The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-08-20

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Notes.
Silver City, Idaho. had q wonderful
reputation for wealth . third Of cen.
tuFy ago. when the mines on War EaeIa
mountain were producing an abundance
Of gold, even wiah the most primitive
methods Of production and with the near
ct railroad point hundreds Of miles dis.
tanE
One Of the celebrated properties Of this
camp which IL still steadily producing
and paying dividends At q heavier Tase
than the lie Roi Of RonIand ever dld,
4 the Trade Dollar mine. II Il making
regular shipments Of ore In car lots that
Nill average away Up IN the thoasands 81
dollars per ton in free gold The Black
Jack and De Lamar are also well known
War Eagle properties which have produes
ed steadily and paid dividends sggTegnt-
Ing large spma
A group Of thFee properties which
made enormous records for production Of
gold ore In the '0O'a and early '7Os com.
priaes the 0oiden Chariot, Ida fillmore
and Orc Elmo fnfnes- II was not unusual
IN these properties to encounter buDches
q ore In considerable quantities ayerAginx
over 5000 per ton. The Ida EImose and
Golden Chariot we're worked through
shafts 70 depth Of 100 and 1900 feet, ~
spcctiTely. under primitive methods. The
water was all hoisted out Of these shafts
IN bueketk- Under modern methods 81
mining thee mines would have continued
work far beyond the depthA, which, IN
those days. were considered insuPerable.
Ever since these mines have been ahnt
down their waste dumps have been hard
siniced At Q profit, while the water aea-
son lasted. the ine stniT being washed
into rifle boxes and the coarse stuif
sorted by hand. In this manner thou
sands 81 tons Of 20 called waste frOm
the mines have been Iaborioasly treated
al . profit by the slow and tedious pro.
cesses 81 hand labor.
The CeatFe Star soId.
The great Centre Star mine at Ross
land was cold Saturday and 4 brought
the biggest price ever paid for q mining
property In the kootenayA The price
wss t2y0000Oo. and Il Ia a cash trAnsAe-
ton The purchasers are the GoOdcr-
ham. BlAeksiock syndicate Of T0rOnto,
who own The controlling interest in the
kHar Eagle Consolidated Mining and De
Velopment Company.
OF the 100000 shares Of the capital
stock, Oliver Durant and Alexander Tar
be- a Salt Lake own 100000 shares. Sir
ChaFlcs Ross Bart. owns 5000 shares,
and tie rstEisk IAFsry estate q Butte.
Mont. most q ths remaining 10000. Il
4 slatsd that Mr. Williamson has invest
- oin0a0o e BE own money with the
.Cooderham. BlArkstoek nyndicaie in the
purchase Of The Cznlre Star.
The dsal reached climax Saturday,
When vOlney D. Williams Of Spokane on
behalf q bis principals. went 70 the
Csntre Star mine. took formal possession
and discharged Foreman Joyce and all
~ emplgyas. ss
RIA. Dell. 1t i aId. has just acquired
coatroi q ground supposed 70 Be rich IN
Rpld near TIE cslebsaied Uncle Sam pock-
e, shout four miles south Of Helena,
MOit. The fame Of the golden pocket
q The Uncie Sam nina b worldwide The
prpanci u tha depOsit MAS - exeeed-
inely rich tat armed gnaras Here en-.
plogoa % kefp people iroln carrying on
he ore a. 4 came from ne ahAft. 3 Al.
uiosl every pieee of rock taken FROM the
mine showed great Quantities q free gold
In The quartz. But the yein suddenly
plmcAed ont and is conainmtiOn has
never baen found. Though Il h being
hunled for d ahIs day. The Uncle Sam
u Iocalaa directly noufh q Helena about
four miles and six mIles northwest Of
Clancy, and was possibly . sort Of con.
tact betweea he lime and granite for
nation, IS there Il q lime belt Of three
o. four mlles In Eiath between Helena
and the miae-lAoagA ne Unele Sam
shaft Is certainly In granite formation.
a mfn Closed.
The closing down Of the Poorman mill
In NOreace Camp. Idaho. after a short
run II lew hous has caused much com.
ment from various sources, not only al
over the district. but among the stock.
holders In TacOm and outside pointA M
Portland stockholders have deemed Il
wise to send IN . representative TO as.
certain jast wherein the fault lies. IL has
been stated that several hundred pounds
Of the ore were sent out for ,pFaclieal
treatment, and a. q result eve stamp
Frazer 4 Chalmers min was purchased
and Get up, only TO Be pronounced . dead
failure by Mr.. Buchanan, the expert mill
man, who has now gone 70 take charge
Of the Virtue mine At Baker City. Ore.
Rumor has Il that the management Il now
al sea as to just what kind Of machinery
would Do best adapted for profitable
working Of the PooFman ore.
salahle sapphlres.
Thomas Morgan, one 81 the owners Of
the Pike County placer mine on Dry Cot
tonwood, In Deer Iodge county, Mont,
received last week from New York two
sapphircs he had cut in that city. These
stones were t0o Of gSeat many secured
while doing some preliminary work this
summer and we're sent 70 New York for
examination. The stones assre, lFued are
certainly beautlea Tiffany 4 o., the
well known New York jewellers. :, >Ort
them ali right and cay they mn use / n
Il of larger siEe than thcsa sent for "a
animation. Thoaa nent wera small. Ia.