The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-11-19
MINES AND MINING CAMPS
NEWS OF PRECIOUS METALS.
News FSesa the hiineraI Regions Of
me Paeine keFfhwesf-PrsSes
Wen - the Omaha Expesition-
fshan Geld Dredging FaiIsrs--
The heeia e. n Mine-Fhs sbeEi-
dan camp-Mining Notes.

u. u. Snyder, the father Of Sheridan
eialIn neal Republic, speaks hopefully Of
the outlook there. A number Of claims
are being developed, but the most work
Is being done under his direction. lie
was the discoyerer Of the mines In that
camp anc takes pardonabie pride in be.
Ing The hTst Of the owners to develop the
mines by sinking Z shaft. He said:
when ] began work on the leila M.
che rich paystTeak was only IA inches In
width, but at the depth Of 10 feet 1t has
increased 10 q width Of 30 inches, and 1t Is
even richer than 1t was a few feet below
the surface. When sent the ore 10 my
partner te be aazayed they had only the
richer parts Of II assayed, and remained
IN lgnoranee OF the value Of the other por.
tons OF the ore body until a few days
sinae, and have thrown Il away a waste.
] shall now save all Of the ore. Is have
learned ita value, and, while some Of 1t Is
not rieh enough 70 ship, 1t will pay a
handsome profit 10 concentrate and shIp
the concentrates A few days ago / had
I've ssssys made, two Of which were from
the refuse that l have been throwing
On the dump. One showed q value Of o. 40
in silver and s206 in gold. and the other
carried % in silver and $lyO9 in gold. The
other three were from medium 10 high
grade ole, and you can see by the assay.
ers certificate that there are not many
mines that oan make 80 good showing. :
Arrangements have been perfected to
brgtn active development work on the Po-
lsr Star IN Sheridan camp. The work
Gili BE- dons on Polar Star Nos. and 2.
Iae ledge lies several hundred feet west
81 and parallel 20 the celia NJ and south
of'tAe Polar Star No. >. upon which con.
siderable amount Of work has been done
and some iine quartz obtained. II Il un-
donhiediy on the same ledge a. tAe Amer
ican Flag which is regarded a. one Of the
e1n:ing mines Of that camp. The property
|, exceedingly well situated for working,
a. Il can be worked by tunnel or shaft
and there Is plenty Of timber and water
Tor milling purposes within a half miles
Of the proposed shaft. The ledge crops out
a. Intervals Of few hundred fect f0r near.
~ mile.
oatpst of Pierce District.
Sinoe there Is a renewal Of operations on
player and quartz mining in the Pierce
district, Idaho, there il much speculation
a. TO the gold output Of the camp for the
year. Last SEASON il vas estimated that
about $4,000 vas shipped from the dis
tIics, While on this seasons output the
date Is estimated al from 500 600 10 SSo,-
00a. Regarding this. A. II. Kills, the own.
81 oi valuable property In the district.
said; cit i q difficult matter 10 figure
on. beesuse the gold dust Is shipped 70
diIercnt points. 70 Spokane. Boise. Salt
Lake City and San Francisco. 10 business
houses end other placea. Then the Chi
nese who number about 100, are khrewd
miners and never tell what their earnings
are. but ! think that tire total will Be
above the 100000 mark. There should be
Law requiring every man VINO ships dust
20 register Il 20 that the public could keep
posted On the progress Of The different
eAmpA A. 1t Ia, Ne can only estimate
irOm our personal knowledge q the differ.
ent clean ups what il being done" Dur.
/ ing The summer when there was plenty
q water Il was estimated that the gold
shipments from the camp would reAcn
1900 weekly.
ciaias In Keno oanp.
w. II. oakcs has returned from the
south half Of the uOlville reservation
where he has been 20 see some mining
property in which he Is interested with
| Henry Gardner and Arthur Curry.
Mr. oakes sayss The claims are In
Keno camp. about 20 miles from Keller
I and three miles east OF the San Poll
where We have . group Of nine claims
The principal work has been done on the
Pappooee and 20 far II has been most sat.
isiactory. The tunnel is nov In about p
feet. where Il taps the ledge about 20 be.
low the surface The orc is red carbon
ate. carrying gold, silver, lead and a small
percentage Of copper. The assays which
have been made Il an indication Of worth
make the Pappooee = valuable property
"The entire country In that vicinity has
been located and many valuable finds
have been made. One property has been
bonded for 100000 and another for So
COO. There IL considerable excitement and
mining experts arc in evidence. A mum
Der Of reports are 10 the effect that Keno
camp Is the richest yet found on the res
ervation.'
Prizes az Omaha.
To the Editor, l beg TO advise you
that the following awards on mineral ex
hihits Of Washington and British Colum
hia were made by the Trans. Mississippi
and International Exposition and medals
arc now being struck;
Washington state collection Of gold, sil
yer, copper and lead commercial orcs-Sil
yer medal.
Republic Gold Mining COmpany-Ex
hibit gold ore, bronze medal.
Kemp. Komar Copper Mining Company
Exhibit copper ore, bronze medal.
British Columbia--Gold, silver, copper
and lead commercial exhibit, silver medal
Reco Mining COmpany-Argentiicroni
lead ore, bronze medal.
Lemon Gold Mining Company Of Brit
, ian oolumbia--Gold ore, bronze medal.
This covers all applications for awards
, In the two exhibits and makes credita
bic showing under the circumstance Re
specially yours, .n,,.roo>,o
DredEinE the Yukon.
Dredging for gold on the Yukon rive
! and It's larger branches has 30 far proven
failure. Many thousand dollars Aav'
, been invested In one dredging scheme an'
another, but no apparatus has yet beei
found that will save the -four gold Of tn
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