Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1899-12-29

force Of 20 men on his payroll prepar.
Ing buildings and foundations for the
new machinery plant. He has nearly
completed the construction Of water
tank 70 hold 5000 gallons. Water will
be taken from DeAdwood creek. . dis.
sance % 400 feet and pumped up To
the tank. He has already laid about
1000 feet OF piping.
D. d. Blrks. the secretary Of the
Royal Gold Mines. Limited. received
word that q rich find OF free gold had
been uncovered at the foot u the work.
Ing shaft on the Empire group. seven
miles south OF Rossland.
Mr. Graves says OF the railroad spur
which In built 10 the Knob Hill. pass.
Ing over the ground Of the Victoria and
Old IronsIdes. both owned by his com.
pany. This necessitated q cut around
the brow Of the knoll and II ran 700
feet In solid ore. bending In crescent
shape around the hill. with 500 feet
In a straight line between the points
and where the cut left the ore. This
cut varies from two TO fifteen feet
depth anu nothing shows In 1t but ore.
In spite Of many delays and draw
backs" Mr.. Graves said. I'VE are still
quite confident that we shall begin
smelling ore at Grand Forks the last
Of February. About q third Of our
machinery IL on hand. The railway
people have been hampered by lack Of
rolling stock. which has delayed de-
livery OF the machinery. The spur to
Phoenix camp IL not completed, but
will 10 done about January l. Two
spurs are being built to accommodate
the Old Ironsides and Victoria and the
other to the Knob HILL"
A few weeks ago the Mountain View
claim. In Summit camp. was bonded
TO John Dorsey for $4,000, the bond
requiring the Immediate commence
ment Of development work. This has
bech done and three shifts are EN-
pl0yed In sinking q shaft. which is
down 80 feet Assays give 332 and $3a.
the values being largely In copper. The
Mountain View adjoins the now fam.
than year ago for $4,000 to the
McQuaig syndicate OF Montreal. It has
q splendid surface showing and In I'm.
proving under development. Early In
tho year II will be supplied with an
air compressor. hoist. etc.
The Deadwood Gold Copper Com.
pany has made an important strike ON
the 1t. Lawrence mineral claim. which
adJoins the Mother Lode on the north.
They started short time ago to do
surface work and have shown up very
fine showing OF surface ore similar In
character TO that Of the Mother lode.
Tho width has not yet Seen determined.
The men are nov engaged In stripping
the vein. but IL or 15 feet OF nne look.
Ing ore has been disclosed. II In sup
posed that the 81. Lawrence has a con-
tinuation OF tho Mother Lode vein. a.
Il lies directly north and the lead IL In
tho Same direction.
The machinery has arrived for the
War Eagle mine In the Phoenix mining
camp.
MINING NOTEs.
Rich ore has been opened on King
Solomon In Okanoxan. on q famous old
group.
Another good strike has been made
on the Nine-Milc Mining Company's
property near Wallace. Idaho.
A sale involving n one half interest
In the Cash Cole group OF claims ut
Birch creek. was closed In Lewiston,
Idaho. last week.
Ore has been found In tho Toughnut,
which In about u mile north OF the
Father Lode. and Ii supposed to DO on
the same ledge az the Sunset near Wal.
lace
Colonel s, W. Ray OF Port Arthur,
Ont. has purchased tho hex mine ut
Snmpter. Ore. for the neat figure OF
100000. The nrst payment Of several
thousand dollars In gold was made on
the spot.
Workmen down from tho banner.
near Wallace. report that they have ga
lena specked all through the face of
their crosscut tunnel. although they
have not yet cut tho vein. Fifty or Is
feet back OF where they are now they
found considerable galcna In = stringer
which they cut.
Judge Clancy OF Butte. In tho district
court. has dissolved tho temporary re-
order issued In tho suit Of
Bnrdette o'Connor. against tho Ana.
conda company TO prevent the company
working certain portions Of the Cop
per Trust claim. which Is alleged to
overlap parts OF the ST. Lawrence aud
Anaconda claims.
The Silver King mill At Kellogg. Ida
no. has boon running occasionally for
several days. but. ~ In usual In start.
Ing up new properties. = number Of
changes are found necessary. The sup-
ply Of water In also rather short and
the utmost economy viii b. necessary
In Its use 1t this season.
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