Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-03-05
AROUND THE MINING CAMPS
PROSPECTS ANbEvELoPMENT
Big Ore Body OfIreat Richness In
the Republic iIEureka District
The Outlook difference, Idaho
In Madison bunty, Montana
Big Palmer Mintain Tunnel.

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the Colville reservabn
The past week developments III this
remarkable propert have been the sensa-
ton of the Spokanm mining world. When
the news leaked 1T that the rich ore
chute in tunnel NOT had widened to nine
feet, experienced al conservative mining
/ men were startled. Two days later came
news that the ore bdy had widened to II
/ feet. The last repSt of Is feet of ore 60
ing $30S per ton has fairly taken the
breath of the mini9 community. Mining
men of long eXpernGe and careful state
ments agree that fdthe Development done
nothing like it ha ever before been dis
/ covered in Amerid Butte in it's early
days had no mine Ike the Republic, SAID
! mining man. "Clbple Creek has no such
ore BODY. 1t is INV only a question OF
depth. If these VI ues 90 down, the ne
public mine alone kill add immeasurab!y
to the wealth and bpulaton of Spokane.
But with all tbs remarkable wealth,
Republic camp is handicapped. 1t can not
get sufficient lunb Der for building pur-
poses and while tlb Republic has its own
sawmill, it can no sell lumber 70 o'n'l
mines. Rough lumber is selling lheie loi
from $50 tn $50 nd. thousand, and 1T is
hard 70 oat If that. It is brought in from
British Columbia.
In the FIFence Camp.
The Poorman mne Is showing better
ore than ever betoreis the report from the
Florence camp. in Idaho. The long tunnel
is in over 500 feet and shows four feet of
ore. carrying high values in gold and sill
yer. A Slope is being opened, showing
better ore than any yet encountered on
the upper level A steam hoist and stamp
mill have arrived at Lewiston and will be
erected as soon as the roads are in shape
for hauling. The Poorman was the first
to attract attention of capital to
Florence, and it promises to sustain its
as a rich property. The OPP
orators of the What Cheer mine have been
encouraged by finding AZ inches OF choice
IRE in the tunnel, about 20 feet from It's
mouth, where they thought they only had
wo feet The lower drift on the Mlkado
; in 40 feet and the ore body is showing
Negotiations are on Tor
he p}Wehase of the Empire. The property
5 =. condition and thege is little won-
lei apN1ses. an ATTRACTION to invest-t
rs. III. .a1pofaant strike, one of the most
OF the winter, has been made
N the Coupon, which is an extension Of
he Banner on the west. A solid ore body
- inches in width has been encountered
n the tunnel The ore is similar to that
Produced by tie famous Banner mine, and
he ore body shows indications of widen
NC with depth The tunnel is in over 200
eet. and dag and night shifts are emf
1loyed. Two feet of rich ore have been
in the tunnel on the Doubt
nj, which is being operated by Frank
Hunt The quartz is decomposed, and
he values are high with free gold show
ng plainly all through the paystreak
In Madison County. Montana.
The we'll known mining engineer of
Whitehall, G. d. Wilkinson, is busily en-
gagged in perfecting arrangements for the
development of a group of mines on the
left fork of South Boulder creek, in Mad
son county, Montana, which he secured
last fall for Minnesota capitalists. The
properties from an altitudinal standpoint
rank among the highest in the state, be-
ing over 5000 feet above sea level, on the
famous old Hollow Top mountain, the
oftiest peak of the Tobacco Root range.
Despite their height, all of the claims are
EASILY accessible by good wagon road and
trail, being distant but seven miles from
Mammoth and the mouth of Main Sotuh
Boulder canyon. Under the direction of
Dan Devine, work on the
group has been carried on throughout the
inter, the remarkable openness of which
has rendered this practicable. Mr.. Viii
llinson announces that there is now
enough to keep 20-stamp mill busy ana
that such mill will be in operation on
the property by June l.
In Rossland Camp.
Recent reports from the Poorman mine,
in Rossland camp, are that the miners
have opened fourfoot ore body assaying
a little more than $50 per ton in gold and
running well in copper.
The LIE Roi has decided to connect the
Black Bear tunnel with the main work
ngs of the mine for the double purpose Of
the mine and providing adc-
luate means of escape for the men in case
If underground accident, says the Ross
and Miner The connection will probably
le made at the 350-foot level in the shaft.
The present workings of the properties in
he neighborhood of the lie Roi would, if
slightly modified, form an unrivaled sys-
tenn of escapes At present the lie Roi's
East drift almost reaches the Center Stars
main tunnel, and it would require but
few feet of work to make the connection.
The Center Stars tunnels, besides having
-.,.c L. aE 4h1;,. o,.rn nnnnnct With the