Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-10-08

ton of a placer claim on the second ad-
dition to Railroad addition to the city
of Spokane. The claim is for 20 acres,
which is said to bear valuable deposit
of fire clay. The name of the claim IS
Lincoln. The land covered by the loca-
ton is otherwise described as the south
half of southeast quarter of the north
east quarter of section 10, township %,
range 43.
Mr. Shaw said the location was made
to protect his property interests in the
tract of land covered by it. He has no
intention of interfering in any way with
the rights of other property owners there.
In view of the fact that other locations
have been made recently and that lit-
CATION is in progress to establish title to
land within the city limits supposed to
contain valuable clay, he was advised by
his attorney that safe plan would be
to locate this land, which is why the Lin
coin is added to the list of Spokane coun-
ty mining properties.
4 Pump for Helcnn-FriscO.
The Helena Frisco, at Gem, Idaho, is
to have a new pump, which will handle
all the water draining into the mine,
raising it 900 feet at one lift. At pres
ent the mine is worked through tunnel
at the level of the mill ore bins, which
runs into the mountain to where it is
600 feet below the upper workings OF the
mine. There station was built and
shaft sunk. 1t is now down 1000 feet
from the tunnel level, making the 1000
foot level of the mine. A station is now
being cut at the bottom OF the shaft,
where, as soon as it is completed, the
new pump will be located. Any one but
a miner on an engineer of wide experience
would stand appalled, at the contempla-
ton Of such thing as putting this piece
of machinery 700 feet down into the
bowels of the earth and then supplying
it with power sufficient to operate 1t,
Even the pipe to carry the water will
have to be very heavy to stand the strain
of column of water 900 feet high.
The Rich Ore Looks Cheap.
The reason assigned by mine owners
for not exhibiting a representative lot OF
specimens of the ores of Republic camp
at the Spokane fruit fair is that the rich
est ore in the camp 50 closely resembles
white poIphyry that it would cut sorry
figure beside the ores of other districts
which show their real value to the naked
eye The Bryan & Sewall and Copper
Mountain are the exceptions to this rule.
The construction of dam at the
mouth of Copper Mountain lake is nearly
completed. This will make the lake
nearly three-fourths of a mile long and
about quarter of a mile wide. There
will now be no shortage of water to OPP
crate the plant of the Republic Mining
company, no matter how extensive it
may be in future.
Monitor to Ship Four Cars.
The Monitor. of Saltese Montana, is
preparing to ship four car loads OF high
grade ore. 1t will be necessary to pack
it four miles on horseback, but it yields
well in both gold and copper and will
pay even under such conditions. This
move will be quite an advertisement for
the properties in the gold-copper belt
south of Saltese, where there are a mum
Der of properties which have good
showing on the surface, and where the
development work so far as it has been
done fulflls every promise made by the
surface showings.
On the QuesneIIe.
The Ashcroft Mining journal states
that hydraulic mining on the Quesnelle
river is proving highly successful this
wear. The Bleson dredge working on
that stream is bringing up gravel aver
aging IS cents to Sl.5O per cubic yard.
1t is expected that dredging operations
will assume large proportions ON the
stream next season ii these favorable
values continue to appear.
Mining Briefs.
The Washington mine in the SLOGAN Is
soon to resume operations.
Six inches of snow fell at the Reoo
mine in the SLOGAN last Thursday.
1t is said that work is to be resumed
on the Virginia Consolidated at Baker
City.
Lane c. Gillian is looking over the
gold fields around Baker City, III COM
pany with j. f. Hardee.
The Noble Five in the SLOGAN is both
cred seriously with foul air in the lower