Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-12-30

depth OF over 500 feet The Porto Rico
mine has been temporarily shut down.
John Dorsey has bonded the Noun
tain View in Summit camp for $25, 900. |
II is an old location, and adjoins the
b. c, mine. There Is a 30-foot tunnel
and number of open cuts on the prop
| erty. A series of assays gave values of
$l1 80 per ton in gold and copper. De
velopment work Is in progress.
At the Sunset mine in Deadwood
camp Superintendent Johns has
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 TO hold 5000 gallons. Water will
be taken from Deadwood creek, a dis
lance of 400 feet and pumped up to
the tank. He has already laid about
1000 feet of piping.
ID. d. Birks, the secretary of the
Royal Gold Mines, Limited, received
word that rich find of free gold had
been uncovered at the foot of the work
ing shaft on the Empire group, seven
miles south of Rossland.
| Mr.. Graves says of the railroad spur
which Is built to the Knob Hill, pass
ing over the ground Of the Victoria and
Old Ironsides, both owned by his com
pany. This necessitated a cut around
the brow of the knoll and 1t ran TOO
| feet in solid ore, bending in crescent
shape around the hill, with 500 feet
in straight line between the points
of the curve where the ore was entered
and whore the cut left the ore. This
cut varies from two to fifteen feet
| depth ana nothing shows in 1t but ore
I'm 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 third of our
machinery is 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 is not completed, but
will be 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
to John Dorsey for $4,000, the bond
requiring the immediate commence
| ment of development work. This has
been done and three shifts are EN-
ployed in sinking a shaft, which is
down 50 feet. Assays give $32 and $34.
the values being largely in copper. The
Mountain View adjoins the now fam
Gus B. c. mine, which was sold less
than year ago for $4,000 to the
McQuaig syndicate of Montreal. It has
splendid surface showing and Is i'm
proving under development. Early in
the year 1t will be supplied with an
air compressor, hoist. etc.
The Deadwood Gold Copper Com
pany has made an important strike on
the st. Lawrence mineral claim. which
adjoins the Mother Lode on the north
They started a short time ago to do
surface work and have shown up a very
fine showing of surface ore similar in
character to that of the Mother Lode.
| The width has not yet been determined.
The men are now engaged in stripping
the vein, but II or Is feet of fine look
ing ore has been disclosed. 1t is sup
posed that the st. Lawrence has a con-
tinuation of the Mother Lode vein, as
it lies directly north and the lead is In
the 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 Okanogan, on a famous old
group.
Another good strike has been made
on the Nine-Mile Mining COmpany's
property near Wallace, Idaho.
A sale involving a one-half interest
in the Cash Cole group of claims at
Birch creek, was closed in Lewiston,
Idaho, last week.
Ore has been found In the Toughnut,
which is about mile north of the
Father Lode. and is supposed to be on
the same ledge as the Sunset near Wal
lace.
Colonel S. w. Ray of Port Arthur,
Ont, has purchased the hex mine at
Sumpter, Ore, for the neat figure of
100000 The first payment of several
thousand dollars In gold was made on
the spot.
Workmen down from the Banner
near Wallace, report that they have ga
lena specked all through the face of
their crosscut tunnel, although they
have not yet cut the vein. Fifty or IS
teet back of where they are now they
found considerable galena in a stringer
which they cut.
Judge CLANCY OF Butte. in the district