The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-11-04

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district. has been bonded to Montreal
capitalists and viii BE- developed thia
| winter.
There In much satisfaction In Brit.
ish Columbia that the lie Roi. the ban
ner mine Of the province. has an
nOuneed that Il viii resume dividends.
One Of the notable aerial tramWaya Of
the British Columbia mines ID to be
erected In the North Star. near kim
berley. It will be s.20o feet In length.
The Quebec Boundary Mining com
pany Ii pushing work on the Straw
berry and Orphan Boy claims which II
recently acquired.
In spite Of the longeontinued strike
more than 700 miners are at work In
the SLOGAN. Nearly all OF them are en-
ployed on mines not included In the
Owners Association.
Cascade prospectors should know
that II the demand and use OF copper
Increases at the same ratio during the
next ten years rs IL has in the past de-
cade. the present production will have
to be doubled to meet the demand.
In the final settlement Of the affairs
Of the o. X. company, Sheep Greek, the
creditors viii be paid In full. but the
shareholders viii receive nothing, al.
though their stock represents an invest.
ment OF IS and 80 cents per share.
The Humming Bird. north fork of
the Kettle river, has a 200-foot incline
shaft In the bottom the vein has be-
come almost vertical. and the twelve
feet OF ore measured Is claimed to aver.
age $40 ton. There are 1000 tons ON
the dump and 1900 Of this class Of ore
on the dump.
Already the output OF Rossland camp
has passed the 5000 ton mark, and 1t
may soon be expected to equal 10000
tons per week. The LIE Roi has doub-
led its capacity. and will in future ship
400 tons daily from the mine alone.
Meanwhile shipments from the dump
Will be made at the rate Of 300 tons
per day, in addition. 20 that the mine
will actually ship 1900 tons per week.
The War Eagle il producing 1000
tons per week. and the Centre Star can
be relied upon to furnish at least 1000
tons weekly until its hoist Is in place,
when the output will be equal to the
War Eagles. These three mines-The
lie Roi. War Eagle and the Centre Star
will ship 1900 tons per week, or over
1000 tons daily. and this is not all, for
when the War Eagle and the Centre
Star make their contemplated improve
ments. it will bring the output Of Ross
land up to 10000 tons per week.
These figures do not include the pro
duction Of the Iron Mask, !. X. l., Vir-
ginia. Columbia and Kootenay, or the
Josie and No. 1. which are preparing
to join the shippers.
The increase in the output Of the lie
Roi is made possible by improvement
in the shaft The knuekle on the 800
foot level has been cut away and the
skip can be raised clear to the surface
at full speed-1500 feet per minute. Su-
perintendent Wilson started work with
a full force. after The recent shutdown
for repairs.
MINING NOTES
Nevada's mining outlook has never
been so favorable
Zinc ore has been found in McPher.
son county, Kansas.
Southern California has 1000 mines
and prospects in operation.
Operations have been resumed on the
Geld Hill claim, near Keller.
Idaho also comes forward with big
tunnel enterprises in the older gold re-
gions OF the state
The Rocky Mountain states are now
entering upon the most prosperous per
iod in their history.
Last year $500, 900 pounds Of alum
mum, valued at $1,716,O00, were pro
duced in the United States.
A contract for 150-foot shaft on the
Delhi, q promising property ON Shaw
mountain, near Boise, Idaho, has been
let Indications are promising.
A dredge Is being erected by the
Florence Gold Mining company at Flor.
ence, Idaho. The number Of dredges
in the state il increasing rapidly.
Ore similar to that of Index, and in
large quantities, Is reported to have
been found in the Leavenworth dis
trict, on the east side Of the Cascades.
The Magnolia group on Miller noun
tain, has been bonded 10 q Boston COM
pany for $4,000, the company agree
ing to extensively develop the proper
ty this coming winter.
The copper belt which crosses the
country Just south Of Mullan, Idaho, is
attracting good deal Of attention. II
has already been shown that there are
a number Of veins running through
there which carry ore assaying well In
gold and copper on the surface. The
only question is as to whether they will
carry their values with depth.
The United States still occupies the
second place as silver producing coun-
try, to which 1t was relegated by Mex
leo in 1897. In 1898 1t produced 54,43s..
900 ounces fine Of silver, with a com
mercial value Of s32.11s.4o0. against the
Mexican production of 56,73S, 900
ounces fine, with a commercial value Of
$33.475.4OO. Together they produced 81
per cent Of the worlds product.
The following table shows the pro
duction Of gold and silver In the prin-
cipal producing countries Of the world
during the year 1898:
Silver