The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-02-04


10 per cent over 1891. And yet the limit
has not been reached.
There IL quite snow Blockade report.
ID along the line 81 the roads and trails
u the Palmer mountain country, mails
for the camp being piled up ct Bridge.
port and Coulee City.
The Myers creek country d rapidly
coming 70 the front. rich strikes are BE-.
ing reported from there, and mining gen.
orally h improving as the county b Dc.
yeloped.
The Mephisto CO. reports that IN min
Ing an open cut on their claim on KIon-
die mountain. Il miles northeast Of Re
public, they found bouldeEs which assay
over $4,000 IN gold.
a two-ineh seam Of quarts has been
encountered Ia the Dora siaft e R6pub.
lie II assays eI.O37.0s per ton. This
shaft, Il Il estimated, win cut the ledge
within Z week.
Confirmation Of the recent strike In the
drift On the eo0-foot level In the Evening
Star has been received The vein has
widened from three 10 six feet. and .
sample taken across the face asaaysd eco.
Fifteen men are at work on the Lin
coin and City Of Paris, In Central camp,
Boundary district. The eOO-foot tunnel
Il IN over 600 feet, and Il b expected the
ledge will be reached about the middle
Of Marchy--Ex.
The Cleveland Mining Company, d
6pringdaie, Wash, d shipping supplies
and lumber daily 10 the Cleveland mine.
Foreman McGmth says he expects the
boiler, hoist, pump and other machinery
70 arrive shortly.
The Yellow JACKET properties on Mey-
err Greek have been re-locaed by the
Ruth Gold Mining 4 Milling Company.
The new company expect 70 do considers
be Development work on the property
early In the spring.
Reporta from <he Copper Mountain
continue TO be most favorable Work on
the winze il still In progress, which has
nov reached depth Of eighty feet. The
ore that Is taken out il At the same grade
a. for some time past.
w. J. Vaughn i just down from Bodis
camp on Toroda creek. Mr.. Vaughn
brings quite . lot Of fine looking samples
from Bodie and Triiby camps and reports
some work going on this month. Al
Sheridan camp the Snyder properties arr
working two shiftA
copper ore mnning from cas- to SO Ths
Columhia. Kootenay has a big body Of
/ els ore and en The No. and Josie dmmpS
ore II rapidly accommodating for shipmeni
this spring. These properties belong u
their A. G. and are In the Roasland camp
The KalispelI IntenIAke hopes, and ex
poets, the coming spring 10 record thu
opening Of q big quartz claim within /
short distance Of KalispelL Some lonA
tions were made late In the fall that viii
develop into big mine Il the promise O
assays from the surface rock IL fulfllet
by later development.
The gold output Of the Pierce City die
tEict. In Idaho, for 1893. Is estimated b!
the mining men Of that distriat at SIS,
co. This amount shows . decrease o
about eesyO00 from the output Of 1897
which was fixed At about 100000. Thi
decrease b attributed 10 the increase,
activity In the line Of Developing quart
propositions, which has had q tendenc.
70 dstract from placer enterprises, tn
main source Of the gold output.
~It can now Be definitely settled tina
the much talked Of consolidation Of sev
eral Butte copper concerns has been viz
tually settled. Il comes to " from pr
vais source In Boston that the ROckefel
, Ter interests had virtually succeeded b
getting control Of the Boston Z MOutan
company, also that Of the Butte q Bosto
and Montana Ore Purchasing company
II this 10 true, +. Augustus Heinre Wi
, return 70 Butte a. general manager q
the above mentioned companies This
the best news that has come 20 Bate "a
many years. In Mr.. HeinEe the consol
: dation syndicate has the very best ma
7 obtainable, and all Butte rejoicea In III
selection. This viii settle litigation this
o has hampered this camp for the past fe'
\ months. which alone will be worth niue
10 ua, let alone the fact that future operI
' tons Of these mammoth properties il no
assured, and apparently free from Il
+ stock jobbing elements that have alwa,
been more or less connected with the Bo
K ton end."-westeEn Mining World.
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