The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-05-28
MINES OF THE NORTHWEST
AROUND THE VARIOUS CAMPS.


the syIvanite District-Five-stam
Mill in Pony GuIch-The Wine
the Iron Mask-In the Fort
steele District.
The new crosscut tunnel on the Key
stone mine reached the footwall Saturday
and the vein was proved to be about 10
feet wide between walls, says CORES
pondent at Slyvanite, Mont. Drifting was
Immediately started south along the foot
wall and is now advanced about ID feet
This will be pushed on until under the big
stope on the upper level, when crosscut
will be run to the hanging wall. Drifting
will also be done north and a raise will
soon be made from the north drift to the
upper level. The big stope referred to on
the upper level was encountered in drift
ing south on the foOtwall from the face
of the crosscut tunnel. After drifting
about 40 feet the drift went through two
feet of ore into rock that was supposed
to be the foot wall. This was cut through
and found to be horse two feet thick.
1t was passed and a tremendous body of
ere was entered that has since been known
in this camp as the big stope." This is
now shown to be 80 feet wide and the
hanging wall is yet to be discovered. This
great ore body has been explored for l25
feet and its width holds out throughout
that distance. The drift has been run 200
feet further and now shows about six
feet of ore in the face. A north drift has
al 81, Int
immense ore body has been entered as on
the south drift. However, the drift has
opened up ore varying from five to six
feet wide. 1t is conservatively estimated
that there is ore enough in sight to keep
tn presnt l0-stamp mill running day and
night for two years.
Pony GuIch.
1t is reported here that Mr.. Craven,
until recently amalgamator at the Daddy,
will put up five-stamp mill this summer
to work some of the ore from Pony gulch,
between Delta and Beaver station, Idaho.
Spokane parties are said to be behind the
enterprise, which should be a paying one
as there is some good ore up Pony gulch
Years ago there was mill built there
which crushed the rock with rolls instead
of stamps-a method which has proven
a failure on the hard quartz of the Occur
d'Alenes. The mistake was also made of
locating the mill where it was inconven-
lent and expensive to get the ore to it.,
and steam power was used to run it. Even
with those disadvantages it was almost
success, and it is confidently beneved
that mills driven by water and suitably
located would prove that there are a num-
Der of mines ip that region that will pay
for working and some that will be profit
able
Since the old mill-the Fay Templeton
closed down there has been nothing done
on Pony except assessment work, and the
region which at one time was promising
one, has nearly dropped out of sight The
Fay TempletOn property was reincorpor-
ated last fall, some of the prominent min
ing men of the south fork becoming in
terested in it, and it was then understood
that arrangements would be made thi;
spring to work the property on business
basis with the expectation that some
money would be made from it. The old
mill was torn out, the boiler being sold
to the revivifcation works at Murray, but
there the work ceased, and nothing more
has been heard regarding it.
The Iron Mask.
The Wine on the Iron Mask, near Ross
land, has reached the lO5-foot level below
the main tunnel, which is equivalent to
depth from the surface of 305 feet, the
deepest workings yet opened on the prop
erty. About two feet of excellent shippin.
ore has been disclosed in the Wine. II
the west drift on the main tunnel level
raise in under way to open ground TO
stopping. The raise is disclosing SOM
good ore. From the annual report of tn,
minister of mines, the production of lodi
properties in the year 1897, was $26,547
This was lead and silver In 1898 tn
first ITO unces of gold was reported, to
tai values, 1927 400 Copper was frs
marketed in 1894, there being 324, 6S
pounds, valued at Sl6,234. The total O
the lode mineral values for the year 1879
was $7,O52, 43l. From the year 1887 t
1898, 10 years, British Columbia produce
from her lode mines $1,000 .427.
Montana city PIacers.
I The prospecting operations on bed rocl
? conducted by means of a large centrifuga
e pump on the placer grounds near Montan
e City has led to the employment this ses
son of steam shovel and other moder
+ gold saving appliances such as is in SUI
cessful use at Bannack and elsewhere O