Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-12-16
MINES AND mining CAMPS

MINES AND mining CAMPO
METALS OF THE NORTHWEST
,. Ernn, the Rich Regions OF the
Pacific NorthweSt-F1ndihH
Near a City-Shipping Ore 10
smelter In England-An Antim"n'
Nnue-Mining Notes.
A ledge of bearing quartz, lron
which assays have been MADE sno"he
values as high as $500 to the ton, la'
been discovered within distance 0, ies'
than three miles of the limits OF Spokane'
This is the startling statement maze W
r B. Richards, the well known h'eiS
man. Mr.. Richards is jointly interested
in the discovery with Frank Buchanan
who. it is said, located. the ledge over
wear ago. They visited the property last
week and secured samples OF the roch'
SAMPLES. MIR. Richards says, were assay
ed and the showing made was so sur
prisingly good that, despite the bhndlng
snowstorm of yesterday, MIR. Buchanan
and a friend visited the property and put
in several shots to see how the rock dp-
peared further in on the ledge. Samples
of the rock secured were brought to the
city for assaying, but the assay had not
yet been made.
An Anthony Mine.
H. NJ. Cooper Of Goldendale, an old pros
rector. recently returned from Cle-Elum
in Kittitas county, where he had oeen
prospecting and developing an antimohy
mine. MIR. Cooper is very enthusiastic
over the results of work this summer. A
recent assay from Chicago shows the test
to run $3.50 antimony and $l9 gold per
ton. The claim is known as the Anti
monial, is 80 miles from Cle-Alum station
on the Northern Pacific railway and III
miles southwest of the famous Swauk
mines. 1t is also said to be two miles
south of the we'll known Lynch mines, now
bonded for 100000 to a Scottish syndi-
cate, which is successfully developing the
property under the bond.
1t is said there are not many mines oil
anthony in America and the noted mines
of this metal are in Bohemia and Hun
gary. 1t is believed that owing to the
great scarcity of this valuable metal in
this country this is to be of more value
than an ordinary gold mine.
Some of the uses of antimony are in the
manufacture of sweet toned bells, eX
pensive concave mirrors, in casting can
non balls and in the preparation of news
paper types. 1t is said OF late years more
of this precious metal is required to han
die the new inventions of the electrical
scientific world.
Ore Goes to England.
: Arthur R. Browne of London was il
Spokane the first of the week. He repre-
! sents the Smelling Corporation Limitet
. which operates works on the Manchestel
ship canal in England. He has been buy
ing ores in the Kootenays, and concerning
: his operations, he said:
"The report is true that the smeltin,
, corporation l represent is buying ore il
Kootenay camps. l have purchased 22t
tons of concentrates from the Highlands
mill at Ainsworth, and shall ship tn
same to Vancouver, from thence rount
the Horn to England. The value of thes
: concentrates will average 68 per cent lea,
and 80 ounces silver. This will be, | be
. lieve, the first shipment made from tn
=, kootenay of silverlead concentrates t
e an English smelter. We can save for tn
mine owner about So per ton, over Amer
can smelter charges, and we pay spo
cash for our ore, which is also a consider
. alton. You see, we have no large duty
pay, and besides, by our own process fo
extracting the silver from the zinc. W
make another saving, whereas America
smelters are forced to charge higher fc
ores containing a percentage of zinc;
other words, the galena ores going to tn
states have to pay high penalty on tn
J. zinc"
The POcahOntas.
The work of sinking the shaft on ii
Pocahontas in Republic camp, is progress
!, ing favorably. 1t has reached dept
= of 40 feet. There is no change in Il
appearance of the rock and the valu,
y are about the same as they were at z
y feet. The average is said to be SIS D,
ton. As the ledge is strong 8 feet.
. shows that the ledge is going to be
\ hummer with depth. 1t will be recalle
). that the Princess Maud did not sbo
!, large values until near the 100 foot lev
! had been reached. There are the best
: reasons for the belief that the Pocahont,
: Will be equally as rich at the same dept
= The Princess Maud tunnel is maxim
!. fairly good progress, but as the rock
exceedingly hard the progress has bet
slower than was anticipated.
Copper Ore Found.
l. A fine strike has been made on II
n Ollie May claim in the U. S. LIE Roi cam
r The men working upon the property e.
v hibit some fine specimens of copper quar-
I. ore, which certainly will run high in TIL
n mineral. 1t is of the same character