Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-05-06
MINES AND MINING CAMPS
METALS OF THE NORTHWEST
Items From the Rich Regions of the Pa.
cific Northwest, News From All tn.
Principle Mining Campa-Personals-
Mining Notes.

On the Palmer Mountain Gold Min.
ing and Tunnel Company's property,
the length OF the tunnel is 1921 feet
Eleven veins have been cut all show.
ing free gold ore. The present depth
attained is 900 feet.
The United Smelling & Refining
Company, which operates shelters at
East Helena and Great Falls. has exc
cuted to the American Smelling & Re.
fining Company, the recently organized
trust, deed to all it's property in Mon
tana. The consideration was not stated
Preparations are being made to mar.
ket the entire output of the Sanger
mine OF Union county, at the Baker
| City (Ore) sampling works. Hereto.
fore the mine has saved scarcely more
than $40 per ton, and, a few DAYS ago,
two tons of the same character of ore
treated at the sampling works Melted
$82 per ton.
1t is safe to say that when a railroad
reaches the Okanogan river on the
route now being surveyed there will
be 30 properties ready to ship ores or
concentrates. Surely there is no I'M
certainty of traffic for the railroad
when it comes. For the work done
ana depth gained no country can make
better showing.
Last week witnessed the payment in
full of all money due on the Snowshoe
mine and properties at Libby, Mont, to
the original owners by Howard G.. Wal
ters. The entire aomount which has
been paid for these properties is $3.50.
600. The owners, however, pay a
commission to D. P. Bowers, formerly
lessee of the mine, which amounts to
nearly $4,000.
Since the snow disappeared many
parties have visited Sheridan camp
and it is said that considerable work
has been planned for the summer and
in several instances work has been
commenced. Some fine assays are ex-
hibited almost every day that have
been obtained from lodges that have
heretofore not been known to the min
ing world Last season less than half
a dozen claims were worked while the
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will be not less than twenty
CALIFORNIA; Mineral Output.
According to the report of the state
mining bureau the total mineral pro
duct of California for 1898 is valued al
$27,289, 079. In 1897 it was $25, 142441
in 1896 $24,2S1 1898, and in 1895 $22,
884,664. The gold product is placed al
$15,908,478, a slight increase over the
1851, 901 produced in 1897. AS the
drought of last year lessened the pro
duct by some millions this demon.
strates an active development of gold
mining. Copper takes second place for
the first cine with product of 21,543,.
229 pounds, valued at STATE, 1853, a very
great increase.
Quicksilver so long second in i'm
portance, holds third place. The pro-
duct increased to 1902 TASKS, worth
$1,188,626.
Canada as Gold Producer.
The rapidity with which Canada is
winning a place among the gold-pro-
ducing countries is shown by the re-
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1897 the Canadian output of gold was
$6,027,061; last year it has risen to
$13,700,00O, placing Canada in fifth
place among the gold countries. Of
this amount $10,000,O00 was taken out
of the Klondike. Official estimates
place the output from the Klondike
this year at $30,000,000, and British
Columbia is also expected to do much
better than in previous years, so that
Canadians hope that Canada will soon
be near the top. The yield of silver is
also growing larger from year to year;
in 1897 it was $3,323,395, supplied
chiefly by the British Columbia silver
mines.
! MOntana's Mineral OUTPUT.
Eugene B. Braden, governmental
statistician, has just issued his report
of Montanas metal product during
| 1898. There is an increase in the gold
output, but silver, copper and lead
show decreases as compared with the
preceding year. The totals are: Gold
$5,247,912, as compared with $4,469, 430
in 1897; silver, $19,159, 482, as compar-
ed with $4,469,430 in 1897; silver, S19,-
159, 4S2, as compared with $21, 73O, 40
in 1897; copper, $26,1O2,616, as COM
pared with $27,79S,913 in 1897; and
lead, $8O9,O55, as compared with $685..
619 in 1897.
There is an improvement in the pro-
duction of silver in mill bullion. but a
decrease in the output generally.
The decrease in the copper output is
20,179,1 1856 pounds, but the increased
price made the value of the lessened
quantity in 1898 nearly equal to the
product of 1897. The heaviest falling
off was suffered by the Anaconda com.