The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-10-22
NEWS Of THE MINING CAMPS
ITEMS FROM THREE STATES

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STARTS W AsnIn-The seufh Half
DeinE WELL
A big strike has been made in the
famous Standard mine at Wallace, Id. On
Thursday night the er0sscut from the
first shaft level, at depth Of 200 feet
below the long tunnel, struck the ore IN
the big vein.
Since then the miners have erosscut
nine feet in Almost solid gaIena, 90 per
cent OF which is dean shipping ore.
This Is the first Level opened below the
permanent water line In this mine, and
gives assurance Of the continuity in depth
Of this great ore chute. The strike is
ilO0 feet below the surface. The ore
assays from o Ito 20 per cent in lead,
and from IS 70 81 ounces in silver. This
Is even better than The fine ore bodies
above, from which the Standard people
have paid their great dividends running
from 5000 10 ssO,OOO per month.
The mine, under the management OF
John A. Finch and A. d. Campbell, IS
now employing about $50 men, and Is
shipping about 800 tons OF ore per day.
The new ore body will be opened up as
rapidly as possible, and shipments will
then be increased.
The company has ordered a new hoist,
and it will be installed about the first
Of December. 1t will be large enough to
sink 500 feet below the long tunnel Level.
and will cost $4,000. The cylinders will
be G0x20, with Corliss valves, Blake con
densers and all the modern improve
ments. II will sit in a large chamber,
% feet wide, q feet high, and 50 feet
long, at depth from the surface Of 300
ieet.
strike In the lie RoI.
Another momentons strike has been
made in the lie Roi, this time in the
slopes midway between the 800 and co..
loot levels. Eight feet OF ore has been
uncovered. averaging Is per cent copper
$50 in gold and 10 ounces in silver,
which, according TO present prices OF
copper aud silver, gives a total value OF
500. 10 per ton. With copper at II,
CENTS, the copper value alone is 50. 10,
and the silver. at 90 cents per ounce.
is worth so. The new find is the rich
est that has ever been discovered in the
mine with the exception OF the ore in the
Ridpath stOpe, which carries about eaua'
ERlues.
The recent disooveryss as made IN .
peculiar way. The ledge at the peini
Ehere sthe ore was found is'about 90 feel
side, and ore in il occurs n streaks. DE-
vrlopment Of the mine had been carried
on in one Of these streaks, which had
been stopped for a width Of 20 feet a
large body of Iow-grade ore was remos
ed on the footwall side of the stope. Las;
week Superintendent Tregear PM a ms.
chine at work prosecuting TIE low
grade rock, which proved TO be about IS
teet thick, when il gave way to an eight.
foot body Of splendid gold "copper" ore ly
ing close 10 the foOtwall.
Need COaeeatratIag Plants.
Every mining man who has visited
the gold belt of the Occur 4 Alenes since
quartz mining became an established IN.
dustry has commented on the lack OF
improved concentrating machinery, al.
though all our ores are base enough at.
ter n few feet depth IL attained that a
large part of the values can not>be saw
ed on the plates This backwardness u
the more noticeable because ON the south
fork the silverIead miners have the
most perfect machinery To be found any.
where in the world.
Until less than a year ago the mills
had nothing more effective t.san bumper
concentTatOra-she crndest coneentrat-
ing implement known-nothing else hay
ing been tried except in the jenkins and
Daddy mills, where canvas plants had
been put in with very indifferent sue
cess.
Last spring there was Whitley van
ner added 10 The Idaho pant, but the mill
was shut down about the same time, SC
there was no opportunity to test it In
Colorado it has proved very successful.
on gold ores and recently the Grant,,
Mining Company put one in its mil
seven miles cast of town.
Rich Ore IA the Wonder.
As the claims ON the south half ar
opened up they are showing results tina,
are far superior 10 their surface promise
II. L. Shafer returned from that section
and exhibited some assays which he as
serts are about an average of those that
have been obtained from ores taken iron
the Wonder, a property owned by J. 4
Graves and George Wooster of SpOkan.