The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-10-14
crosscut 5S feet without the second wall
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crosscut 5S feet without the second wall
being struck.
Reports from the South half received
at Republic, are to the effect that in Da.
Wis camp on the Harvest claim. the
shaft is encountering ore which shows
conside, able native copper.
The bond on the Vulcan No. and
No. 2, lying q short distance southeast
OF the Mountain Lion. will be taken up
this week.
With the sinking of the winze on the
No. 3 tunnel on the Republic, new feat
ures are being encountered, principal
OF which Is the appearance of sylvanite
ore.
The Hit or Miss shaft is nearly 100 It.
in depth. The ledge is one of the fin.
est in the camp. The values are not
large, but they are growing steadily.
The average at this time Is about $40
per ton.
Work on the Delta has been carried
on some distance south of the shaft.
where there is large body CT quartz
cropping out. This shows an average
value of nearly 81 per ton.
Within 80 days the Princess Msud
Gold Mining Company expects to have
complete machinery plant installed.
with which development will go for
ward at about four times the speed Of
hand labor and with far greater ease.
There have been considerable guam
titles of free gold found in the Princess
Maud winze within the past few days.
The fine gold is found in the tellurldes
in almost every piece Of ore that comes
out, and the lead appears to be getting
richer.
MINING. NOTES.
Fully ESQ men are now employed In
the Buffalo Hump district.
The Buffalo, No. 3. one mile from
Cuprum, is yielding 60 per cent copper
ore at depth Of 80 feet. The owners
are shipping the ore.
The smelter at Mineral will be repair.
ed and resume operations as soon as
fire-brick arrive from Wales. Ordin'
ary fire-brick will not Withstand the ex
cessive heat. q.
The Ohio mine, located near the Co
lumbia, In the Bourne district, has
three men engaged in driving a tunnel
which will extend about 800 feet before
it reaches the ledge, which will be at q
depth of about 80 feet from the surface
The Robert Emmett mine at Cornu
copia is to be rapidly developed. Al
many men will be employed as can bt
economically used. The mine now has
crew of twenty men at work.
The Maud s. group Of four claims, ir
the Fort Steele country, about &c miles
above Trail, is reported OF have q vel
defined ledge of free-milling ore, som'
of which assays as high as $4,000 t.
the ton.
The expected strike in the Keep Coo
mine near Lakeview, on Lake Pend d
: Oreille, has been made, and 1t ia bigge
than the company anticipated.
The War Eagle has ordered twelv'
three-quarter Little Giant drills. Thi
l makes "a drills supplied the War Eagl
mine last month.
The Lodestar group in the Kaslo dis
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of 16 feet, which can be traced acros
the entire surface of the three claims
At depth, of 40 feet the ledge. Is % II
: wide. The ore carries gold, native si
yer. black sulphides Of silver and COZ
per. Gold can be seen with the make
eye.
!. An effort is being made at Sumpte
5 to build. a new sampling works. ]
e would cost about $1,000. and requir
about 30 days to erect. Many prospe'
!, tors have small quantities Of ore, bu
!, cannot afford to ship. because {reigh
= on small lots Is FIVE times as high as o
q carloads.
Five carloads of copper matte fror
the Hall Mines smelter are now
route over the Crows Nest Pass brauc
q to New York. The value Of the sh!l
ment Is given as In the neighborhoo
n Of $4,000.
!. Recent assays of ore from the Deco
v an In the Seven Devils district, 1dah
t are said to show 35 per cent coppe
l. The South Peacock showed 40 per cen
6 Active operations are In progress.
'. Concerning the existence OF gold
the Philippines, Reyes Lata, In la
It number of the Review of Review
d saws: "In certain regions there Is n
a stream. large or small, whose sant
r, do not show the yellow trace OF gol
# while now and then natives OF the y
II terror offer heavy nuggets Tor saie.