Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-04-16
MINES OF THE NORTHWEST
Stir in the Occur d'Alene District
Development on the Republic.

Late transfers give the agreement o
sale of the Blue Grouse group Of silver
lead claims by William Williams to "
L. Zumhotf for $4,000. There are fou
claims i'll the group, and they lie on th
south side of Carbon gulch, on the south
west side of Sunset mountain, in tn,
Coeur dAlenes. The principal develop
ment work has been done ON the Blu,
Grouse. and this claim had fine shown.
last fall, which has been improved since
1t the sale is consummated there will bt
a chance for all the claim owners in the
Blue Grouse territory to get together ane
build Il wagon road from Dobson sum
NIT to the Blue Grouse, Manhattan, ANA
Zon and Parrott. Such a road would be
about two miles long, but it would be a
splendid grade, ard afford the best facil
tiles for ore hauling. 1t would put tho
mines within eight miles of the railroad
ut Wallace. and teams could easily make
the round trip in Il day The cost OF
the two miles OF road would not exceed
$500. 1t would open all the territory on
the southwestern part of Sunset noun
tain and force Il railroad to follow in its
wake.
The Iron Colt.
The representative of an English syn
dicate has obtained an option on the
Iron Colt. in the Rossland district, which
is the property of the Iron Colt Mining
Company, Limited. The price is withheld.
The chief shareholders are p Burns, the
Wholesale butcher: William Mackenzie,
the Toronto railway man; j. Ferguson
and McCrae, the local agent Of the Mon
treal Townsite Syndicate. The sum of
$4,000 has been spent i'll this property
in development work. but it shut down
three months since. There is large
body of ore, from six to 50 feet wide.
that is said to average from 50 to $40 per
ton. The property is in good condition
for strong company to go i'll and make
mine of it. 1t is opened up to a depth
OF 300 feet, and about 1000 feet of tun
mel work has been done
Republic Mine Developments.
The development at the Republic mine
is said to continue satisfactory. The
wonderful high grade ore chute in the
Republic still continues, with Il six-fo,t
Vein. The chute now crowds 200 feet in
length, and promises to continue indeti-
nitely. Three shifts have been put to
work ON the drift north of the tunnel on
the 200 foot level, and good rock is now
being taken from that drift. The lower
tunnel is now in about 100 feet, and
running through hard syente, which
makes slow work. Three shifts are be-
ing run on the Republic in all the drifts
and tunnels.
4 Big FIume.
The new flumc of the Anaconda Copper
Mining Company at Anaconda runs par
alle with the old fiume, which was built
when the first smelter was erected, about
l3 years ago. The new tiume is four
feet deep and eight feet wide, and is
constructed to last for years. Over 2,36S,-
900 feet of lumber We're used. Some idea
of its magnitude can be gained from the
fact that its construction cost about
$22O.OOO.
The Lest Lode.
F. Fl. Oliver of Rossland is credited
with having paid $4,000 for a half in
terest in the Lost Lode claim, in Ste
vens county, Washington. Assays made
from ore taken out during the recent
in gold per ton.