Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-06-10

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Der One, on the new 3OO-foot level. The
ore is of high grade and there is plenty
of it.
Returns from the Columbia & Koot-
enay, Great Western, Nickel Plate, Jo-
sic and Number One show that 3.1S
miles of underground work has been
accomplished during the IL months
ending May 1st
The British American Corporation is
opening extensive machine shops
which will be used both for manufac-
turing supplies and repairing.
There is greater activity than ever
before in mining circles in the history
of the Boundary country. Hundreds
of properties are being developed, but
the demand for mining still continues.
The big War Eagle electrical plant
is now running full force.
The work of grading the site for the
proposed CRANKY smelter on a bench
overlooking Kettle river, one mile from
Grand Forks, has commenced.
Recently the Crows Nest Pass coal
mines in East Kootenay shipped con-
signment of 100 tons of coke to the
smelter at Northport. The smelters
supply ordinarily comes from Pennsyl-
vania. and this is a trial shipment to
determine the relative merits of the
two.
MINING NOTES.
The Big Buffalo, in Idaho, has two
foot pay streak that is remarkably ricn
and all ore being taken from the chute
is being kept separate.
Superintendent J. w. Cunningham of
the United States assay office in Boise,
has completed his statement Of the
mineral production of the state Of Ida
no for 1898. 1t shows a falling off as
compared with the production of 1897
of $138,607. The decrease in the gold
production of 1898, as compared with
1897, amounted to $229,767, while the
decrease in silver production was $685.
$50. There was a marked increase,
however, in the lead production. of
$397,940. The comparative production
is shown as follows:
1897 1898
Gold ......... $2,125,813 $685. 66
Silver ........ 7,103,321 $685. SAL
Lead ....... 4,051,321 4,899,278
Totals ..... $13,729,885 1851. 27S
In 1897 there were produced 192,813
fine ounces of gold; in 1898, 81 ,698 fine
ounces. Silver-1897, 4,284,343 fine
ounces; 1898, 5,256,7OO fine ounces !;
Lead-1897, 128,606,600 pounds; 1898,
122,478,256 pounds. The falling off in
gold production was largely due to the
decreased output of the Occur d'Alene
placers.
A special to the San Diego (Cal. }
| Union from Ensenada, Lower Califor.
MIA, gives the most definite information
that has yet come to hand in regard to
the new gold fields. 1t says:
The Santa Barbara has arrived al
San Quentin. She brings the report
that there are about 800 miners at the
camp. E. Ybarra is said to have pan.
ned out 60 ounces since the last report
of so ounces. An official who arrived
on the Santa Barbara states he saw
miners at work taking out from three
! pennyweights to two ounces. At the
present time the new diggings is IL
miles long by two wide. Discoveries
are reported further south. Water is
selling at SO per carga There are no
dry washers in the camp, nearly all the
present results being got by panning.
Chas. Sweeny was in Grangeville,
Idaho, recently and made the second
payment of $4,000 on the bond of the
Big Buffalo, through the Bank of Cam
as Prairie. All doubts are now remov-
ed as to the merits of the property and
insures steady development for the bal
ance of the year.
Over II 100000 tons of ore have been
taken out of the Anaconda properties
since work on them first began in 1880.
The company has paid out $78,000,0O0
for labor in that time. The mining
and reduction expenses alone for the
past year aggregated $12,000000; the
timber alone for the mines costs about
100000 year. The company also
pays out about $4,000 each year to per-
sons injured in the mines or to the fam
lilies of miners killed in the employ of
the company.