the total dividend disbur,
Is ments amount to $737S2 900; with t
Ut present rate of distribution about $3.50
H. 900 per annum.