The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-09-03

the Silver Key on Granite creek, near
Libby, Mont The location of the
Silver Key conficted with the Silver
Crown mining claim, and the owners Cf
the latter effected a compromise with
the Silver Key people which resulted in
the action taken. This leaves the title
of the Silver Crown perfect and avoids
all litigation. The Silver Key people
received $1,000 on the compromise.
Eighty Miles of Railroad.
A. w. McCune, the Salt Lake mining
man, has Just entered into a deal with
w. L. Hoge, the Anaconda banker. to
build so miles of railroad from Milford,
Utah, to the state line mining districts.
The road will cost 100000 and it is
said that it will be of vast benefit to an
important mining region, particularly
the famous camps of De La Mar and
Phoebe, which will be put in closer
touch with smelters and trade centers
The road goes to the dividing line be-
tween Nevada and Utah and Salt Lake
City people regard it as a connecting link
in the railroad of the future which will
connect Los Angeles and Salt Lake by
the shortest line possible. The Oregon
Short Line is backing the new enterprise.
Preparing for IA Fall Run.
j. M. Porter of Wallace and Ii. L..
Madgwicll of Lewiston, officers of the
American Placer Mining Company, op-
Grating ON Orc Elmo creek, in the Pierce
district, Idaho, were in Kendrick arrang-
ing to commence work on their placer
property for a fall run. j. Nj. Porter
left for the mine for the purpose of maxi
ing some new surveys for a pipe line
that they will put in at once, the pipe
being here ready for freighting out now.
The company has spent approximately
$4,000 developing its property.
Placer Discoveries.
Fall creek, which empties into the Sal
mon river near the state bridge, on the
road to Warrens, Idaho, has had its
share of excitement in the last two weeks.
Rich placer has been reported discovered
there and the creek and its tributaries
have been staked out the entire length.
One party returning from there for sup
plies claims that he got as much as 80
cents to the pan. He says it is ''shot
gold' and very pure, being worth con-
siderably more than the gold i'll the Ba-
sin. The Fall creek placer ground is
situated at an altitude of from 1000 to
5000 feet, and the claims can be worked
very late, owing to the light fall of snow
in the early part of the winter. 1t is
best reached by wagon in three quarters
OF days drive from Florence.
Another Cariboo Dividend.
The Cariboo Mining Company, operat-
ing the Cariboo mine in Camp McKin-
ney declared its twentieth dividend last
week. The payment is the usual one of
two per cent, aggregating $4,000. This
is probably the last regular dividend that
will he paid by the old company, the
mine having passed into the hands of a
British Columbia company as stated a
few days since. This brings the total
of dividends paid by the Cariboo com
pany up to $236,964.76.
Mining Briefs.
w. A. Stuart has been appointed SUI
perintendent of the mining exhibit at the
Spokane fruit fair
Surveying is in progress for an electric
railway from the Silver Cup mine to the
landing
a corps of engineers is surveying the
line for the Canadian Pacific railway
from Arrowhead to the head of Kootenay
lake.
The Easter Sunday mine on SulphidC
mountain near Bossburg has been bonded
to Messrs. Moffat, Stripe and Patre, rep
resenting Chicago capital. Work has
commenced.
1t was learned at the office of the Lib
erty Mining Company that it has beer
decided to let contract to sink shat
on that property in Republic camp. Al
open cut encountered ledge few day
since.
Oliver Durant of the Centre Star min
passed through Spokane on his way from
Butte to Rossland with the deeds to tn
property which were executed in Butte
The final payment on the mine will b
{ made forthwith.
Considerable freight is going out o
t Kendrick for the Pierce district, in Ida
no, and the indications are that worl
. will be continued ON some properties al
winter.
4 Promotion of Hobson.
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