The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-02-05
MINES OF THE NORTHWEST
A GLANCE OVER MINING CAMPS
Bead said 70 Rave Rees secured ON
ths HespeSas Lede-The Palmer
mountain Tannei--In fhe Historic
oia 0niehes Areund Helena.

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has secured bond ON the Heene,,,s toAs
for 100000. and that the property win
De 20 developed ms TO demonstrate ia
value. The deepest shaft on the Hesperus
lode "a that sunk by the Parrot company
when the sum Of $4,000 was spent On 4
compartment shaft which was sunk al
mat time Al depth Of 23O feet. The
Aiisn went down through solid granite
ana only an occasional stringer Of conner
ore WAS found, none Of Il OF sufTicieutlv
nigh grade or Of such sire as would
make u profitable 70 ship. After the
liarrot company gave up the bond on
the property without doing any cross
cutting At all, the Hesperus Leasing
company was formed. Eilas King and
Others being interested, aud the Parrot
shaft was used for the purpose of
erosscntting north and south a distance
q about 200 feet To the south Of the
shaft 100 feet lead was cut which WAS
10 ieet vide, and II contained some good
"fr' though NOT a sufficient quantity 10
pay 10 ship.
Palmer Msuntaln Tunnel.
The Palmer mountain tunnel, the big
hnra that Is being driven into the noun.
tain north d loolnis, has penetrated the
nTst ledge. The manager says, I'VE
entered our first Gre body last Friday.
NO feet In. We have encountered sew
efal siEingep and small veins Of low
grade ore, but this 4 the arst LEDGE ne
have struck. We ran through 20 feet
q hoEnhiende and that constitutes the
loot wall Of the vein. Beyond that ne |
encountered two and one-half feet Of
,solld mineral. II Is suiphide orr, a mill. |
ing and concentrating proposition, aud
tests made shoa Il 20 run from si2 to $50 /
in gold
AFennd Helena.
Mining affair. arr locking brighter In |
The vicinity Of Helena. There i con.
siderable prospecting going on in our his. 4
lorae old gulches and reports are made Of .
so'ns rich strikes. but nothing has vet
hsen developed 10 = point where Il Is safe
to talk about il. 4 new 500 ton eonoen.
iaiar for custom work a being erected 1
by the East Helena snieltsr people This 4
ALL prove powerful stimulus 10 the
mining industry. a. IL will enable great
many mines 20 sebd low grade ores 20
the cuhc~nira,nr which could not be prof.
iiahiy ssnelis-i. A. n. Hotter, president
Of the -snrlieF company, estimates that
The building 81 the eoncrnirator win give
employment TO 100 men directly and Ia.
directly.
Bear NioantaIn District.
The country rock In the Bear Monn.
tain district 81 Montana l. ~ a gray
granite and limestone, all veins being
found IN the contact Al depth Of 100
to lSo tcvi, bring the water line, the
quartz becomes base. and from present
Appearances the irer milling treatment is
II short duration. and In the end the dis.
iItci viii bccome a permanent smelling
proposition. which must result In a great
mining cruicr. Parties with means and
hacking hnd good opportunities TO get
leases and bonds on cxccllent prospects
=. A. l.arEeys Estate.
The estate Of Y. A. lArgey, the Butte
mining man and banker who was muir.
derrd few days since. Is valued nj sa00..
600 in the application OF the widow for
lriicrs of administration, he having died
interstate. A large part of his wealth
vas invested in Rossland and Washing.
ton mines lie was president Of the Cen.
ter Star company Of Rossland al the
time Of his death.
On Toad AoaataIa.
Another shipment Of IS tons 81 ore is |,
brinR hauled down from the Athahasca
mine, on Toad mountain. about three
mile. from Nelson, IN the Hall Mines
smelter, which brings the total shipments
up 10 go tons The ore averages about
s6s pr ton.
Carlyle Gets It.
A dispatch from Victoria announces
that W. A. Carlyle, the provincial miner. :
alugisi. viii shortly resign 10 accept the J
position oi general manager for the Brit.
ish America Corporation. Mr.. Carlyle 4
has hccn highly regarded by mining men ,
generality in his official position. Hon. c.
u. Macintosh was seen tonight in rcla.
ion TO the above. Il have recommended
the appointment Of Mr.. Carlyle 10 the d
position Of general superintendent OF The I
said he, and will keep the I
place open for him for some time in oplcr +
that he may acccpt it, "Will Mr.. Car n
lylc receive higher salary than he is at q
psr-cnt rcccivingf- "lt Is the policy Of g
the British America Corporation 60 get v
the best available in the way Of both men Il
and mines OF course. Mr.. Carlyle will b
rurive more than his present salary. An Il
inrrrasc 81 one or two thousand dollars g
makes no difference to this corporation
waen man Of Mr.. Carlyles ability Is I'M 7
der consideration"
WIN Not Go lnts n Trust. i
]. A. Coram. Of the Butte and Boston
smclter. which is now being operated by
the Boston and Montana. speaks as fol
lows in an interview relative to the recent d
tale about a national smelter trust; Il z
know n one smeltcr that viii not 90 into d
A trust. and that Is the Butte and Boston. $
Thee i nothing practicable in the plan. a
The country IL too large, the interests IN a
vol,cd in the mining regions are too ex- Il
pensive and varied. aud the transportation :
l. too great for any combination Z
az smclters in this country TO succeed. "
don't think single one Of the Montana
.melters could possibly be induced to enter
such a combination
Howard Fraction ore.
A shipment Of ere made last week froni d
the Howard Fraction. In the SLOGAN u. I
vision. Of which the British Canadian Gold 4
ESslds COMPANY have control. TO the Mel o
son uneltsr gave returns Of l5s-S ounces
IN silver. LA ounces IN gold an average