The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-04-22
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OUR NoRTHwEsrERH MINES


Prospsrons Year IL Prsaiets6- -RGinine
Notes and Personals.
Curious changes occur In the char.
aster Of mine and it, product. II Is
very common occurrence that gold
mine, AZ depth, becomes q silver mine;
and silver mine runs into . copper,
and that poor expectations run into
Unexpectedly rich oscillations. an In
stance OF which Is the experience Of the
Utah Consolidated: - q gold mine its
stock sold at tls0 per share; now II is
a copper mine and its stock sells at $40
per share.
Green McKeever has started 70 build
q 10000 dredging plant at Odds Ferry
four miles east OF Huntington, Oregon.
They are placing material on the
ground and will commence active op-
erations on the boat this week. They
intend TO dredge the bars Of the Snake
river below Odds Ferry for distance
OF four or I'VE miles.
A rich strike Of copper ore Ii report
ed on the Highland King claim, recent
assays going s2lI in gold. silver and
copper. The property is situated on
Diorite creek. rs miles from Fort
Steele.
1t is announced that w. 8. stratton
has sold his famous Cripple Greek
mine, the Independence. 70 company
OF London capitalists. The price II not
stated. but is believed TO be not less
than 10000. 900.
The directors and some Of the princi-
pal stockholders OF the Amador Copper
Mining Company have returned to
Wallace from q visit TO the company's
property, near Iron mountain They
were 50 well satisfied with the pros
poets there that they located Ave more
claims on the came ledge. giving the
company seven quartz claims and one
placer-the latter being equivalent 10
a good mill site.
A correspondent was up to the six
teen TO One" near Wallace, during last
week. and found that there had been
no exaggeration in the previous re
ports. but that il was even greater
than had been represented. In fact. II
| Is unknown as yet how great II is, as
the ledge has never been crosscut
The largest tin mine in the world Is
believed 70 be that on the island OF Su-
10 Brani. in the bay OF Singapore. pro
ducing monthly over 1000 tons Of tin.
Among other unique forms Of gold
mining will appear this season a
force of miners working in diving
suits in the Sacramento river. Cal. be
tween Redding and Kerswick.
| The steady advance In the price Of
materials that go into the manufacture
OF machinery must necessarily have
the effect OF raising the cost OF this
machinery, though no particular ad-
/ yAnces are as yet noted.
The output Of Capt DeISamsr's Mer.
cur tUtahl mines. that has already
reached coo tons daily. is TO be in.
creased to 500, and to that end the en-
largement Of the roasting plant is to
be commenced within few days.
The report is current In the copper
country that the Calumet & Hecla IL
going to cease sinking and adding new
levels, and will conine its efforts 70
the stopping OF ground already opened
As The report goes, the company has
enough ground opened TO keep them
busy for ten or twelve years. and they
will rush production while copper is
selling at high prices. The bulls prob
ably have been too enthusiastic In cred
iting the mine having enough territory
opened to last a dozen years without
opening new ground. Calumet & Hec
la sends out not far from 1000, 000
tons OF rock annually. Multiply this
by IL and it gives total that means
Of ground. There is no question hui
that the company could increase il
output considerably for the coming few
years II Il cared to do so. but its policy
has generally been a conservative one
Iron Ore.
L. T. Mitchell. who has had charg'
Of the work OF the Blue Jacket mine IL
the Seven Devils district Idaho. was IL
Boise last week. He told a most in
teresting story Of what has been dom
there and Of the showing made by thu
mine. His statement discloses tn
fact that the Blue Jacket is one Of tn,
remarkable copper mines Of the coun
try. He says they drove the crosscu
tunnel l5o feet to reach the ledge. cut
ting the latter at depth OF $40 feet
They found the vein to be % feet wide
between well defined walls. There &
a streak Of Eve feet OF what Mr.. Mitch
ell terms solid copper" The ore i
very nearly. pure metal and runs from
so to 30 per cent copper. The remain
der of the 20 feet of the ledge run
from s to 10 per cent copper.
A gasoline hoisting engine is beinl
Installed at the Ivanhoe, in the SLOGAN
II will be used at the Wine which 1
being sunk 200 feet on the vein iron
the lowest tunnel The work on tn
Ivanhoe Is now 200 feet from the Ape
and ore Is showing all the way.
Repablie.
W. r, Kehoe. superintendent Of tn
Flag Hin claim, had an assay OF or
from the claim yesterday that resulte
In q value Of &SOl.7S. The assay wa
made by II. ]. Armstrong.
The tunnel on the Anaconda Is bein
|, pushed ahead, The present course q
the tunnel will bring Il to the ledg
within the next 20 feet unless II shoul
dip at q much greater angle than
now apparent
! The Reindeer tunnel Is evidently a
preaching the ledge. The water
coming In quite rapidly. There Al
some flne streaks Of spar runnin
through the porphyry. that carry con
;. values.