The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-03-12

that capital was at once interested, and
on February 20 the group was sold to the
English syndicate operating in that sec
ton for $4,000. The terms of the agree
ment are 10 per cent down, the balance in
one year II is understood 80 or 40 men
will be put to work on the property as
soon as arrangements can be made.
The Trilby Group.
The Trilby group of seven mines, sit
uated in the Swauk district, Kittitas
county, Wash, has been sold TO Phils-
delphia syndicate for $4,000 The money
has been paid, and Robert Engels, who
came out TO manage the property, has left
for the mines to push work on them.
BETTER Times I'm Eagle Camp.
The news comes from Eagle, Idaho,
that the scheme now in process of devel-
opment to dredge the deep placers of that
part of the Occur d'Alenes promises to
make a decided difference in conditions
around Eagle this summer Not that the
old town will ever again assume the po-
sition that it held during the first rush,
when it was the great center of the
camp. but there will be decided increase
in the number of men working around
there, the past few years having seen
most of the claims in the vicinity lying
idle although in both quartz and placer
there is plenty to work on.
The machinery for the dredging plant
is all on the ground, and the contract for
the necessary lumber has been let to tho
Raven saw mill, to be delivered as soon
as the condition of the roads will permit.
While the placer days are past except
for the miner working in small way
for grub stake or the big company who
can handle gravel by the thousands OF
J yards as quartz camp its history Is
yet to be written. There are as good
lodges around Eagle as around Murray,
r the gold ribbed bands running through
the country in all directions, either un
t touched or simply located and held by
men who run 10 feet per annum upon
| them as assessment work. Nothing is de
veloped yet, but the gold shows at the
surface, and the placer gold is here to
show that it was here in considerable
quantities. Beside the gold, it is only
. some half dozen miles to where fine gu
: lena has been discovered, and beyond that
:. nobody knows what may be in store for
= the prospector, as the country is almost a
:, terra incognita.
M A Stir in Pierce District.
/, There is already evidence of stir in
the Pierce district for the season of 1898.
70 Placer miners are preparing for work,
- which will soon commence, as the snow is
- melting rapidly. Most of those going in
i now are men who have been working
a claims for years past, succeeding in clean
a ing up enough in the fall to make therr
10 good wages.
~ The western portion of the camp ap
- pears to be the most active part of tn,
=, district, while most encouraging reports
come from the Musselshell district, q
20 miles east of Pierce The work in tn,
~ latter district is mostly confined t,
(; quartz since the discovery of rich Ledge
- last summer by some miners who wer'
~ pracer mining. The rock assayed 5000 t.
the ton, and occasioned much excitement
N at the time. Work has been kept up OF
= the Pioneer mine, and with the aid of a,
arasta some ore has been crushed, which
even with this crude method paid thu
men well. A shaft is being sunk and ar
- rangements are being made to put five
= stamp mill on the property this spring
y Palmer Mountain District.
The past season has been a record
90 breaker for the Palmer Mountain mining
- district in advancement and development
- In fact all the Okanogn county with it
:. diversified resources has enjoyed pros
~ perity in a high degree. The rancher
have received good prices for their abund
:" ant crops; the stockmen have dispose
nc of large number of horses that We're driy
-, en- to points across the line in British CO
~ lumbia; the price of beef cattle has bee
= higher than since 1888, and more none
~ has been spent in mining development
than in any one year since the first mir
eral discoveries We're made in the distric
Daddy Mil VIII start Again.
Murray, Idaho, reports that the Dadd
mill is expected TO start up again sool
For some weeks it has been idle or onl
10. running part time, owing to scarcit
~ of ore, the development work not hay
'' |s ing kept pace with the miners. The low,
tunnel is now almost into the ore chut
and when it is cut it will not be long Ill
"a til stamps will be dropping regularl
~ again. The Daddy runs more steadil
GU than any other mill in the gold belt, an
8 it probably pays the most dividends.
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