Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-08-05
MINES AND MINING NEWS
OUR NORTHWESTERN MINES
TENS Cleaned From the Late Reports
All Districts Are Being DevaIoped-A
Prosperous Year lie Predic oil Mining
Notes and PersonAls.

The bulletin of the American Iron
| and Steel Association has received
from the manufacturers complete sta.
tistics of the production of all kinds of
pig iron in the United States for the
first half of the year 1899. The total
production was 6,2S9,167 gross tons.
against 5,S69,703 tons in the first half
of 1898, and 5,904,231 tons in the sec
ond half. The production of Bessemer
pig iron was 3,77S,937 gross tons.
against 3,703,5S4 tons in the first half
of 1898, and 3,633,S00 tons in the sec
ond half.
Republic Notes
The south drift on the No. tunnel
level of the San Poll mine, is looking
WELL and a recent sample from the face
assayed $1397O per ton, of which $2l
was in silver. The north drift on the
same level shows two feet of ore in the
face, which gives good values.
The new tunnel on the North Star
mine was started June 9th and is now
in 1913 feet and timbered from the
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one-half feet per day in good ground
A large body of ore was encountered
at the mouth of the Palo Alto tunnel
The prominent properties at the
head of Lambert creek that are being
worked are the Belcher, Eastern Star
and Columbia groups. On all of these
active development work is going on.
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east of Republic and only about one
mile north of the state wagon road
leading from Republic to Marcus.
The Golden Harvest group will short.
ly be under development again. The
company has been reorganized upon the
assessable plan. The old corporation
was the Golden Harvest Consolidated
Gold Mining Company,
The shaft on the Liberty, in Sheri-
dan camp, is 40 feet in depth. The
ledge is said to be eight feet in width.
Some fine specimens of ore are ex-
hibited, and 1t is claimed that the
values are also good. Some of the ore
closely resembles that in the Zella NJ
While there is some gold in the rock
the larger part of the value is in silver
british Columbia.
For the month of June the official re
: turns from the Ymir mine are as fol
: lows; Total amount crushed, 1900
tons (dry weight gross estimated
value Of concentrates, $4,000; bullion
$16,500; shipments of crude ore, 4f
tons.
At a point on the Kettle river, eight
miles from the headwaters and 81 miles
from Arrow Lake, via Fire valley, John
Worth located a placer claim several
months ago. John Lodge, who is ar
old placer miner, located a claim oppo
site the discovery, and during the win
ter cut ditch 5000 feet in length in
order to obtain water. The diggings
are on the bench. Quite number oil
claims have been staked, and many mer
are getting ready to wash the yellow
dust out. Seven dollars without saving
any of the fine gold is the largest
amount yet taken out in one day. The
bedrock is from five to seventy-five feet
from the surface, and indications point
to pay ground, more especially for a
hydraulic company. About three miles
from the placer ground several gold
quartz locations have been made. The
placers are located about 80 miles from
Grand Forks.
The latest big strikes in the wonder
full camp Mckinney are on the Balmo.
raj, south of the Granite, and on the
well known Fender. The Balmoral has
two-foot vein, and a recent blast
showed the whole face literally COW
cred with free gold. On the Pender an.
other four-foot vein has been opened
which pans free gold throughout it's en-
/ tire width, and shows a liberal sprink-
ling of visible free gold.
The Sunset mine, in Deadwood camp,
! is to be equipped with $4,000 plant.
James D. Sword of Rossland, represent
alive of the James Cooper Manufacture
| ing Company, has closed contract for
20-drill acknowledgement compound
steam compressor plant, two 1OO-horse
power boilers and 100-norse power
hoist with a sinking capacity to 1000
feet. The Sunset, the B. C. and the
Mother Lode will thus be equipped with
the largest machinery plants in the
| Boundary Creek district.
Situated at the head of-Hidden Creek,
near Ymir, in a large basin, are num-
Der of properties of merit and which
have the indications of making mines.
The distance is only about eight miles
from Ymir and If the results continue
as they have heretofore there will be
two or three shipping properties from
| that locality.
The North Star and Sullivan mines.
near Fort Steele, will soon be in shape
to make large shipments of ore at