The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-09-02

HtW dll compressor anu nlcIIlilC VI
are working to perfection.
A plan of increasing development is
now being carried out at the No. l at
Rossland.
The news from the Tamarac at Ymir,
continues to be of an encouraging char
acter.
The owners of the Queen group.
which joins the Yellowstone mine near
Ymir, are in good spirits over the re-
cent showings.
On the Arlington, near Erie, full
force of men are at work. Work on
the shaft continues, and the workings
ere below the 5OO-foot level.
There is every prospect that work
will be resumed upon the property of
the Iron Colt Mining Company at Ross
land.
MINING NOTES.
Dixie camp is indeed looking very
bright.
The Crystal Butte mine. one and a
half miles south of Chesaw. Wash, has
put in a 10-stamp mill and concentra-
tor, which has commenced stamping
ore. The mill has capacity of 20 tons
per day.
Work has again commenced on the
Curlew mine at Victor, Montana, and 20
men are now employed sinking a new
double-compartment shaft.
1t is semi-officially announced from
Washington that the bureau of the
mint will shortly order a reduction to
be made in the charges for refining
silver at the government minis and as
say offices.
Spokane men have acquired half of
the Winslow property in the Buffalo
Hump camp.
John Gray, superintendent of the
Crystal mine, near FIT. Spokane, began
shipping ore this week, and has four
four-horse teams hauling the product
to Davenport.
The mill on the property of the Okla
hogan Free Gold Mines, limited, com
1nenced running August and will
make the first cleanup the last of the
month.
The Palmer mountain tunnel meas
> / uTeS ZAZO letl, anu 10 lndhlh6 obOu
10 feet per month.
A peculiar change is taking place
with the development of the Montana
the mine near Sylvanite, Montana
When this property was purchased i
9 had an excellent showing of silver-lea'
ore and the presence of any other min
eral unlocked for. News that ore car
!, wing high values in free gold is com
ing into the bottom of the tunnel ha
been received by the owners.
The Empire State Idaho Mining Co
declared it's regular monthly dividen
o August Is. This is the company pro
=, NOTED about year since by Clark
a Sweeny to take over the Last Chanc
q mine at Wardner.
\ A scarcity of lumber has delayed tn
building of ore bins at the Paine
mountain tunnel, and has somewhs
delayed drifting.
e, On the Kittie NJ, in Sheridan CAM
there is a shaft II feet in width. Tn
,e IS less than 600 feet from the Polar Sta
TT 1t is a promising property. There
lie d 10-foot shaft on the Pasco that show
3O-inch vein of ore that assays fro
is SIS to $500 per ton. The values al
lie largely silver
d. The tunnel that was recently starte
en- the Wanaconda property has bee
20 driven about rs feet along the ledg
n it is showing up fine body of good or
The tunnel will be driven 500 feet.
n A 40-horse power, double drum hoi
of has been received at the Pauper mil
near Silver City, Idaho.
OF The ore taken from the $50 foot lev
at in the Golconda mine at Sumpter, o
ut continues to be the wonder of the cam
et Another rich pocket was encounter
in the drift and several sacks of tn
is phenomenally rich ore were taken OF
Lp- 1t is estimated that 100000 worth W
sacked in an hours time. This in q
ng dltion to the strike some days as
he making over 100000 taken from t
drift.
lt- Alkire p O., (West Fork Was
mt has some claims and the camp is
on promising one.
en- The official report of the mineral p
duction of the United States for t
'rt calendar year 1898 has been made
on the geological survey.
as The development of mining interei
in the state of Washington during
S. last year have been of a character to
100 most satisfactory to every person int
ested, and to that public having the r
lie utation of the state for mineral dep
M IL at heart The most nroninf