Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-12-02

documentary evidence that he paid for
the outfit which Rigley was using at the
time the discovery of the Big Buffalo
claim was made. The property involved
is of immense value, it being stated upon
good authority that Captain Delamar's
expert offered 100000 for the claim few
weeks ago. The owners would not sell at
that figure, insisting that the property is
worth 81 100000, but the Delamar expert
could not see it in that light. The case
will come up in Idaho county.
Montana Placers.
About $ll00 in gold was brought down
from the Libby creek placers, in Montana,
most of which has been sent to the assay
office at Helena. OF this amount the Ross
brothers had 800 and the Howard broth
ers about $500. The gold from Libby
creek is of an exceptionally fine quality.
The returns from the shipment by the
Ross brothers show that it went $3.50 an
ounce at the assay office, and after de-
Quoting the express charges melted them
1883. 1t is 943 fine. This is fair av-
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The CaribOo Transfer.
The final act in the transfer of the Carl
boo assets to the new Cariboo company
lately organized in Toronto took place
ed over some time since. 1t remained to
turn over cash in the treasury of the old
company, the sale having been an out
right one of all the assets of the old Spo-
kane corporation. This was done, $685.
606.99 being the amount on hand. Geo.
B. McAulay stated that the October out
put of the Cariboo mill was 1898 ounces
of bullion averaging in value $3.50 per
ounce. The concentrates. in addition,
were worth about $4,000, making total
for the month of about $26,265.
| Last Chance TaiIings.
Tailings from the Last Chance have
caused much vexation and some damage
to the people living in the lower end of
Wardner, Idaho. and so numerous have
become the complaints that the Empire
State-Idaho Mining Development Com
pany has commenced fiuming the creek
along the parts where the damage has
been greatest.
| Rich Athabasca Ore.
A report comes from Nelson through re
liable channels that the returns from the
plates of the Athabasca mill for four
days run last week averaged $2l78 per
day. This was roughly go per cent of the
value of the ore, as about 40 per cent is
contained in the concentrates.
Mining Briefs.
Work is to be resumed on the Chapleau
in the SLOGAN.
The force at work on the Rambler in
the SLOGAN has been increased to 80.
Montanas mineral exhibit at the Oma-
ha exposition captured the first prize.
New bunk houses have been completed
at the Idaho in the SLOGAN and 30 men
are employed.
The johannesburg, S. A, mill and cy-
anide men have formed society to
STAMP out and detect gold thieving."
A strike of ii feet of ore averaging go
per cent copper is reported in the Pot
Hook mine near Kamloops, B. G.
The deepest mine from the surface in
Colorado is the California ON Quartz hill.
near Central City, Gilpin county, 2200
feet.
1t is reported that the Pilot Bay smelt-
er will resume operations as soon as coal
can be supplied from the Crows Nest coal
fields.
The mortgage which Frank Watson
held on the Arlington mine in the SLOGAN
has been transferred to Ross Thompson
of Rossland.
Captain c. H. Thompson and Congress
man Jones have returned from trip to
the Wonderful and Miller Creek mines
near Sandon.
The Grangeville (Idaho) Recorder says
that it is understood there that all ac-
counts against the Hi-Yu mine at Flor
enoe have been settled and that work is
to be resumed shortly.
A trading, mining and prospecting, ex-
plotting, land locating company for the
Philippines will shortly sail from San
Francisco. Several expeditions backed oy
Australian and English capital are also
reported to be preparing exploiting expe-
ditions.
A meeting of the stockholders of the
Eureka North Star Gold Mining Company
Of Republic has been called for December
81 for the purpose of devising plans far
extricating the company from financial
embarrassment.
ga few days ago." writes an Eagleton
(Oregon) correspondent, "as Major Frank
MCGEE was climbing the side of mount
ain near his place he stumbled and fell.
With the superstition current among old
prospectors, he began to dig, found rich
float, and a few hours later had uncov-
ered-a short distance above-a four-foot
vein OF quartz, literally sprinkled with
free gold"
Fire in Powder Works.