Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-02-25
|ALL AROUND THE CAMPS
MINES OF THE NORTHWEST
Mineral Claim in the k"mioop" "-
.-,ct Affords AN Interesting studS
-D~velopment Work IN
county. MOmtana-A strike ~
Two Travellers in Idaho.

cr, uontana-A strike by
Two Travellers in Idaho.
The Erin mineral claim, situate on the
no,,b side of the Iron Mask and Copper
Oueen mineral claims, about nve mhes
southwest of kamloops. B. e.. ana owned
h, Ne,,rs. Beattie. Buxton and Blair, and
on which development work has oeeh go
inc on for some mcnths past, is said to De
nrovino tself one of the best properties IN
the Damn On New Years eve an immense
bo,v Of ore was struck in crosscut made
from the shaft at depth of 40 feet. Inc
vein Of solid ore is about seven feet wide
and gives an assay from $40 in gold to ~
per cent copper, as well as proportion OF
silver. Other assays made run III value
from S26 to Stj2 per ton. At Coal Hill the
pothook 7xl2 shaft is being energeticaiiy
sunk by force of six men, making an aV-
eraoe of about one foot each day OF ID
hours. The shaft has reached a depth of
40 feet. all in much shattered and decom-
posed rock. with the assures filled and sep
a,ated bv thin plates of native copper,
and, as yet, impregnated but sparsely with
rich copper glance. One corner, the south
west. is a sight worth seeing. being pias-
tered with bright native metal. Altogeth.
er this claim is most interesting study.
just how the native metal came to be de-
posted in such prOfusion throughout this
great mass is conundrum not yet solved.
There is not much, if any, doubt, that 1t
is product of alteration. and it is not
likely to prove normal constituent of
the dyke, even if, as seems probable, the
assure be found to be on dyke. 1t ap-
parently comes from the teaching of the
gray ore or glance. The rock itself is
either serpentine or mixture of that rock
with clorite. and this alternates with a
eonglomerate of many parts. About "a in
gold adds to the value and the plates of
native copper are gradually becoming
thicker as the work of sinking progresses.
struck 1t Rich.
Michael Guertin and his son. Alcide,
who left Fort Saskatchewan in May last,
with man named Irish. to travel to Ida
no by team, are said to have struck it rich
in that state through an accidental discov-
cry of a rich quartz claim. The story
reads like fiction. The party was travel
ing over high range Of mountains near
Boise City. when one of their horses be-
came exhausted and they were compelled
to camp for the night on the mountain top.
In the morning Irish wandered a little
distance from the camp and CHANGED to
pick up some fragments of peculiar look
ing rock, which he showed to his compan-
ions. They examined it, and, actuated
principally by curiosity, took a bag and
partly filled it with the broken rocks. On
reaching Boise City they had the rock as
sayet., and the assayer pronounced it gold
quartz worth $85 to the ton. On the news
becoming known throughout the town.
great excitement was aroused and Irish
was offered $l2, 600 for his one third share
which he accepted and departed for Port.
land. The claim was duly surveyed and
staked and active operations will com.
mence when the snow goes. The Messrs
Guertin and their new partner, namefl
Carson, have been offered $50, 900 for the
claim, but refused the offer.
Well Equipped Party.
Sixty seven men, comprising the Alas
an-klondike Cooperative Expedition
have arrived at Tacoma over the Northern
Pacific. The party comes mainly from
New York and Philadelphia and will leav,
Tacoma for Alaska with one of the mos,
complete outfits ever taken into thu,
country. They will carry complete com
PIGMENT OF the most approved machin
cry. two steam launches, a sawmill. ant
an assaying and refining plant. FIT,
nofses nave been purchased in Tacoma fo
draft purposes. Three mechanical eno;p
GERS, two mining engineers, one assaye
ana renner, two chemists. two physician
and one dentist are included in the marty
They will carry an outfit sufficient ~ ,.s
them Is months
TO Control the klondik~.
Joseph l.adue. recently from the north
erh gold fields. says: "The North Amer;
ean transportation and Trading Compau,
Is the only one now buying claims in tn
hlondike. l understand that thev o.
ae'ihg As agents for the Rothschilds.
met Mr.. Cudahy on the train from Chi
cago to San Francisco and he told me thu
!. . they had Just received 100000 in draft
which had been given in payment q
claims there. He said the comnanv W..
acting as agent in purchasing and I lear
that the Rothschilds are preparing :
spend 81 100000 for the purchase Of mine.
IT looks little as though the great Emo
''sh banking house was making stunend
Gus efforts to control all the claims IN IN
klOndike" VA vi
round Another Rich Pocket.
I Inc Graves brothers. the Trinity conn
y w. California. miners, whose rich s,r;l
v several months ago caused a rnsb 70 IN.
a part OF the state. have arrived in So
: Francisco with 81 pounds of gold value
Y at $1,000, the product of a pocket recon,
n y found in a lower level of the Blue Ia
0 ,.'ne' the same property in which tho;
!. ''s' phenomenal find was made.
e Working Placer Ground
:. Considerable development work is coin
2 on IN the Independence district i, Do