The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-09-03

D3All0 W miles 81 NAklE0a0 from MtiHOr1,
Utah, 10 the stats line mining dIstricta.
The road viii cost eGO0,OO0 and II Il
said that II viii be Of vast benefit 10 an
important mining region, particularly
che famous camps Of De Ia Mar and
Phoebe, which win be put ia closer
touch with ameiters and trade centera
The road goes 70 the dividing line be-
tween Nevada and Utah and Salt Lake
City people regard 1t ~ . connecting link
ID the railroad Of the future sEhieh win
connect Los Angeles and Salt Lake BY
the shortest line possible. The Oregon
Short Line i backing the new enterprise
PrepaFing Tor . Rail Run.
j. NJ Porter Of Wallace and II. +.
Madgwiek Of Lewiston, officers of the
American Placer Mining Company, OPP
Grating on Gro Fino creek, In the Pierce
district, Idaho. were In Kendriei arrang-
ing to commence work on their placer
property for q fall rum. j. n Porter
left for the mine for the purpose Of max
ing some new surveys for pipe line
that they win put in ct once, the pipe
being here ready for freighting out now.
The company has spent approximately
1000 developing IL property.
Placer Discoveries.
Fall creek, which empties into the Sal
mon river near the state bridge, on the
road to Warrens, Idaho, has had lie
share Of excitement in the last two weeks.
Rich placer has been reported discovered
there and the creek and its tributaries
have been staked out the entire length.
One party returning from there for sup
plies claims that be got as much As IS
cents to the pan. He says il is shot
gold" and very pure, being worth con
siderably more than the gold in the Ba-
sin. The Fall creek placer ground IL
situated nj m altitude of from 1000 10
GOO feet, and the claims can be worked
very late, owing 70 the light fall Of snow
in the early part Of the winter. 1t Ia
best reached by wagon in three-qnarters
Of days drive from Florence.
Another caribOe Dfvtaena.
The cariboo Mining Company, operat-
ing the Cariboo mine in CAMP MeKin.
ney declared itB twentieth dividend Last
week. The payment Is the usual one Of
two per cent, aggregating $4,000. This
"a probably the last regular dividend that
will be paid by the old company, the
mine having paused into the hands Of a
British Columbia company as stated
few days since. This brings the total
OF dividends paid by the caribOo con-
pany up 20 s23Gy06ATG.
Miasnw BrSeEs.
w. A. Stuart has been appointed 81.
Perintendent OF the mining exhibit at the
Spokane fruit fair.
Surveying is in progress for an electric
railway from the Silver Cup mine TO the
landing.
A corps Of engineers is surveying the
line for the Canadian Pacific railway
from Arrowhead TO the head OF kootenay
lake.
The Easter Sunday mine on Sulphide
mountain near Bossburg has been bonded
10 Messrs. Moffat, Stripe and Patre, rep
rcsentlng Chicago capital Work has
commenced.
II was learned at the Office Of the Lib
erty Mining Company that it has been
decided 10 let q contract 10 sink q shaft
on that property in Republic camp. An
open cut encountered a ledge few days
since.
Oliver Durant Of the Centre Star mine
passed through Spokane on his way from
Butte TO Rossland with the deeds to the
property which were executed in Butte.
The final payment on the mine will be
made forthwith.
Considerable freight is going out OF
kendTick for the Pierce district, in Ida
no. and the indications are that work
will be continued on some properties all
winter.