The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-08-05

completed. The shaft on the Gem is
just getting through the Gaping of
the lead and is coming into ore identi-
cal in appearance with that of the Sui
Ivan.
Sinking on the winze from the lower
tunnel of the Evening Star, at Ross
land, continues. The Wine has now
reached a depth of 10 feet below the
lower tunnel. The winze is in ore all
the way down.
On the Tamarac, near Ymir, a very
nice strike of ore has been made at the
150-foot level.
On the property called Society Girl,
near Moyie, East Kootenai, there is a
tunnel being driven to crosscut the
lead at a depth of 80 feet, on which
three shifts of eight hours each are
working. In the st. Eugene there are
IS men at work on the eight-hour shifts,
80 men engaged in building the con-
centrator and 10 on the fiume. 1t is ex-
pected that the concentration will be
ready to run by September 10.
IL 10 luulOltQ that a utdl pCnQluS
for the sale of the Trail smelter to the
War Eagle people.
The work of erecting the stone found
atoms for the new compressor plant of
the Center Star at Rossland is nearly
completed.
MINING NOTES.
There seems to be much excitement
in the Thunder mountain country,
which is about 40 miles q little south
of east from Warrens, Idaho. A large
number of prospectors are Quitting
daily at Grangeville for the scene of
the new excitement. From the appear
ance of the ore it is an extension of the
Buffalo Hump district but yet differs
from this in the one respect at least
that phonolite has been found. The
ore carries considerable free gold,
which is plainly discernible with the
naked eye without the aid of a glass
Bill Keller, we'll known to all old Occur
d Aleners as the original locator of the
Widows placer claim, has made several
locations which are promising. About
: 200 prospectors are now in the district.
e Warrens and Florence are almost de-
e populated on account of the rush to
these new gold fields.
The mill at the Conjecture mine, near
Lake Pend d'Oreille, is to be doubled in
/ size.
e Dixie camp, Idaho, is full of activity,
l. and development work is being prose
Z cuted with the greatest vigor. This
e young camp is certainly one of the most
e progressive in the section, and justi
fiably so, for it has many fine surface
& showings.
r. The famous Mariposa estate, terri
torially one of the largest gold mining
properties in the United States and the
:, first quartz property developed in Cali
~ fornia, is to be reopened and worked
~ after a suspension of operations fo
~ nearly 35 years.
- Charles T. Taylor and John M. Full
~ ton of Reno, Nevada, have bought from
Samuel Hunt, Orrin Bennett and S. d
- Thacker the largest anthony mine il
% the United States, there being owe
Il, 100000 tons of high grade ore il
- sight. The price paid is unobtainable
I'll The mine is located in Humboldt coun
" ty about 20 miles north of Winnie
= mucca.
III On the Jumbo, at Buffalo, Idaho, tn
50 vein had run out of ore except for
VI few small stringers in the face of tn
III tunnel, and the property was lookin
:" decidedly black, until a crosscut wa
- started and run only lew feet, whe
% fine body of quartz was opened, an
ne at last report they had cut six feet, wit
e. the farther wall not yet in sight
III Next after Palmer mountain in in
portance in the Palmer Mountain di
es trict Gold Hill might be classed u
iu with the best, which would includ
nc Douglass, Ellmeham and Little CHI
pacca.
The DeLamar mines, up until Marc
q 81 of this year, beginning from the tim
~ they came into the possession of til
nv present company, in April, 1891, pr
DIS duced and milled 202,591 dry tons
Isl ore, from which was realized $685. 90
W. out of which $2,350,000 was paid
vi dividends to the shareholders bein
Gu 1171h per cent of the original capit
III invested, of which $4,000 is still r
IN naming in the reserve fund. tt
amount of money paid out for expense
lp' during the eight years is $4,000
IT. The foregoing figures are worth car
NJ full consideration in estimating the va
ur- ue of q mine TO a country More thu