The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-03-05
AROUND THE MINING CAMPS
PROSPECTS AND DEVELOPMENT
Zig Ore Body of Great Richness i'm
the Republic In Eureka District
In Madison County, Montana
Big Palmer Mountain Tunnel.

Fifteen feet of ore, averaging $3Os per
ton in gold. That is the latest report from
the Republic mine in Eureka district, on
the Colville reservation.
The past weeks developments in this
remarkable property have been the sensa-
ton of the Spokane mining world. When
the news leaked out that the rich ore
chute in tunnel No. 2 had widened to nine
feet, experienced and conservative mining
men were startled Two days later came
news that the ore body had widened to II
feet. The last report of Is feet of ore 60
ing S30S per ton has fairly taken the
breath of the mining community. Mining
men of long experience and careful state
ments agree that for the development done
nothing like it has ever before been dis
covered in America Butte in its early
days had no mine like the Republic" said
a mining man. Cripple Creek has no such
ore body. 1t is now only question of
depth If these values go down, the Re
public mine alone will add immeasurably
to the wealth and population of Spokane
But with all this remarkable wealth,
Republic camp is handicapped. 1t can not
get sufficient lumber for building pur-
poses. and while the Republic has its own
sawmill, it can not sell lumber to other
mines Rough lumber is selling there for
from $50 to $50 per thousand, and it is
hard to get at that. 1t is brought in from
British Columbia
In the Florence Camp.
The Poorman mine is showing better
ore than ever before is 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 stope 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
property to attract attention of capital to
Florence, and it promises to sustain its
reputation as a rich property. The OPP
orators of the What Cheer mine have been
encouraged by finding AZ inches of choice
ore in the tunnel, about 20 feet from ITS
mouth, where they thought they only had
two feet The lower drift on the Mikado
is in 40 feet and the ore body is showing
improvement. Negotiations are on for
the purchase of. the Empire. The property
is in fine condition and there is little Won
der that it proves an attraction to invest
ors. An important strike, one of the most
important of the winter, has been made
on the Coupon, which is an extension of
ha Pom IN hn coli haflx
80 inches in width has been encountered
in the tunnel. The ore is similar to that
produced by the famous Banner mine, and
the ore body shows indications of widen
ing with depth. The tunnel is in over POO
feet, and day and night shifts are EN-
ployed Two feet of rich ore have been
encountered in the tunnel on the Doubt
full, which is being operated by Frank
Hunt The quartz is decomposed. and
the values are high with free gold show
ing plainly all through the paystreak
In Madison County. Montana.
The we'll known mining engineer of
Whitehall. c. ID. Wilkinson, is busily en-
gagged in perfecting arrangements for the
development of group of mines on the
left fork of South Boulder creek, in Mad
ison 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
loftest 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
Superintendent Dan Devine. work on the
group has been carried on throughout the
inter. the remarkable openness of which
has rendered this practicable. Mr.. Viii
kinson announces that there is now
enough to keep a 2O-stamp mill busy AMI
that such a mill will be in operation on
the property by June l.
In RossIand Camp.
Recent reports from the Poorman mine,
in Rossland camp, are that the miners
have opened a four-foot 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
ings of the mine for the double purpose of
ventilating the mine and providing adc-
quate means of escape for the men in case
of underground accident. says the Ross
land Miner. The connection will probably
be made at the 350-foot level in the shaft.
The present workings of the properties in
the neighborhood of the lie Roi would, if
slightly modified, form an unrivaled sys-