The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-04-15

some Of the Silver King ore that car.
ries considerable silver but practically
no copper.
The ore shipments over the Kaslo &
Slocan railway for last week amount
ed to 463h tons. being made by the
following mines; Last Chance. 140
tons; Payne. 206A tons; Rambler, 81
tons; Jackson, As tons; Reco, 20 tons;
Liberty Hill, 15 tons.
In the Beatrice tunnel and shaft in
the Trout Lake country, there is q
splendid showing of ore. From the
very grass roots this property has paid
and when supplies are packed up and
the men get to work, ore will be se-
cured rapidly from the present body.
During February 2,445 tons of ore
run through the Whitewater concen-
TRAITOR, producing 276 tons of concen.
trates. The shipments were 285 tons,
and the returns from 242 tons amount
ed to $12,590. The approximate profit
on the months working was $4,250.
For the Is days ending March 3 the
following were the results of opera
tions at the Hall Mines smelter: 2.458
tons of Silver King ore and six tons Of
purchased ore were smelted; contain
ing, approximately, Silver King ore
54 tons "copper" $500 ounces silver;
purchased ore, etc., one ton copper, 130
ounces silver, seven ounces gold.
The Noble Five is waiting for water
to start the cOncentratOr. The bins
and pockets are full and two weeks
The Ruth company Is making ar
rangements to commence the construc-
tion of its tram and concentrator at an
early day. T. Mitchell, who built the
Comstock and many other concen-
traitors in the SLOGAN, has the contract
for the Ruth concetrator.
Buffalo Hump Notes.
Around the mountain travelling IL
very difficult. Every one has to get
out and break trail for the horses and
the animals frequently sink up to
their necks in the snow. From Elk
the trail has been kept well broken by
travellers. There Is considerable ac-
tivity at Badger, where the Big Buffalo
company is getting out It's mill and
moving 1t to the Hump.
The Big Buffalo shaft is down 36
feet, but for the last few feet values
have deprecated. Mr.. Sweeny says
that the latest showings are disap-
pointing, but the work will proceed,
although the size Of the shaft will be
reduced and the force Of miners will
be not more than IL men.
The news of finding lower grade ore
beneath the sensationally rich ore of
the surface has caused considerable
comment here but has not served to
aampen the ardor of owners of other
claims.
1t Is said that the ore in the bottom
of the shaft Is more heavily mineral
lied than above, and carries enough
gold to make the property a dividend
payer If the values now shown in the
bottom of the shaft hold out. Definite
| information as to values could not be
obtained.
MINING NOTES.
Discoveries of copper ore near Sails
bury, N. c., at the Union gold mines,
are exciting intense interest and
claims are made that the supply will
equal the famous Calumet and Hecla
and Anaconda mines.
1t is known that negotiations are
pending for the reopening Of what is
commonly called the Whitlatch Union
mine, the property Of the National
Mining and Exploring company, which
Is located at the head of Gro Fin0
gulch, about four miles south of Hell
ena.
Twenty-Five cans of black powder.
used in blasting at the construction
works at Point Richmond, CAL, on the
Valley road, exploded last week.
James Hogan was killed and Thomas
Keefe burned SO badly he will die.
Dan Quin, the superintendent, was
burned about the face and arms, but
will recover.
The ore shipments from Rossland
for the week ending April 8th are as
follows: LIE Roi to Northport, 2,376;
War Eagle, to Trail, 468; Iron Mask.
to Trail, 10S; total, 1852 tons. Total
shipments for the year to April 9Th
were 22,036 tons. The ore shipments
for the past week hold up fairly well.
considering that the War Eagle has
not been able to commence shipping in
earnest. There are over 1000 tons OF
broken ore in the workings yet, and II
will be another week before the War
Eagle is in position to run along
with the LIE Roi.
The following is a list Of the diff
erent classes of business now In Repub
lie: General merchandise, 8; barber
shops, g. paints and paper. /; dry
goods and shoes, 4; saloons, IL; hotels
8; theaters, 2; real estate and brokers
10; lawyers, 6; restaurants, 10; fruit
!. stands and cigars, A; grocery. /; hard
) ware and tinware, q; newspapers, 8;
!. lodging houses, 8; telephone offices, 1;
: assay offices, 5; stables 8; drug stores
3; meat markets, q; bank. L; dentists
: q; news stand and books, 1; millinery
: 2; dressmakers, 4; jewelers. and watch