The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-11-04

erected in the North Star, near Kim
berley. 1t will be $500 feet in length
The Quebec-Boundary Mining COM
pany is pushing work on the Straw
berry and Orphan Boy claims which it
recently acquired.
In spite of the long-continued 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 If the demand and use of copper
increases at the same ratio during the
next ten years as it 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 will be paid in full, but the
shareholders will receive nothing, al
though their stock represents an invest
ment of 25 and 30 cents per share.
The Humming Bird, north fork of
the Kettle river has 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 1000 of this class of ore
on the dump.
Already the output of Rossland camp
has passed the 5000 ton mark, and it
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 200 tons
per day, in addition, so that the mine
will actually ship 1900 tons per week.
The War Eagle is producing 1000
tons per week, and the Centre Star can
be relied upon to furnish at least 1000
tons weekly until it's 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, l. 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 knuckle on the 300
foot level has been cut away and the
| al 90 Io r,~fo aa
at full speed-1500 feet per minute. SUI
perintendent Wilson started work with
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 mine:
and prospects in operation.
Operations have been resumed on the
= Gold 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 100000 pounds of alum
! mum, valued at $1,716,OOO, were pro
duced in the United States.
= A contract for 150-foot shaft on the
y Delhi, promising property on Shaw
: mountain, near Boise, Idaho, has beer
:, let. Indications are promising.
;, A dredge is being erected by thu
. Florence Gold Mining company at Flor
ence, Idaho. The number of dredgei
= in the state is increasing rapidly.
Ore similar to that of Index, and il
large quantities, is reported to hav'
a been found in the Leavenworth dis
trict, on the east side of the Cascades
e The Magnolia group on Miller noun
tain, has been bonded to Boston com
y pany for 100000, the company agree
ing to extensively develop the proper
= ty this coming winter.
The copper belt which crosses thu
d country just south of Mullan, Idaho, il
attracting good deal of attention.
e has already been shown that there ar
a number of veins running through
1t there which carry ore assaying we'll il
gold and copper on the surface. TIL
o only question is as to whether they will
n carry their values with depth.
The United States still occupies tn
a second place as silver producing coun