The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-12-24
NEWS OF MINES and MINING
METALS OF THE NORTHWEST.
Items From the Rich Regions Of the Pa
eiho Northwest, News From All the
PTihei 10 Mining camps-PersenaIs-
A1tninE Notes.

Sihce the legislature met two years ago
Washington has taken long strides for.
ward as mining state. With this prog
ress has come need Of legislation in be-
half OF the mining industry. This need
Is felt in the mining camps, where present
evils due 10 laws which work badly are
plainly apparent
The question Of how taxes shall be
levied upon mining corporations and up
on mines Is one which is attracting most
attention, and will be the subject for
some earnest pleas for relief.
The regulation Of assessment work and
the time in which 1t shall he done 10 an
other matter which mining men generally
think should be fixed 20 that claims will
not lie idle 80 long as at present. These
and other matters Of less moment are top
les which are being discussed by men in
terested in mining, and the gentlemen
who have been elected to serve in the
legislature are being interviewed by min
ing men, who hope that this session viii
give the necessary attention TO the min.
ing industry.
Dtvidsad Payers.
The lie Roi leads the list, Of course,
with Ss25y 900 paid. II IL probably true
that the Payne mine in the SLOGAN has
paid more dividends than the lie Roi. but
II Is owned by q close corporation and no
statement Of profits il ever given TO the
public. The SLOGAN Star is credited with
the largest payments Of any s'ocan prop
eTty, having paid 800 600 up TO March,
1897, which IL given as the date Of the
last The Reco, Al Ssndon, Is listed a.
having paid s297 500, the last payment
being 10000 in January, 1898. The
Whitewater mine IL credited with pay
msnis Of sls4 600 up TO April, 1898, when
the last payment Was made. The Idaho.
another SLOGAN property, mas paid See4,-
600 up't May, lspa. The Cariboo, the
mine which made several Spokane men
wealthy. il credited with s236, 965. The
Last Chance and Rambler Ariboo, two
SLOGAN properties, have paid $4,000
sPIeoe- The Hal Mine, Ltd, Of Nelson,
an English coFPOratlU. has paid 500. 900.
The Republic and Deer TraH No. are
the only Washington mines on the list.
Pert Spokane Property.
News Was received last week at the Of
Gee Of the Crystal Mining Company from
Superintendent Gray that be had six feet
Of solid galena ore in the face Of the drift
on the Crystal mine and that develop
ment indicates that the ore bedy will
widen 20 probably ten feet. This ore he
states Is Of the ssnis quality and appear
sncc as that which AssAyed an average Of
$50 per- ton upon his recent visit 10 this
city. This news Is highly gratifying TO
the stockholders in the company, as IL
mAkes the property an immediate pro
duoer. The Crystal IL about a mile from
Fort Spokane and 4 wagon road connects
Il with Davenport from which point ship
men,s will be made As the ore carries
valuable huXing qualities, the company
will he at no great expense for shipping
Il l. the intention Of the superintendent
20 begin shipping after be has demonstra'
ted the length Of the pay chute by drift.
ing.
A BiG Bead.
n. n. Griffin Of chelan, who is inter
es,cd nth his kon Frank, has bonded
their property on okanoean river, on ths
Colviiie reservation. consisting Of three
claims, 10 N. l.. Turner, Of Seattle, repre-
sen,ing New York capitalists. for $500,
600 II the deal goes through, Il will b
the biggest that okanogan county hal
thus for had. The first payment, now or
! the road, 10 TO he 5000, and the pur
, chascrs take hold al once and push de
vciopment. In six months payment o
$4,000 viii be due, and the balance
/ $4,000, at the expiration OF year
Scarcely any development work has beer
. done vet, the purchase being made Almosl
entirely upon the strength Of surface in
dications, which latter are most favoTa
BILE II goes 10 show that the mining
world has already considerable conhdenc'
, in okanogan county mineral ledgea
wyomIAg's soda lake..
p Wyoming IL thought TO have nor
. than 20 coda lakes OF commercial impoT
. tance. These lakes are widely Hcattere'
, Throughout the state and are invariabl!
A., found in depressionA Most Of these de
pressions have nc outlet hence the opin
ion Of biologists that the coda came l.
with the spring water and lcached out
the water evapcrating, thus leaving i
some instances beds OF soda more than 5
feet in depth and hundreds Of acres 4
surface and dimension.
The surface Of these lakes. throag
the action Of the sun and cir, has bee
!" incrusted over with q powdered sod
closely resembling great patches Of pur
II snow. On examining them with a pic
'e one might well imagine that he were on
lake Of Ice upon which light snow ha
ID fallen, for the scda beneath Is a transpal
ent crystal closely resembling ice.
: A Hare Mineral.
= Il will be Of interest TO metallurgisi
y and biologists TO know OF the occurrenS
I'd az an exceedingly rare mineral that va
f found near Florence, Ravalli count,
: Montana, by Percy Train recently.
70 occurs in small six-sided prisms, and al
on analyses proved to be parasite. ca
donate Of Cerium, with general foTmu
lCaFl tcerl &c tCoSlS. with, in this cas
cl a mart of the cerium replaced by did,
Of Mum and lanthanium. This IL its hr
a occurrence in the United StateS as
ng was first discovered in the United Stat
Of a Colombia, and has only been four
IN since in Greenland.
ed new Roads Near Libby.
a. From 90 10 Is men nave been constan
" llv employed on the cutoff between u
snowshoe and Silver Cable roads ne
or Libby. and the work Is far enough a
"A. vanccd 10 make Il certain that there W
b ! good road to the big silysr'lsAd pro