The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-01-14

ssSms Hrom the Rich RigioAs Of the Pc.
else Northwest, News Erem An che
Principle MisipG camps-Psssenais--
Atnisg Notes.
A eollaPsible ambulance or streteher for
conveying the injured from underground
workings IL ono Of the latest appliances.
The stretcheF consists Of an oak frame
with eoPPered.irOE gauzs In the nature
Of . spring.
Metals In Idaho.
Ths BOise assay Offices estimate Of the
production Of metals In Idaho for the
year 1898 IL given a. followsi Gold e.
e7s.70e. silver t7,740y 900, lead e5,37S,7S6;
total 1899. ASS. The increase over 1897
was sL070,67O.
New Air cOmpressoS.
The air compressor machinery for the
Mountain Lion In Republic camp Il ca
Pected TO arrive about the 10th inst. This
property IL well along In development
and makes q hns showing. The 7OO-foot
tunnel has cut ledge 30 feet wide show
Ing values Of R6 10 go 70 the ton.
The Alexandria strike.
A rich strike Il reported on the Alex.
AndriA, near SLOGAN City, q property own.
ed BY d. X. Mcdonald, the well known
Spokane mining man. A 5-ioot body Of
high grade gold and silver ore IL said 70
have been uncovered at = depth 81 90
iest.
saIvsreon Ore vaIsea.
The ore shipments from Eilyertoa dur.
ing 1898 sxeeedsd ! 900 tons, returning q
aet value Of eI2S.Ooo 70 the owners.
Judging from the amount Of development
york done and ore blocked in the mines
In the vicinity Of slveTton, the Silver
toaisn believes 81 100000 worth Of ore
wtll be shipped out In 1899.
Trail SHELTER ShiDmeat.
The Trail smdter shipped 70 New York
few days ago. copper matte AggrssAting
In weight SS5,A5s pounds, and Of an ap-
Proximate value Of 100000. Regular
weekly shipments will hereafter he made
from the smeltsr 10 New York 70 be re-
aned and coined. This h the first large
shipment from the smelter under the new
Canadian Pacific railway Management
samples fer nlOeaa.
A nodeTnly equipped sampler for So
can lake is now an assured thing. II viii
Be- located at Rosebery. the ideal site
Of the SLOGAN. will be built by American
capital. and Will be In operation by the
end Of February. Its capacity vii be 100
tons . day. the machinery for treating
the ores Of the latest automatic working,
add unlimited capital IL behind the ua.
dsstAking. 20 there Il no doubt Of its sue
sess from the start
Copper Greek District.
Tho biggest mining deal ever made In
Clark county vas contaminated this
week. The Ida Martin mine, owned BY
hooal parties, located In Copper Greek
district, two miles from Vancouver, was
sOlj To Spokane capitalists. who have CT
gained = company known as the sPo-
Kane Mining. Milling 4 Development
Company. The representative Of the com.
T.any VI no made the deal il W. II. KeaT-
ney. United States s.sfs,tor Ctcr.c Tur-
ner Is said TO be intsreged in the deal.
Newport PreS@Fsies.
The Conquest shipped q carload Of ore
last week. and teams are steadily engag-
ed In hauling ore and banking Il at the
steamboat landing for future shipment.
Twelve men are at work on the Conquest
and work has been resunaCd on the lower
tunnel which is being driven toward the
ledge. There was but little jumping and
relocating Of claims in the Conquest dis
tTict New Years, assessment work hav.
Ing been generally done and most Of the
claims being considered too valuable in
view Of the outlook In The camp 10 take
any chances on losing.
Properties Near CheIan.
Il is learned from william II. Burno,
one al the owners, that development
WOrk Is steadily progressing On the Eu.
reka group Of mines, whkh is situated
mar ChelAn Falls, In Douglas county,
Wash. -Four new lodges have been found
on the Little Jim and Dolly claims. one
IS tcs4 vide Of solid ore. said 70 be steel
Eaiena; one 81 feet wide, carrying Ane.
grained cube iron, showing gold and ma
tive copper, and plenty Of Il, TO TIN naked
eye; another nine feet wide, Of brown
quartz, showing gold and copper, and the
fourth. slx feet wide. carries cube silver.
The dykes are heavily minsraliEai and
there are also three stTingers showing
good ore. Work has also been started to
sink a shaft In the Crystal Cave 70 un'
cover lodges known TO be there. The lat.
ter IL q material curiosity. Its opeing
was discovered by the Arst settlers In
that region and looked more like an old
well than anything else. A year or two
ago some parties concluded 10 explore Il.
and In removing the accumulated rub
bish at the tDDttom Of the hole, among
which were pieces Of mineral Aoat and
pctrihed wood. discovered . great crack,
between shelving rocks, out Of which air
currents issued, similar TO the Wind
caves Of Dakota. A descent was made
some rs feet by means Of a rope. which
disclosed still further mineral indications,
but 90 far ~ known the Investigation
was not pushed further at the time.
Montana Mines.
The November output Of the Montana
Mining company was 1000 ounces Of gold
and s1,SIo ounces Of silver. frOm 1850
tons Of ore crushed, and II ,SS7 tons Of
talllnRs from the dana The tailingA
plant eloaed for the winter on DecembeT
i. The vaiae Of bullion from the ll,SS7
tons Of tailings was s4e,lo0, and the cost
o. treatment el0Iosa. The total bullion
produced Il valued at e03,0Ooi the sx'
penas were soo,sOO. leaving net profit
Of 81, 100.
Montana 10 one Of the richest mining
..o.lons AZ NJ world. Last year Il added