Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-09-23

mile and half southeast of the Bio R,f
falo. The ledge is large and crops for
nearly 1000 feet. 1t is contact vein l.,
tween granite and schist 1t is reno,,aJ
Ill Florence that an average sample OF
eight feet OF the ledge gave gold yama.
OF SlI4.35. 1t is said that Mr.. GHdd.,
will at once put a force of men to w,,l.
on the property.
News comes from Florence that otl,,.
mining capitalists are investigating the
prospects on Buffalo Hump, and tina,
several deals are in prospect.
The Iron Crown of Newsom.
DIR. a. j.. Lauterman OF the Iron Grown
mine at Newsome. Idaho. is one OF th.
principal owners of the Nindicator MIN.
at Cripple Creek, Colorado, which Weld.
$4,000 monthly and he said he regarded
the Iron Crown as the best mine in which
/ he is interested. Two kincaid mills hav.
been installed upon it and are crushiu,
twenty tons of ore per day. Dr. Lautcr.
man says that he was informed by fin,
manager, w. H. Wolf. that the outpu,
would be $1,000 per day as long as ore
like that now being crushed can be SUD
piled. The supply seems to be beyond
estimate from present developments.
Large Mineral Patent.
Jacob Goetz appeared last week and
filed at the land office final proof for prob
ably the largest contiguous body of min,
eral land ever patented in the state of
Washington. The property is the Lame
Foot group, sometimes called the Frank
furt, comprising IL claims as follows:
Lame Foot, Iron Mountain, Holvoke,
Miners Delight, Lake Shore, Curlew, En-,
terprise, w. j. Bryan, Sunset, Portland
ana Lucky Boy. The claims are on the
west side of Curlew lake on the reserva.
ton. They include l5l acres and the
cash paid for the land alone was $-5J.
The cost OF the surveyor generals plats
, alone was $500.
The property is a low grade proposition
On the Lame Foot a solid body of ore
100 feet wide has been opened up. Over
$4,000 has been expended in develop
ment. \ compressor plant is on the prop.
erty. Transportation is necessary before
the mine can become profitable.
strikes montana.
; c. II. kenney from Saltese, Montana.
reports two good strikes on the property
:. of the Eclipse Mining and Milling Com
pany, between Saltese and BoraN. The
most important is on the kearsarge,
where i'll the bottom of a 40-foot shaft
they have three feet of ore which runs
e 25 per cent lead and 40 ounces in silver
4 6 =.
= ready for shipment and will send it to the
smelter in few days. The other is on
i the Shakespeare, here they have already
$ crosscut through five and one-h half feet
= of ore and are not yet through it. 1t is
lower grade than the kearsarge and en-
% trely different ore, running only 20 to
Il % ounces in silver $3 to S. in gold, Il
| little copper and no lead. The two lodges
i, are running nearly at right angles with
,, each other, crossing in the ground owned
u by the Eclipse Company.
First Dividend Paid.
~ The Republic Mining Company declared
49, its first dividend yesterday. The amount
- is 100000, or three cents per share, and II
:, will be paid October 10, transfer book
'n't closing October 4. The dividend has beer
- anticipated for some time. as it wa
- known that the mine had shipped enough
ore to pay all Indebtedness and to leave
-, :, a handsome surplus in the treasury.
- 1t is the intention of the company t.
W. pay a dividend regularly each month ant
a., the amount is not expected to fall below
three cents per share. 1t is more prob
. able that it will be considerably aboN
~. that sum in the near future. 1t is tn
~ intention to set the figure at a sum whic
-, the management feels confident can b
IN kept up regularly.
:; In the CheEsln District.
,,lo In letter received from William /
blo Burns of Chelan Falls, Wash, he tells
for strike recently made in that vicinit
,aa as follows: Four miles from Chean Fall
CIV and directly above the falls, large bod
. a of free milling quartz has been discovere'
ich 1t has been developed by trench =
an. feet long which has cut 81 feet of hone
= combed quartz. Sixteen assays hay
been made, the highest gave Sl9.6l
in gold and ii ounces, silver, and the lowe
fcc was 20 cents in gold and 8 ounces silve
on. The average of the l6 tests made WI
ASA 1927 gold and SIT silver. There are GOO
nm. roads to the properties and the steam
nv lands 1900 feet below them, as the Gro
in flies.