Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-12-08

camp and are in better ore than ever.
Excellent reports are received regard
ing the new strike on the Golden Eagle
in Browns camp, near Greenwood.
The contract has been let for the
sinking of 50-foot shaft on the I'm
expected, in the Burnt Basin district
At a recent meeting of the company
controlling the Blackjack mine, in the
Ymir district, it was decided to at once
put force of ten men at work on the
mine.
The Iron Colt Company Of Rossland
whose property has been shut down fol-
practically 20 months with the excep
ton of little work done last winter
has resumed operations.
The 300-horsepower hoist for the
Black Bear at Rossland has arrived on
the ground and will be set up as soon
as the excavation of chamber in the
tunnel has been completed.
On the CRANKY smelter three hun
dred men are at work. The dam Is near
ly finished across the river. The fiume
is to be the biggest one In all British
Columbia. The undertaking is OF
great magnitude and Importance.
The new skip in the Centre Star
shaft, Rossland, has been put in place
and is working. 1t is employed to bal.
ance the other skip and it's use will re-
suit in considerable economy in fuel.
Shipments will not be materially in
creased at present.
Recently Chinaman, digging on a
claim in creek near the SLOGAN Carl
boo company's works, in Cariboo, turn
ed up nugget weighing 71s ounces of
pure gold. This is the biggest nugget
ever found in the Cariboo district. The
nugget was bought from the Chinaman
by Mr.. Youngs of Baskerville, B. c.
MINING NOTES.
The Justice mine, near Keller, has a
good body of ore.
The largest mining plant In Oregon,
the Cougar 250-ton cyanide plant at
Sumpter, is in operation.
On the rich Keep Cool near Lake
view, Pend d'Oreille, four feet of clean
ore has been opened on the cross-cut.
On the rich American Flag in the
Methow district of Okanogan county,
H. c. Phillips says the ore is full of
tellurides.
Boston, Philadelphia and Michigan
capitalists have organized the Oneida
Copper Company, and have taken over
the Delaware mine and 30 square miles
OF territory in Keweenaw county.
Senator George Turner is said to be
backing an Idaho coal company. The
property is near Orc Elmo, Idaho.
Nineteen hundred acres are located
$lO'OOo capital raised to open up mine.
AT Mullan, Idaho, Clark & McHugh
have commenced work on the Midnight,
starting five men to work on a tunnel
about the middle of last week.
Mr.. Aberling, who is superintendent
OF the Dewey mine. four miles south.
west OF Mt Idaho, reports that they
nave struck ore which goes from s1OO
to $500.
Seven carloads Of mining and mill.
ing machinery, consigned to mines In
Sumpter camp, have been delivered by
the o. R. & N. to the Sumpter Valley
railway.
The Amalgamated company of Butte
is gong right along with improvements
not only in the mines belonging to II
put In its shelters and refineries.
Seymour H. Ball, manager of the
lconoclast Mining Company. writes
from Keller as follows: "The Icono.
clast Is cutting into stringers of ore
assaying $50 and $65 per ton in conner
ana gold. The tunnel is in lat feet
ana the contractors are making good
neadWay. 1t is going to make a mine +"
Inc lconoclast is better known as the
Ienas George mine. It was the pros-
p pc which he watched and guarded for
q years, until the opening of the res
srVation enabled him to take IL. prom.
Inent Seattle men are interested in the
mine now and West side capital is de. |
Ieloping 1t. Only limited portion of |
me STOCK is held in Spokane. Tho |
Lain is said to have one of the most |
remarkable showings of copper on the
surface that has ever been found in the |
tate. III 'iie
The Poland China group of Chesaw
Mn' has been bonded to a Montreal
janada syndicate for $4,000. This t.
'he Oh the largest deals made in the
Myers Creek camp since its wonderful
urface showings commenced to attract
ne attention of mining opedators tbis
'ast summer. ILLS
An excellent indication of the ran,d
growing Importance of Spokana os
mining center is found in the fact
nat the big mining machinery houses
re establishing branch houses tbora
A year ago there was not a house ~
nc entire Robbins mining district
nunaio Hump, and not a mine that
au ueeper than a 1O-foot hole When
ne takes into consideration tho cIi
iatic conditions prevailing in this sec.
ION and the lack of Transportation 70
, J the rough and broken cbaroot 80
the country, and the distance Srou,
the development work tha.
as peen done and improvements that