The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-08-27

mel measures 40 feet. 1t should be remem-
bered, however, that the tunnel is cutting
the ledge at an angle of about 30 degrees,
hence the true width of the ore body is |
considerably less than the figure mention
ed, but present indications are that there
will be no less than 40 feet of ore. 1t is
still the universal belief that the east
ledge has not been reached. There is three
feet of this ore that assays $50 per ton.
Big Strike in Idaho.
f. A. Parisot and Stewart Woodside
have returned to Florence, Idaho, from
Buffalo Hump, and they say that Rigley
and Robbins, the prospectors who made
the recent discoveries, did not exaggerate
in the least when they said they had "36
feet of solid quartz" The ledge is even
wider and there is sufficient ore in sight
to last a lifetime. Mr.. Woodside is an old
miner and millman with 25 years expert
ence, and was one of the first in 1876, to
go from Virginia City, New, to the Black
Hills, and from there to the Occur
| d'Alenes. When asked what he thought
OF it, he said that it was simply wonder
full, the biggest thing in the shape of
quartz he had ever seen. Twenty-four feet
of the vein gave $34Sl in gold, nine feet
$45S.l7, and three feet $7l2.l7. The two
latter assays carry about one-eighth in
silver. This is evidently one of the great
est strikes ever made in Idaho, with pos
sibly the exception of the Custer mine at
Bonanza City in 1877.
Mining Briefs.
The mines of Butte and Anaconda yield
II 900 tons per day.
The assay office at Boise shipped $685.
4464l. SO in July.
The bullion receipts at the branch mint
at Denver during July were $2,00l ,349.4S.
1t is reported that the thermometer at
Dawson City has registered as high as ITO
+. this summer.
"Cerusite" is the name given lead ore
in the form of small white needles or
tibers, slightly resembling asbestos.
Twenty cubic feet of broken quartz will
average a ton in weight. Eighteen cubic
feet of gravel in bank, or p feet dry, are
the estimates for ton.
The De Lamar mine in Nevada has
tried steam wagon for transporting ores
and the result has been so satisfactory
that larger one has been ordered.
The highest price for silver in the last
10 years was on August 20, 1890, when it
reached $l.l91 per ounce. 1t is about 90
per cent lower today.
The Hope mine near Salmon City, Ida
no, is reported sold to the English syndi-
cate which operates the Drum Lummon
mine at Marysville, Mont. The price was
$4,000.
Application for patent will not hold a
mining claim. The requisite annual as
sessment work must be done until final
entry is complete and the purchase mon
ey paid.
Hon. Charles H. Macintosh of the Brit
ish America Corporation has purchased a
residence in Vancouver, and his family
will reside there, while he will spend most
of his time in Rossland.
In its report for the year ending june
= 80, 1898, the Victor (Colo.) Gold Mining
Company estimates that the cost of pro-
ducing each dollar of gold value during
the year was 40 cents.
1t is said that the North Star company
: in East Kootenay is doing assessment
work on 81 claims in the vicinity of the
mine The shaft on the property is to be
= sunk to the 300-foot level.