The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-07-22

until on the 9Th the workmen struck
richer body of ore, and it is now said
to be looking fine.
British Columbia
A fifty-ton concentrator is under
construction within six miles of Ross |
,and.
On one of the claims in the Delphine
group, on the north fork of Toby creek, |
about 20 miles from Wildemere, a shaft
is down lao feet, and between 80 and
100 feet of drifts have been run from a
level about so feet down. Besides the
outcrop on the surface has been strip
ped 1,160 feet
Wildermere district, In East Kooten-
ay, is attracting a good deal of atten
ton from both prospectors and men
looking for prospects.
SLOGAN is looking brighter than for
some time past, and since some of the
properties have commenced work the
general feeling seems much more hope
full
The Ymir mine surveyors are survey
ing wagon road up the north fork of
Wild Horse creek, which is very liber-
al, as the extension of the Ymir mines
road is of no actual benefit to the COM
pany. 1t may be stated in this con-
nection that the government, in the
matter of the construction of roads,
will put up dollar for dollar with the
claim holders.
The pack train is bringing each day
a load of ore from the Iamarac
On the Velvet mineral claim, near
Greenwood, in Deadwood camp, a six
foot ledge Is in sight carrying values
of over 500. Only % feet of work has
been done, but it has put about Is tons
of pay ore on the dump.
Three men are steadily at work on
the Tiger, in Summit camp. A shaft
is down So feet and a crosscut is being
run to ascertain the width of the ledge.
A. Lorne Beecher, general manager
of the Deer Park, Rossland, has let all
the staff at the property go, with the
exception of three men, who will be
kept at work until he receives fuller
instructions.
The deal which has long been pend
ing for the controlling interest in the
! st. Eugene mine by the Gooderham-
Blackstock syndicate, has been con-
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confirmed by James Cronin, manager
of the property. The deal, as near as
can be learned, is for 60 per cent inter-
est in the property on basis of $780,
600 for the mine. This is the lowest
price ever paid for a mining property
in East Kootenay. The ST. Eugene
mine was discovered in the summer of
1898 by an Indian named Peter and
was located by Father Cocola, the In
dian missionary, and James Cronin,
the present manager. Later the Indi-
an and the priest sold their interests
to John A. Finch, and others of Spo-
kane, for $4,000.
A large compressor plant is shortly
to be installed at the Ymir mine.
The Yellowstone mine at Salmo has
conformed to the Union scale of wages
and is now paying its miners $3.50 per
eight-hour shift.
Owing to the late cold spring, min
ing operations have been slower than
usual in the Lake Chelan section, but
active work is now commencing in sew
eral of the camps. The trail up Rail-
road creek was in bad condition, but a
force of men working for five days
cleared it of fallen trees and dead tim
Der, so that a horse can be ridden to
the very head of the valley.
MINING NOTES.
Palmer Mountain Gold Mining &
, Tunnel Co. is in 1000 feet.
News is received from Bohemia Or,
of another rich strike of free gold in
the Music mine. The strike was made
, in the west end of No. level, which
has 500 feet of tunnel.
Work was resumed on theSt. Law
rence-Richmond tunnel, Saltese, Mont,
again the first of the month after a
shutdown to get in supplies and fix
things up little on the outside.
Rasmus Nelson sends word of his
discovery of an eight-foot ledge in
Slaughterhouse gulch, near Susans
Vile, Grant county, Or, assaying $4,000
to $4,000 to the ton in free gold. The
yellow metal is visible to the casual OBJ
server. The discoverer is a pioneer
resident of the Susansville district
Z The new find is so located that it will
be easy to develop. Mining experts
, now investigating the camp, predict
that great wealth will be uncovered.
! An exciting time, amounting almost
! to stampede, is taking place in the
T Syndicate camp in the Burnt Greek
$ district, of Central Idaho. The re
$ markable development of the Syndi