The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-10-21


The Centre Star management have
closed an order with the Canadian
Rand Drill. Company OF Sherbrooke
Quebec, for a Corliss compound 40-drill
compressor, to be delivered within five
months.
Electricity will soon be the motive
power in all the mines of Rossland- The
West Kootenay Company, which sup
plies the electricity used througout the
double its capacity, and by the last of
the month the plant should be produc-
ing 400 horse power.
The ST. Elmo compressor has arriv-
ed and is being installed.
The I. X. L. ore sent to the smelter
last week averages, it is said, S45 to the
ton
The low rate of $3.50 per ton offered
by the Northport smelter has stimu-
lated shipping.
Advices from Camp Mckinney state
that the ore encountered in the tunnel
in the Granite and Banner is richer
than any heretofore taken out
The Anchor and Enterprise, adjoln-
Ing the Jewel mine, in Long Lake
camp, will be vigorously developed at
an early date.
The No. 8 tunnel on the Majestic is
now in over 40 feet. This makes over
200 feet of work done on this property
this season.
A deal is pending for the purchase
OF the Blue Bell mine on Kootenay
lake, opposite Ainsworth. An English
syndicate has an option on the prop
erty.
The lie Roi has commenced building
a new tramway for shipping the second
grade ore that has accumulated for the
past three years. 1t is estimated that
there Is 10000 tons reaay on the
dump. This Is to be run off TO the
I Northport smelter at the rate of 600
tons per day, and will not interfere
with the regular mine shipments
which will be continued as usual The
ore runs about So on the average.
The Coxey management announces
that mine shipments to Northport will
commence this month and will be con
tinued until further notice. The ore
will be taken from the upper tunnel
The main vein of the Referendum
has been located.
MINING NOTES.
T r. A Graham Is prospecting vein o
@ coal on Five-Mile creek, Coos county.
y leA Index Is the banner copper camp o
l. the northwest This is the decision o
e the expert judges appointed to judg
( the big mineral exhibit at the Spokan
+ Industrial Exposition. who, afte
spending an entire day In the inspeS
@ ton of the mineral department toda
d announced that the Index exhibit wa
q awarded the first prize on copper ore
h The Calumet Copper Company c
4 SpringdaIe is sinking on Its claim.
8 three miles east from the Clevelan
N mine, and is taking out some fine col
per ore, carrying gold. The shaft
10 down 65 feet. and work will be COZ
N tinued all winter. Spokane and Ros
IF land parties have the property Blondes
0. The state of Washington has carrie
N of the first prize. a handsome gol
re medal for the best display in the mil
eral department of the exposition. Bri
"a ish Columbia was a close second, an
"a the state of Oregon third.
ia The most fabulous assay obtaine
NJ from ore in Washington is reporte
& from Slate creek, a recent test fro
er the Eureka sylvanite yielding $lSC
20 900 tonnage value. What is more r
markable still, a disinterested visit'
Is who ran the ore through the crucibl
q reports an abundance of it in sight
or One of the largest mills in eith'
u Oregon or Washington will commen'
ne operations on November l in the Co
ed gar mine, Grant county, Ore.
,e. Discussing the situation in the ire
es and metal trades the Iron Age say
at Our monthly blast furnace repo
tie shows that the weekly capacity of Il
coke and anthracite furnaces on Oct
Der had gone up to 227, 42S gross ton
or 1O,758 tons above the September Fl
ure. In other words. the preparation
% for production are telling. In the sou
~ a number of small plants will drop
-. from month to month, but they do n
~ count for much. Furnace stocks ha
declined further. thus showing tn
consumption is still crowding the oil
20 put.
ng Muster ont October 81.
ne Got 1G-Tha ri,