The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-04-29
MINES AND MINING NEWS
OUR NORTHWESTERN MINES
Items Cleaned From the Late Reports
All Districts Are Being Developed-A
Prosperous Year Is Predicted-NIining
Notes and Personals.

"A
est has just been made by the commits
sioner of internal revenue at Washing |
ton, who declares that deeds for the
sale of unpatented prospects must be
stamped at the rate of so cents for each
$500 of the consideration. The ruling
is an important one, for in sales of
mining properties where the price runs
sary revenue stamps will be an item
of considerable expense.
The Okanogan country extends from
Lake Chelan on the south to the Cana
dian boundary line on the north, and
from the Colville Indian reservation on
the east to the Cascade mountains on
the west This territory is larger than
the state of Massachusetts and en-
braces a number of different mining
districts. known as the Twisp, Methow,
Similkameen, Chelan, Horseshoe, Ruby
and Slate Greek. The ores of these
districts are gold, copper and silver,
the two former metals predominating.
Gold and silver are always weighed
in troy-12 ounces to the pound, 4S0
grains to the ounce Gold is $20671S24
per ounce and $00430663 per grain.
One grain gold button from an assay
ton of ore, 4371b grains, one ounce
avoirdupols, is $1,3S712 for the ton of
ore, $4,000 ounces and $4,000 grains of
gold. One one-hundredth of one grain
gold button from same assay ton is
$137S12 for the ton. One-tenth of one
hundredth of one grain gold button
from same assay is $1.37S12 for ton.
The management of theZela M. Gold
Mining Co., of Sheridan camp, in the
Toroda district, is shipping about a
ton of sacked ore to the Tacoma smelt-
er for test. 1t is said it will average
between $500 and $400. The districts
of Toroda and Sheridan are within 80
miles of the Okanogan river, where a
good wagon road can be operated, and
if the river is opened for navigation by
small amount of dredging necessary,
the ore from many large properties in
operation can beshipped to the Sound
for treatment, at an advantage. This
improvement will be done by the gov
eminent this summer, as the appropri.
alton is available and the survey made
Work has again been started on the
Pingo, a gold and copper property To-
Gated about six miles west of Bossburg
on the slope of the Kettle river. About
300 feet of work has been done on this
property, and there is considerable
good ore in sight.
The experience of Jimmy Doyle, the
millionaire mayor of Victor, in the
Cripple Creek district, also illustrates
the element of luck in mine finding il
Colorado. Doyle, who had learned the
carpenters trade, but did not follow it
was driving a hack in Manitou wher
the Cripple Greek excitement began il
1891. In Colorado Springs was young
plumber named Jimmy Burns. The
two were acquainted, and together they
went to Cripple Greek to try theil
luck. Neither knew anything abou
mining. Battle mountain, near Vic
tor, was then covered with location
stakes. There was a piece of lane
comprising about One-sixth of an acr
that had no owner because it was con
sidered worthless. Doyle and Burn
took up this land in the belief tina
something was better than nothing
They sent for John Harmon, who wa
employed in driving a street scrape
in Colorado Springs, to come and he'll
them dig on their claim. Harmon
mining experience consisted of wha
he had learned as a child in picl1in
slate for the screens of Pennsylvani
! coal mines. For months the trio pu
in hard work sinking their shaft will
out sign of pay ore. Their acquaini
ances sought to discourage them, bu
t they persisted, and were rewarded b
| striking a vein that made them mi
{ lionaires.
The Last Chance is keeping up it
L splendid record of one car per day an
l from the appearance of the mine it
safe to say that the record will be keI
' up during the entire year. This or
f nets from 81 200 to $1,000 per car.
At meeting of the directors of tn
: Boston & Montana Mining Co., the rel
: ular quarterly dividend of 81 per shaI
+ was declared, as was also an extra di'
S idend of 81 per share, an increase of s
e per share over previous dividends.
4 The shaft at the Hunter in the Coeu
d'Alenes, is now down Is feet. 1t is
=. double shaft and some remarkably fir
S galena shows all through it.
/ On the Winnipeg mine In Wellingto
= camp they are down to the 300-foC
level and have crosscut a six-foot lede
/ and drifted on it in southerly dire
e ton so feet. The other workings CO.
/ sist of levels at the so and 100 foo
}. depths.