The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-19
L. X. ARMSTRONG.


specially yours,
L. X ARMSTRONG.
Dredging the Yukon.
Dredging for gold on the Yukon river
aud its larger branches has so far proven |
failure. Many thousand dollars have
been invested in one dredging scheme and
another, but no apparatus has yet been
found that will save the flour gold of the /
river beds in quantities that pay. Several
steamers fitted with elaborate machinery
for dredging have tried all the rivers from
Koyukuk to the llootalinqua. The result
has been practically the same. In all OF
the river bars flour gold was found, but
the machinery on the steamers would not
save it. The IIootalinqua and Lewis NV
ers have been worked TO a greater extent
than the branches lower down. Some OF
the companies still have hopes Of making
the dredging proposition pay after more
experiment, but the outlook is poor.
Bg Mining Shit.
The formal arrangements for the trans
fer of 1924, 600 by Avinza Hayward's and
the Hobart estate to j. }. Groom, receiv-
er, in the suit Of NJ. W. Fox against the
Hale 4 Norcross Silver Mining Company
was perfected III Judge uubbard's court.
il developed that the Grayson board of
directors OF the Hale & Norcross Silver
Mining Company would resist the pay
ment of Mr.. Groom 10 the stockholders
of the Hale & Norcross company of any
part OF the Judgment. a suit will be
brought Immediately to prevent any dis
position OF the Judgment money on the
ground that it should be paid into the
treasury OF the company and not be dis
tributed among the stockholders.
Columbia PIacers.
/ Considerable prospecting is being done
on some placer locations on the west
banks of the Columbia river about eight
miles below Kettle Falls. The black sand
and gravel runs we'll in colors and an ef-
fort is being made to save large amount
of the very fine gold which is readily
washed away in the banning process The
ground is rich enough 10 that prepare
tions are being made to work the prop
erty all winter.
An Idaho Mine.
Another great silver-l lead mine has been
added TO the list of Canyon Greeks pro-
ducers. Before the general public was fair
ly aware that the Hecla was IA mine. it
has suddenly developed into Il mine OF
the first class. The last 400 feet of the long
400 foot drift has been in continuous ore,
and the face of this drift is now in seven
feet of clean, shipping ore, which assays
90 per cent lead and 90 ounces silver.
John \. Finch, A. 3. Campbell and Pat
rick Clark of Spokane are the chief own
eTs. The Aecla is parallel claim TO the
Tiger PooIman at Burke, seven miles
from Wallace. Some think its ledge :
ON eastern extension Of the great Stand
ard mine. The present workings are at a
vertical depth of 700 feet. The company
has been shipping ore for some time, and
it is reported here is planning TO build 4
mill
Mining Notes.
Word has been received that strike OF
six feet OF ore averaging S2S i'll gold has
been made in the Evening Star, Nmir
camp, ut depth of SO feet.
\ good strike is reported in the Doug
last, p miles south of Drumnond, Mont,
near the Sunrise, and eight miles west Of
Stone station. The ore is white quartz
and runs rich in gold. The property is
owned by Cleveland parties, who expect
TO erect a mill soon. Assays OF the ore
run as high a. $40 per ton.
The Red Lodge Miners Union caused
circulars TO be issued notifying all min
crs who come to that city to procure
work in the mines that ii they are not
III possession OF transfer or travelling cards
from the Western Federation they are cX
pected to apply for membership in the 10
cal union within 30 days after securing
e employment.
I 1t is rumored that machinery Of some
: new invention IN the shape of Il device
] for catching and saving the flour golC
in the Clark's Fork river in Montana vii
q shortly be set up near there. The prom
I iSed experiment will be watched with con
, sidciu bile interest, and if it proves sue
. cessful the silver men hereabouts will re
T. pudiatc the doctrine OF the white meta
p and become gold bugs, pure and unde
3 filed.
Last month there were seven carload
T. Of concentrates shipped from mines of tn
i Nernilion Mining Company, of Alissouli
h county, Montana, to the East Heleni
h snelter, from which good returns are re
r. ported. This month double that humble
; OF cars will be shipped, and before lon
: the NeI1niliOn district will have plac
II in the list OF good producers W. &,
= Stephens mine, the Hidden Treasury, Il
d Clinton, mas been developed TO such
l. stage that shipping will be commenced
o The ore will be shipped 10 Butte for treat