The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-10-01
NEWS VI MINES AND Nj Ming
ORE EXHIBIT AT FRUIT FAIR.
a Valuable Lesson TO Owners of
CIaims-TwO of the stevens
County Mines-From Africa to
Canada-strikes Here and There
Mining Notes.


the request of Manager Stuart. The dis
play will have the south end of the south
wing, where ample space has been set
aside for it and where it will be separate
from the fruits and agricultural prod
ucts.
Manager Stuart received a letter from
G. I. Cross of Silverton. b. c., who says
that the cabinet in which the ores from
that district will be displayed Is about
completed. 1t will be four feet square.
lie says: "The mineral exhibit we Ire
sending will weigh at least 1000 pounds
and may reach 1000 Over 20 mines Will
be represented in the exhibit We have
several large blocks of clean ore which
we thought we could place on the floor
around the cabinet if there will be room.
Our representative will reach Spokane
October / on 2 and he will unpack the
samples and arrange them in the case"
THAT is the sort of letter that makes
as feel as if we had not been working
altogether in vain," said Manager Stu
art. "A number of camps are coming 10
the front in just that enterprising way,
and | think the exhibit will cover the
ajority of the camps around Spokane.
But there are a number which have not
responded. l have almost begged with
tears in my eyes to get a display from
Trail Creek division, but the claim own
ers up there seem TO have forgotten that
the camp owes something to Spokane,
and l have been unable to get any assur-
ance that an exhibit will be sent.
Republic is almost as bad. That
camp is depending almost entirely ON
Spokane TO bring it to the front, and yet,
apparently, there is no one there who is
cnterprising enough to take the matter
in hand and get up an ore display for
the fair. In other towns mass meetings
have been called to arrange for it, but
Republic has not made move. The south
half of the reservation will be better rep
resented than the north half unless some
of those people up there get a move on"
A meeting of the citizens was held in
SLOGAN City few days since and all
plans made for sending an exhibit to
Spokane. ID. Hanlon was appointed TO
come with the display as the representa-
tive of the camp. Ymir camp will have
a fine display. Baker City is coming.
Florence and Dixie camps will be in it..
Okanogan mines will be represented. w.
II. V. Richards of Harpster, Idaho,
writes 81 expect to be at the fruit fair
and will be in the mineral exhibit with
samples of ore" Libby, Mont, reports
a great exhibit on the way The mines
around Hope, Idaho, will send displays.
Il. c. Stoess, who lately returned from
a trip to Alaska, will show specimens OF
the ores of coast mines and will also have
on exhibition a collection of curios.
The marble and onyx companies OF Ste
vens county are arranging displays which
they promise will excel in beauty any
thing ever shown in the mining depart
ment before.
Some mining machinery will be shown
including some of the latest improve
ments in gold saving machinery which
will be in practical operation.
stevens County Mines.
Almost the first mine in Stevens coun
", and in fact the first producer, is The
Old Dominion, situated six miles east o.
COlvile on Old Dominion mountain. This
property was discovered in March, 1885
was producer from the grass roots, ha'
made fortunes directly and indirectly
for scores of men, can boast OF more de
velopment work than any other mine il
the state, and is still rich with ore bod
les at great depth along the main tun
mel, which penetrates the mountain to :
depth of almost a mile. The mine hai
not been worked for nearly two years o.
account of the low price of silver, blu
the management has recently put fore
20 work clearing out the tunnels and fit
ting the property up for active develop
ment and it is expected that the MINI
will again enter upon the work ofeXtract
ing ore from the depths that have al
ready been reached by the interior works
The most extensive shipper of ore il
the state of Washington today is tn
BONANZA, 10 miles north OF Colville.
was discovered in the fall of 1895, an,
since that time has passed through man,
hands. 1t has been sold under the ham
mer two or three times, and has been
most expensive investment for those win
have ventured upon exploiting its or
deposits. The present management, how
ever, found it to be a different PROPOSE
ton. A number of Spokane men bOugh
it a year or so ago at sheritfs sale, an
employed the best skill in the mimi
profession to develop it, with the resul
that it is today one of the most sui
stantial mines in the state. 1t is a Ga
lena proposition, but the ore bodies ar
much heavier than in any other propert
of the same character in the country.
has hepn shiDDino two cars of ore ne