The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-04-29
Republic.

rushed. Foul air caused a suspension |
of the work for several weeks.
1t is the general impression among !
those who claim to be familiar with |
the matter that the tunnel on the Eel
Caliph will cut the ledge within the
next few days.
The machinery at the Mountain Lion
mine is working to perfection. The
cross tunnel has been driven 126 feet.
The rock is exceedingly hard, almost
as the reef that was passed through
just before encountering the first ledge.
1t seems quite probable that the ledge
that is being run for will be found as
soon as the hard rock has been passed
through. The south drift is in 100
feet. The quartz steadily improves in
value in the face of the drift.
The Rebate shaft is 20 feet deep.
The ledge has been crosscut at the bot
tom of the shaft and there is IL feet
of good ore. The average assays are
$40 per ton.
The mill at the Republic mine is do
ing better work and more of it than
ever before in the history of the mine.
The mine is looking better than ever
before. Preparations are being made
to resume work on tunnel No. 4.
There was some cleanup necessary be-
fore the actual driving ahead of the
tunnel could be commenced The
tunnel will tap the ledge at about 500
feet deep. 1t seems quite probable
that the big 1,000-foot shaft that has
been mentioned heretofore will not be
undertaken for some time. Actual re-
sumption of work on the tunnel has
begun and will be pushed to the ut
most.
The Insurgent shaft is down about
40 feet. The bottom of the shaft is in
fine looking quartz. The assays con-
tinue to show high values. The last
sample received at the office of the
company ran $3.50.
The Wine on the Lone Pine has
reached a depth of 80 feet. 1t has
been crosscut and found to be IA feet
in width. The average assay of the
} IA feet is $50 to the ton.
The last contract on the Monroe has
been finished, and the superintendent
: is awaiting instructions to let another
In the meantime the work is at a
standstill.
The clos ing down of the Bryan &
) Sewall is due to the fact that few OF
the stockholders have been furnishing
all the money to carry on the work
and are tired of doing so.
2 British Columbia.
The White Elephant, situated or
!, Mcdonald creek, a tributary of Hors,
t Thief creek, in the Wildemere country
S has been bonded by T. Starbird foi
e $4,000 from Fred West and B. Wash
burn.
e Throughout the SLOGAN the trails
e and wagon roads are rapidly breaking
S up. In but few cases ito is possible t
4 employ animals. For this reason tn,
e Whitewater has been forced to temper
!, arily discontinue shipments.
n The SLOGAN Star has force of mel
n putting the mill in shape to resume op
g erations ABOUT the goth.
e The SLOGAN Sear started its concen
traitor last week.
r Work on the TURKS group, on Goa
t mountain, back of New Denver, ha
: commenced, several men being EN-
d commence on, containing very higl
e grade ore.
l. The ore shipments over the Kaslo
S SLOGAN Tor the week ending April got
It amounted to 545 tons, being made b
:. the following mines: Payne, 313 tons
IS Last Chance, 80 tons; Rambler, 4
# tons; Whitewater, SO tons; and Jacl
p son, Is tons.
S The No. tunnel of the Mascot, a
1t Rossland, is in $50 feet. There is n
g important change in the ground. Th
a winze is now down so feet on the hans
1t ing wall, and there is a showing {
4 three feet of solid ore in the bottom.
t On the Rathmullen group, in tn
1t Boundary, development work at pre-
" ent is confined to the Maple Leaf CLAIM
i The shaft is down &C feet.
Work on the Elise, near Ymir, wi
is be continued on the drift along tn
ID hanging wall which is in 60 feet. Til
is shaft and the tunnel have been col
pit nected at the 125-foot level.
re Union group, situated on Wildemel
mountain, B. c., a large copper prop
lie sition, will commence developmeI
g. work about April goth.
re The first shipment of ore from I'll
v SLOGAN Star that has been made
81 many months was sent out last wee
and consisted of six carloads. TIL
IT ore was taken out in the course of r
cent development. 1t is now though
ne possible to start the mill on the 25t