The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-08-06

now going through right along and fine
lot of concentrates is being saved No
shipments have yet been made, but it will
not be many days until there will be
regular supply of them coming down
from there. 1t is gratifying to the peo-
pie of Wallace to see dirty water coming
down Nine Mile again after the stream
has run clear for over six years. ~
Revival in Pierce Mines.
There appears to be somewhat Of re-
vival in mining in the Pierce district,
Idaho, especially in quartz, since the wa
ter supply has run low. Today force
of six men left Kendrick for Pierce to
commence work on the Crescent mine,
which has been shut down for some time
owing to a break in the pump, which has
been repaired
Strike on the Rock Island.
Parties at Wallace from DeBorgia,
Mont, report that the men working on
the Rock Island have struck four feet of
shipping ore at a depth of 2G0 feet. Some
of the ore brought over here is enough to
make a stir in any mining camp. The
ledge where it was cut is 10 feet between
walls, and there is some ore all through
it, although it is of little value except in
the four foot streak
First Seven Devils Copper.
Down in the Seven Devils district of
Idaho the inhabitants are celebrating the
first output of metallic copper from
home smelter. A. j. Crook of the smelter
came down from Seven Devils to Weiser
last week and to the Weiser Signal said:
1.-The smelter has run three days alto
of metallic copper. About 80 tons of ore
can be run through per day, which makes
the yield of copper about 33 per cent. all
through, something no other camp in the
world can show. Good iron ore has been
found on Crooked river and everything
except coke, necessary to work the ores,
can be found in the district"
The smelter is now idle on account of
the coke supply having given out.
Mining Briefs.
The Enterprise mine in the SLOGAN is
preparing to ship 1000 tons of ore to Oma-
ha and wharf is being built at Ten
Mile to accommodate the ore barges.
Isaac creek, about 16 miles down the
Arrowhead branch of the c. P. r. from
Revelstoke, is the scene of mining ex-
element. Some rich strikes of ore run
ming over 500 are reported
The Dibble group, in East Kootenay,
is reported to have several hundred sacks
of rich ore on the dump ready for ship
ping, which will average over $500 per
ton.
The London Chamber of Mines has on
foot a scheme for holding a great inn
perial mining exhibition in the British
metropolis in 1899, and British Columbia
mines are expected to occupy promi-
nent place in the exhibit.
The Rossland Miner says that a gentle
man in close touch with the b. a. Q. in
speaking about that corporation having
obtained control of the lie Roi said "the
minority is going up against a buzz-saw."
Samuel d. Williams, a London capital
list, is expected in Rossland soon to close
the deal for the purchase of the Buckeye
claim. c. Louis Hayward of Rossland
has been conducting the negotiations.
G. b. McAulay of the Cariboo mine is
in eastern Canadian cities. There is a
well defined rumor that sale of the
Cariboo mine Camp Mckinney is on
and that an eastern Canadian svnd;oa 70
is the prospective purchaser.
T. 6. Blackstock of the War Eagle in
an interview in the Toronto World last
week denied that the syndicate is about
to purchase the Center Star mine and
said that the War Eagle holdings in
Rossland are not to be increased at this
time.