The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-04-23

tlsa ~ nesshna PEeperfy-
weFk tn aha Rieree,s Lake Dis.
tFtet-Athmhanea Rlane Rieaaea In
s.sndsa-fiaesrs In ths Upper
Betse.
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Tie quartz lodges o. the Coeur dAlens
gold belt are divided Into two distinrt
classes. says the Murray lIdahoI core
sPoaaeAt q The Spokane Spokesman Re
view, The one On Which the most work
has been done are ssnaI veins running
from few inches up 10 three OF four feet.
the value h ordinarily only % 10 o. per
ton. There are ireqnently pockets found
IN nli % them which viii run a. higA ~
5000 o. even higher. These pockets are
somekimea quite extensire. a. much -
eU0U00 having been taken frpnl . angle
pocket. and several Others have closely ap-
preached thess figures ~ one Of these
veins - .opened AZ A pocket Il can b
UoFked- by poor Haen. - enough can b
taken from the pocket 10 open up the
claim and tide the owneFs over until an
atheF pocket Is struck. II pocket l. not
found IT first the oNneT holds on, doing
his annual assessment work, knowing
that sooner OF later he viii strike ons, and
II II i one Of considerable siEs be will be
Independent thereafter No minis viii ever
BE- found among ledgea u this class that
will beeoms known Throughout the mlning
World, although there will be . lot Of
them that will make comfortable fortunes
fer their owners, and . combination Of
several II them may become . really great
mine. u u In thsna lndRes that thu snc,
cess II The anmp Mrs. - they will aiwaya
insnFe . divided ownenhiP The other
eiA@s arc large leads running from 10 tess
h ~idsh upwards 10 50 t~<t o. even more
While extremely sieh orc has bsen taken
from them. in the msin they run more
regular Halass than The small leads. and
from a frs assays taken a Eandum nne
eaa dsssFmihs pretty closely what the
average Vaiaa II The yeia mill -. haFsing
the change that ulIf come with aspih
Thass will run iFnm q TO els per ton. =
ssias thai voald pay we'll II the Rpld
eoald be readily e1tfaesed. but the ore h.
eemeFaliy base aitrS she lFsa ieW sees b.
low the hpt snTtace. and IL requires ca.
Vantage. whiis IL coats e. PER Ion foe
freight and smrltrf tFuatmsnt. and with.
cut extensive plants II the meNi approved
utaehin~sy y iaEgv PaFi II the an~ay valss
u ios1 In the tailinws. little ran BE- dons
viii thrtn BY msn II limited means
Esentnaily numbers II them lying cnn.
tlguDas 10 each other wiil come into The
pueseoAioa u mcn oF companies II large
asans aud they ~iil develop into rivals
II The Homesinks and TFrAAwelL whils
tsoaa oI the wealth ot the district sill
hnally eouns from the lrAda cf this class.
thsy wil not b u - great vslna 10 ths
camp - the small ohes. Zoe they gill
thfou the contrel Into the handa oi Too
fee men While gid and silver form The
rsinripai values et this class 81 leAds,
thass IL sons laad and ooppeE IN thrtn. ons
u them In particular. uhirh u nos In
nalnd. having pretty grnrrai assay rstpFns
q 10 PR cvnt IaaA Oi coarss IhsEs arr
salas EXEMPTIONS 20 this general eiasihoA.
ttnn, bat the dinSsxncea mated hrts AlIl
aVply 10 nine cot oi zen o. The Veins IN the
spsa bslt.
TIE Tres Csis.
ne property % the Irun Colt Gold Mia.
Ing Company, LinsItssl. which cunslsss ol
IL iEua Colt mine. situated on Columbia
aad koutenay mountain, Ia the Roasland
dlsttirt, hiss bega upsiancd 10 en- Engiiall
syndicate. Tho terms Of the option arr
private. bot q IL said 70 BE- about tl0o 900
The purrhaarrs. u u said. are amply sup
plita with funds and stand ready 10 ex.
pena q iarEp amount for dsyslopmen,
work. The sum Of 5000 has been ex
pended Ia development work, aud The
property is fairly we'll opened. What +
Row needed IL capital 20 sink 10 a lower
level. There Ia . RtFnng lead uncovered
that h from O 10 Is feed wide. 80 fcct IL
depth and 800 feet In length Tone Of ths
largest orr chutes In the eampl, and Tuni
ahost ESQ ton. There are ESQ tons o.
The dump. The company vas incorporatet
In October, lS0d. with capital stock oI
share, and the money 10 derived was speni
tl.OO0OO0 some $4,000 shares Of th,
treasury stock was aold AZ Is cents pei
In The work of development. There Il still
balance in the trpasaTy. There are ais.
some 10000 shares Of the treasury stoci
on hand. The ore Of the Iron Colt con
tains an excess oi iron and IL therefore Il
demand for nux. The smelters pay I
bonus for each unit Of iron contained Il
such ore. The property Il highly values
by the chief shareholder. and some o
them are loath 70 part with their hold
ings, because they think the property ha
merit II IL believed that richer or
chutes win be encountered when create
depth has been reached.
PiePFe'a Lake District.
Z. T. Trimble Of Coliax was on the res
ervation The other day for the purpose o
viewing the work done ON property d
which he h interested on SuIphidc mount
ain, IN the Picrres lake district. Nj
Trimble IL president Of the sulphid
Mountain Milling and Mining Company
composed Of business men OF Portland an
Colfax. The ore is copper and Ralena, an
runs well In gold and silver. A SINAI
crew has been at work this winter sinkin
q shaft, which Ii down about 60 feet. III
ledge Ia quartz, with diosite and slate o
the foot wall, serpentine gangue rock an
porphyry on the hanging side. IL run
Anflheast and southwesl, dipping . llttl
10 ths east Al 30 feet q erosscnt was mad
Tue ledge had widened considerably frui
the surafce and showed fine ore body