The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-01-07

conully, took up from Brewster blower
and load Of air pipe for use in the mira.
He stated that an assay in their present
tunnel-just surface oregave @37 80 per
ton in gold and l43 per cent copper.
They expect much better assays from the
ore body itself, which they win tap about
February lst, at the 600-foot level.
nuRAlo Hump Trall.
A move was inauguratsd In Crangsville
on Christmas day to open raw hide
trail to Buffalo Hump. A subscription Of
$500 cash was quickly raised and Sam I.
Silverman, who represents large Spokane
mining interests, will duplicate the sum.
1t has been decided to keep the road open
all winter to the Buffalo Hump camp.
Great Northern Mine.
The Great Northern mine on Douglas
mountain, about six miles north Of this
city, has six feet Of ore in the face of the
main tunnel that will assay across the
face $45 in gold and copper. The width
Of the vein is not known, but the own.
ers estimate, based on the surface show.
ing, that it is no less than 30 feet.
Mining Notes.
The Ruth, in SLOGAN, has been shipping
steadily all summer and fall.
The Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining
Company declared q dividend Of 81 WV.
A number OF Murray miners got sa.
ployment at the Burton during last week.
The mining industry in the Newport
district, Idaho, is advancing in impor.
tance.
The Transvaal, South Africa, yielded
$57 ,5SS,6lO in gold for the first nine
months Of this year.
| The dredge that has been in operation
near Warm Springs, Idaho, yielded Sx4O
day above expenses.
William Dashley has bonded the Tiger
lode in the Garnet district for $2O,O0O and
is sinking on the ledge.
The first cleanup OF the Athabasca mill
produced = gold brick valued at nearly
$S,OOO in 2s-day run.
Michigan's great copper producer, the
Calumet h Aecla, has paid to date total
Of $55, 5,S5O,OOO in dividends.
Crows Nest Coal shares advanced D
to SO during last month. None, however
are being offered at that figure.
Three tons Of ore from the Pathfinder,
in the Boundary district, were taken to
Trail last week for smelter test.
The first gold quartz mine operated In
California with machinery IL claimed for
Col. Chiffon, near Placsrville, In lS49.
The Homestake in the Black Hills, g.
Dakota, has paid total IN dividends Of
$7,llS,75O and the Highland $3,784,7ls.
Two strong companies are said TO b.
negotiating for the Enterprise mine NEAR
Silverton. The owners value 1t ut $780,.
OOO.
The Roszana Mining Company has let
contract for $1,000 worth of work on
the property Of the company in Republic
camp.
The TigerP Poorman Mining Company
Of Burke has declared its December divi-
dend of two cents share, amounting to
$4,000.
The Payne, Of the SLOGAN, has shipped
about $1,000 tons of high grade ore the
past year, which it ia claimed will net the
owners 500 per ton.
Messrs. Ross and Fox have purchased
the Williams and Bell stage system, which
has been running between Grand Forks
and Marcus and Bossburg, Wash.
The wages paid by the LIE Roi mine last
month was $27 900, and other expenses Of
running amounted to 81 900 more Ths
number Of men then employed was 800.
The director of the U. 8. mint estimates
that the increase this year in the gold
production Of the United States, South
Africa and Australia will be 5000, 900
over that Of 1897.
Republic camp Is becoming popular IN
Toronto. The daily papers of that city
TEEN with advertisements of brokers and
: operators who have stocks and mining
: interests in the camp for sale.
The Last Chance, Frisco, Standard. You
Like, Morning, Black Bear and Mammoth
no doubt also pay dividends this month
but they are not made public in most In
stances until the close of the year.
:. 1t is reported that 9-foot ledge wa
a struck in the Little Spokane tunnel, Troy
e Montana, district, of which feet is ship
n ping ore. Should the report be verified
: it will greatly stimulate mining in that
locality.
: 1t is reported that rich strike wa
5 made in the 6O0-foot level of the Lucky
3 Boy mine at Custer, Idaho. last week
The ore body is said to be nearly four fee'
in width and runs from $l25 to $50 II
gold per ton.
J The Morning Glory at Republic Il fal
: richer than ever. Free gold glistens al
g over the rock. The immensity Of thu
strike almost surpasses belief. Specimen
8 taken from the shaft last week will assay
e away up in the thousands.
;, The Crystal mine, half mile from Fort
8 Spokane, near the mouth Of the Spokana
e river, is showing full face Of galena orr
8 which runs 1923 across the ledge ~ far q
opened. This is the news which Superin
tendent Gray brings down from th'
t property.
+ Work on the tunnel Of the coal min
t being developed by Messrs. James 4 Hop
d per, on John Leavell's place, short dis
d tance from Castle Rock, is reported to b.
Q progressing nicely, while the quality o
l. coal is gradually growing better - great