The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-05-20

ed up fine quartz ledge on the Granite
claim, 20 feet wide.
News has just been received of a
good strike ON Pass creek, about eleven
miles northeast of Greenwood.
One of the greatest strikes ever made
in the Boundary country has just been
made on the Golden Eagle. near Vol
canic mountain, inBrown's camp, about
IL miles from Columbia, up the north
fork of Kettle river.
The ore shipments from Rossland
camp for the week ending May 18th,
and for the year to date, show that this
was the banner week for the camp.
The shipments amounted to 4,345 tons,
while heretofore they have been below
1000 tons. The shipments were as
follows: Tons this week, LIE Roi, 1881;
War Eagle, 1870; Iron Mask. 1926;
Centre Star, IS. Tons this year. lie
Roi, 1882; War Eagle, 12,307; Iron
Mask, SS6; Evening Star, SO; Deer
Park, 49,; Centre Star, IS. Total tons
this week, 4,345; total tons this year,
41,127.
Jay P. Graves, who is operating in
the Boundary country in behalf of a
big Montreal syndicate which is about
to erect smelter there has finally Sc
lected a site on the north bank Of the
north fork of the Kettle river, one and
half miles from Grand Forks. The
smelter will have capacity Of 500
tons day with provisions for an in
crease to 5000 tons. A refinery may
gun within thirty days and tenders for
million and half feet Of lumber
have been asked for.
MINING NOTES.
The DeLamar mine Of Nevada is 100
miles from railroad, but pays 80 per
cent of the bullion tax of that state.
A cyanide method is used in the 400
ton mill, and $500 ore is treated at a
profit.
The April cleanup at the Red Boy
mine in Baker county, Oregon, is $127,-
900. This amount was deposited by
the mine's~owners, Messrs. Godfrey &
Tabor, in the vault of the First Ma
tional bank, Of Baker City. The Red
Boy has a first-class 20-stamp mill, and
employs SO men.
The first shipment of Gebo, Montana,
coal from the mine of the Clarke's
Fork Coal & Mining Company, was
made recently. consisting Of IL cars,
aggregating 800 tons, to be shipped to
Butte, Helena, and Big Timber. The
output will be increased from day to
day, the development work being push
ed in three shifts. BY July 18th an
output of 1000 tons per day will be
reached.
Large deposits of carbonate of zinc
in Arizona, which have never been
touched except by mineralogists, are
now attracting special attention and
are being investigated by Missourians
and Pennsylvanians, says the Ell PdsO
Herald. 1t is, perhaps, not generally
known that the zinc mines of Missouri
were first brought into prominence by
the dry bone" or zinc carbonate which
was first discovered there; it is said tc
have been used by farmers to make
stone fences, being white, heavy, LUIS
treless and very ordinary looking rock
The leila NJ, in Sheridan Camp
Wash, is down 100 feet and from the
bottom a crosscut was run 16 feet tc
cut the vein, which carries four feet oil
ore that runs in value from $500 tc
SLIPS per lon. Drifts have been run
each way from the crosscut for 80 feet
Two shifts are employed in sinking q
winze which has attained depth OF
40 feet, showing a fine body of fine
grade ore. Ten tons of the ore has
been sent out by pack train. 1t will
be taken to Marcus and from there will
be sent to the Tacoma smelter The
ore is of the highest grade and it is
expected that when the returns of the
shipment are received sensation will
be created as the values will certainly
reach into the hundreds. The Kittie
Clyde shaft has reached a depth of 80
feet. The ore is exceedingly rich, car
rying quantities of black sulphurets OF
silver. There Is 80 tons of shipping
ore on the dump at this time.