Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-11-25
MINES and MINING NEWS
NOTES FROM MANY CLAIMS
A New Patent Furnace-A Rich Gold
Strike in IdahO-NearIy One Hmm
dred and Forty Feet of Ore in
Knob Hill-Odds and Ends From
Various Camps in Three States.

A late patent is that granted to H. L.
Charles, formerly of Butte, but now Of
Basin The patent is for a reverberatory
furnace which Is especially adapted for
the sulphide copper ores of this state, as
we'll as for the Montana Goals. which
carry so much ash. Mr.. Charles has been
a metallurgist and a practical metalur-
gical worker for Is years There are two
separate attachments to the furnace; one
is an air SKINNER, the other front bridge
and flue. Either one can be attached to
any OF the furnaces now in use without
the other. Mr.. Charles says one man can
handle four 50ton furnaces of this type
much easier and do his work faster and
cleaner than where the furnaceman has to
stand for 20 to 80 minutes and skim from
six to eight tons of Stag every three to
four hours. On trial run in one of the
smelters in Butte, before the patent was
applied for, MIR. Charles acted as furnace
man on day shift for 10 days, and in that
time there was not rabble used to skim
pound of Stag. The fastest time was
eight tons of Stag blown off in six minutes
and the slowest time was eight tons Of
Stag blown off in l3 minutes.
Big Idaho Strike.
A great strike of high grade gold ore
has been made in the mineral belt which
lies between the now famous Buffalo
Hump and Thunder mountain, in Idaho
The strike has been made upon the Morn
ing Star group of four claims, owned by
NJ. O'Brien, a. l.. HarchelIode, /. n.
Smith and J. ?. Heape. The four claims
the Morning Star, North Star, South
Star and Lone Star-are located end to
end along a great vein which crops from
80 to 90 feet wide throughout the 5000
feet, and shows a wonderful body of free
milling quartz. While there is an abund-
ance of this quartz carrying free gold in
large quantity, there is an additional large
quantity of rich sulphides and black sui
phurets sufficient to keep score of five
foot Huntington mills and Wiley con
centrators at work for years. A conserva-
tive estimate of the number of tons of ore
in sight on these four claims would run
away up into the millions, while it is diff
cult to estimate the average value of the
ore, which is enormously rich as far as
opened.
The course of the ledge is northeast and
southwest. 1t lies about II miles south O.
the Buffalo Hump and % miles north
west of Thunder mountain. The vein i
a contact between porphyry on the cas-
and granite on the west. The Salmon
river runs through the claims and thu
vicinity never has much snow. At pres
ent the bunchgrass is still green, afford
ing the best feed for saddle and pack ami
mails.
Huge Ledge Found.
Word reached Spokane last week from
Greenwood camp, B. c., that the cross
cut which has been running for severa
months across the ledge in the Knob Hill
property has finally got into the foot wal
after running continuously through IL
feet of solid ore. The story almost seem
too BIG to be true, but it is vouched for b.
mining men from that camp who are taml
Jar with the monster lodges OF the Bounc
AIRY Creek country. The Knob Hill Is tn
Oldest location in Greenwood camp, an
was staked in 1891 by Henry White.
The success of the Knob Hill and vi
Ironsides claims is due to the bushes
sagacity and good management OF Sp'
kane operator Jay P Graves, who Is no
on an extended trip to eastern cities Il
obtained control of the Old lronSides an
Knob Hill, adjoining claims, and orgal
ria n
confident that he had properties "h''
would one day prove great mines
The properties are in Greenwood cam
six miles from Greenwood City, and
good wagon road has been built to thel
They were located under the old miner
act and are consequently the Amerlc'
size claims l5O0x60O feet. Both are GROW
granted.
Another Dividend.
The Republic Gold Mining Company q
clared its third monthly dividend Ia
week. This makes 100000 paid IN proi
bv the mine within the past W days
enlarged mill started up last week
will have capacity of from 80 to ~ 10
of ore daily. 1t is expected 1hat !
monthly dividends Will continue ~
900 the rest of the year, with an eN'
one on Christmas, and that, oeSin'll
with the new year, the monthly paymei
will be doubled. Mining men famillal w
the property offer to wager that 1t " Il.
paying profits of 100000 monthly Oel'
next June. The remarkable ore DO
tapped recently at depth OF 4oo ieeI
meeting all expectations. Dliits are
ing run both ways from the point Oh
recent strike, and are cutting hlgh gf'
ore quite up to the average OF th"' lou
at the point of the strike
Montana SHOWS
For the past week it has been s'e" !"
storming in the high mountains II
Sheridan, Mont. The result Is e
inconvenience to the miners ana ie "a,
who are at work in the high lands Nd
of them were figuring on getting ou'
more shipment before laying IN tne'i - >
plies for the winter, and Shoulu -
more snow fall the trails wouia SON u,
.-,l1o Over a foot OF I'll