Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-01-11
MINES AND MINING CAMPS
METALS OF THE NORTHWEST.
Items From the Rich Rigions Of the Pa
eifc Northwest, News From All the
Principle Mining Camps-Personsls--
Mining Notes.

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is one of the latest appliances.
The stretcher consists Of an oak frame
with coppered-iron gauze in the nature
of a spring.
Metals In Idaho.
The Boise assay Offices estimate of the
production of metals in Idaho for the
year 1893 is given as follows: Gold ST.
273, 200, silver $7,74O,OO0, lead $685. 1855;
total $3.50, ass. The increase over 1897
was $l,679,57O.
New Air Compressor.
The air compressor machinery for the
Lion in Republic camp is ex-
pected to arrive about the 10th inst. This
is well along in development
and makes a fine showing. The 700-foot
tunnel has cut ledge 80 feet wide show
ing values of $25 to $50 to the ton.
The Alexandria Strike.
A rich strike is reported on the Alex
andria, near SLOGAN City, property own
ed by d. X. Mcdonald, the well known
Spokane mining man. A 5-foot body of
high grade gold and silver ore is said to
have been uncovered at depth OF go
feet.
siIverton Ore Values.
The ore shipments from Silverton dur
ing 1898 exceeded 1000 tons, returning a
net value of $l25,0O0 to the owners.
Judging from the amount of development
work done and ore blocked in the mines
in the vicinity of silverton, the Silver
tonian believes 100000 worth Of ore
will be shipped out in 1899.
Trail Shelter Shipment.
The Trail smelter shipped to New York
a few days ago, copper matte aggregating
in weight 353,43S pounds, and OF an ap-
proximate value of 100000. Regular
weekly shipments will hereafter be made
from the smelter to,New York to be re-
fined and coined. This is the first large
shipment from the smelter under the new
Canadian Pacific railway management.
Sampler for SLOGAN.
A modernly equipped sampler for Slo-
can lake is now an assured thing. 1t will
be located at Rosebery, the ideal site
of the SLOGAN, will be built by American
capital, and will be in operation by the
end of February. Its capacity will be 100
tons day, the machinery for treating
the ores of the latest automatic working,
and unlimited capital is behind the UNI
dertaking, so there is no doubt of its sue
oaas from tho start
Copper Creek District.
The biggest mining deal ever made in
Clark county. was contaminated this
week. The Ida Martin mine, owned by
local parties, located in Copper Creek
district, two miles from Vancouver, was
sold to Spokane capitalists, who have or
ganized company known as the Spo-
kane Mining, Milling & Development
Company. The representative of the COM
pany who made the deal is w. H. Kear-
ney. United States Senator George Tir-
ner is said to be interested in the deal.
Newport Properties.
The Conquest shipped carload of ore
last week, and teams are steadily engag-
ed in hauling ore and banking it at the
steamboat landing for future shipment.
Twelve men are at work on the Conquest
and work has been resumed on the lower
tunnel which is being driven toward the
ledge. There was but little jumping and
relocating Of claims in the Conquest dis
trict New Years, assessment work hav-
ing been generally done and most of the
claims being considered too valuable in
view of the outlook in the camp to take
any chances on losing.
Properties Near Chelan.
1t is learned from William H. Burno
one of the owners, that development
work is steadily progressing on the Eu'
reka group of mines, which is situated
near Chelan Falls, in Douglas county
Wash. Four new lodges have been found
on the Little Jim and Dolly claims, one
Is feet wide OF solid ore, said to be steel
galena; one q feet wide, carrying fine
grained cube iron, showing gold and ma
tive copper, and plenty of it, to the naked
eye; another nine feet wide, of brown
quartz, showing gold and copper, and the
fourth, six feet wide, carries cube silver.
The dykes are heavily mineralized and
there are also three stringers showing
good ore. Work has also been started to
sink shaft in the Crystal Cave to un.
cover lodges known to be there. The lat.
ter is a natural curiosity. Its opening
was discovered by the first settlers in
that region and looked more like an old
well than anything else. A year or two
ago some parties concluded to explore it
and in removing the accumulated rub.
bish at the bottom of the hole, among
which were pieces of mineral float and
petrified wood, discovered a great crack,
between shelving rocks, out of which air
currents issued, similar to the Wind
caves of Dakota. A descent was made
some rs feet by means of a rope, which
disclosed still further mineral indications,
but so far as known the investigation
was not pushed further at the time.
Montana Mines.
The November output of the Montana
Mining company was 1000 ounces of gold
and 20,540 ounces of silver, from 1850
tons of ore crushed, and 1887 tons Of
tailings from the dams. The tailings
plant closed for the winter on December
/. The value of bullion from the II, 1897
tons of tailings was $40, 100, and the cost
of treatment $l8,032. The total bullion
produced is valued at $4,000; the ex.
penses were $6o,soo, leaving net profit