The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-04-16
MINES OF THE NORTHWEST.
stir I'm the Occur d'AIene District
Development on the Republic.

Late transfers give the agreement of
sale of the Blue Grouse group Of silver
lead claims by William Williams to w.
+. Zumhoff for $4,000. There are four
claims in the group, and they lie on the
south side of Carbon gulch, on the south
west side of Sunset mountain, in the
Occur d'Alenes. The principal develop
ment work has been done on the Blue
Grouse, and this claim had fine showing
last fall, which has been improved since
If the sale is cOnsummated there will be
a chance for all the claim owners in the
Blue Grouse territory to get together and
build a wagon road from Dobson sum-
NIT to the Blue Grouse, Manhattan. Anna
zon and PARROT. Such a road would be
about two miles long, but it would be a
splendid grade, and afford the best faci-
tiles for ore hauling 1t would put the
mines within eight miles of the railroad
at Wallace, and teams could easily make
the round trip in day. The cost of
the two miles of road would not exceed
$500. 1t would open all the territory on
the southwestern part of Sunset noun
tain and force railroad to follow in its
wake
The Iron Colt.
The representative of an English syn
dictate has obtained an option ON the
Iron Colt, in the Rossland district, which
is the property of the Iron Colt Mining
Company, Limited. The price is withheld
The chief shareholders are p. Burns, the
wholesale butcher; William Mackenzie,
the Toronto railway man; j. Ferguson
and NIcCrae, the local agent of the Mon
treal Townsite Syndicate. The sum of
100000 has been spent in this property
in development work, but it shut down
three months since. There is a large
body of ore from six to 30 feet wide,
that is said to average from 50 to $40 per
ton. The property is in good condition
for strong company to go in and make
mine of it. 1t is opened up to a depth
of 300 feet, and about 1000 feet of tun-
mel work has been done.
Republic Mine Developments.
The development at the Republic mine
is said to continue satisfactory The
wonderful high grade ore chute in the
Republic still continues. with a six-foot
length, and promises to continue indef-
nitely. Three shifts have been put to
work on the drift north of the tunnel on
the 200 foot level, and good rock is now
being taken from that drift. The lower
tunnel is now in about 100 feet, and
running through hard syenite, which
makes slow work. Three shifts are be-
ing run on the Republic in all the drifts
and tunnels.
A Big FIume.
The new fiume of the Anaconda Copper
Mining Company at Anaconda runs par
allel with the old lume, which was built
when the first smelter was erected, about
l3 years ago. The new fume is four
feet deep and eight feet wide, and is
constructed to last for years. Over $685.
600 feet of lumber were used. Some idea
of its magnitude can be gained from the
fact that its construction cost about
$4,000.
The Lost Lode.
f. H. Oliver of Rossand is credited
with having paid $4,000 for half in
terest in the Lost Lode claim, in Ste
vens county, Washington. Assays made
from ore taken out during the recent
strike in the 200 foot tunnel go $62.5O
in gold per ton.