Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-05-27
MINES OF THE NORTHWEST
AROUND THE VARIOUS CAMPS
Big Ore BODY In the Keystone in
the Sylyanite District-Five-Staml y
Mill i'm Pony Gulch-The Wine
ON the Iron Mmsk-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 III
feet wide between walls. says a CORES
pendent at Slyvanite, Mont. Drifting was
Immediately started south along the foot
wall and is now advanced about Is feet.
This will be pushed on until under the big
stope on the upper level, when IA 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 As 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 tremendous body of
Gre was entered that has since been known
in this camp as the big stope." This is
now shown to be So 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
also been run about 200 feet but no such
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 lO-stamp mill running day and
night for two years.
Pony Gulch.
II 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 b. paying one,
as there is some good ore up Pony gulch.
Years ago there was Il mill built there
which crushed the rock with rolls instead
of stamps--a method which has proven
Il 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 num-
Der of mines in that region that will pay
for working and some that will be profit.
able
Since the old mill-the Fay Templeton
-clC sed down there has been nothing done
on Pony except assessment work, and the
region which ut 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 this
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 los foot level below
the main tunnel, which is equivalent to 6
depth from the surface Of 3O5 feet, thu
deepest workings yet opened on the prop
erty. About two feet of excellent shipping
ore has been disclosed in the Wine. II
the west drift on the main tunnel level
| rnIEn in, pIn IN NAN md Tn
Stopping. The raise is disclosing som,
good ore. From the annual report of thu
minister of mines, the production of LODI
properties in the year 1897, was G,547
This was lead and silver. In 1893 tn
first no unces of gold was reported, to
tai values, 1927 400. Copper was frs
marketed in 1894, there being 324 ,6S'
pounds, valued at $l6,234 The total o
the lode mineral values for the year 1879
was 81 ,O52 ,43l. From the year 1887 l.
1898. 10 years, British Columbia produces
from her lode mines $1,000, 427.
Montana CITY Placers.
The prospecting operations on bed rock
conducted by means of a large centrifuga
pump on the placer grounds near Montan
City has led to the employment this sea
son of a steam shovel and other modcr
gold saving appliances such as is in sue
c,-ssful use at Bannack and elsewhere o
formerly rein surface placer grounds j
this state. Part of the machinery is a
ready on the ground, and the work Of gc
ting it in position for actual operatio
is being pushed without delay. Last SCI
sons prospecting thoroughly demonstra
ed the fact that the actual bed rock
the placers at Montana City had not onl
never been molested but that they al
rich in gold, a fact which has alwa,
been maintained by miners familiar wit
the ground, and the installation of Il
dredge process to save the gold will
watched with great interest by everybod
interested in the development of that sc
ton of the country.
The North star.
One of the largest mining deals Of Il
year is reported to be progress of neg