The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-08-12
MINES IND MINING CAMPS
METALS OF THE NORTHWEST.


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The Engineering and Mining Journa
reports the statistics Of the miDera
and metal production in the Unite6
States. showing that the total value Of
the mineral production In 1888 wal
s70e.s1e,760. against s64S.s04, s99 In
gold and 5s.7e3.12 ounces OF silver.
The coal production was Els, I0e, IS.
short tons. an increase Of l73. 900 toni
over any previous year. The pig-iror
production was 11,773,934 tons, tbs
greatest quantity ever made in any
country In one year.
The copper production was 535, 900,
2S2 pounds, also the largest ever re
ported, and more than half Of the en-
tire production Of the world. Other
leading items were: Lead, 22s,l7s
short tons; ll4.104 short tons of zinc;
S0.499 TASKS Of quicksilver; 51,774. 46s
paFEelb OF petroleum.
Besides the production from native
ores. there were s22,O24,s $50 gold; 49,,
74S.000 ounces Of silver; 36O55,35z
pounds of copper; ss.20s tons of lead,
and 1927. 7Sf pounds of nickel, refined
and prepared for market in this coun.
try from foreign ores and base bull.
lion.
Republic Notes.
Work has been resumed on the Delta.
The shaft ON the Rebate is 20 feet in
depth.
The Stray Horse tunnel has been
driven l65 feet.
The new pump on the Golden Lily
shaft is working finely.
Work is progressing on the south
drift on the Princess Maud.
The Bodie shaft is 235 feet deep and
q station has been cut at that point.
The Golden Lily tunnel Is being driV.
en- for the vein on the TroubadouE
ground.
The double compartment SHAFT on
the Ben Hur has reached a depth OF
l40 feet.
The big tunnel on the wauconda has
been driven but 80 feet, but the face
is all in ore.
The ore in the Bodie shaft is getting
better constantly. The shaft is now ZIG
feet in depth.
Work has been suspended on the
Palo Alto. II is said that suspension
Is due TO lack Of funds.
The Black Tail tunnel Is yet about &c
feet distant from the ledge-at least
that is the superstition.
The new tunnel on the North Star
Is In $50 feet Two lodges have been
encountered in running it
Everything about the Republic mill
and mine is progressing in a manner
satisfactory to the management
The ore chute through which the San
Poll drift is running is as rich as when
nrst encountered two weeks ago.
The Trade Dollar has closed down,
the inflow Of water having become toe
great TO be handled without machinery
There is possibility that work will
shortly be resumed on the Alabama, q
property near the foot OF Lake Cur
lew.
Sinking is in progress on the San
Juan, and the claim is made that there
are some rich stringers Of quartz in
the shaft.
The Gold Ledge has been shut down.
The water came In too rapidly to rem.
der further work profitable without the
aid OF pumping machinery.
Surveys for the Mountain Lion mill
at Republic, Wash, were made last
week. and from now on the work Of
preparing for the enterprise will be
pushed as rapidly as possible.
The rumors which have been in cir,
culation for some time that the con.
trolling interest in the Deer Trail No
2 company had passed to Toronto have
now been definitely confirmed.
The Zala NJ, in Sheridan camp. is &c
have a compressor as soon as they can
get 1t on the ground. 1t will be Of q
nve-drill capacity. and the intention Is
to have It in operation the latter part
OF August. The 500-foot tunnel, with
the eight shifts, is already being driv
en-.
British C0lumbiA.
A rare metal known as nagyagite
composed Of tellurium, lead and gold
has been found on a claim owned by
Robert Wood OF Greenwood at Triple
Lake camp on Canyon creek. q tribu
tary Of the Kettle river. Assays give
values OF $l24.ls per ton.
Fahey Bros. and Jack Stewart have
force OF men at work on the -Four
Hundred claim in Wellington camp. A
l00-foot shaft will be sunk on the prop
erty.
The work Of blasting out a site for
the new compressor plant on the St
Elmo. at Rosslsnd. Is In progress and
the material for the new building ID
being hauled up Red Mountain.
Strikes Of good ore bodies are report
ed from the Elsemere. on the North
Fork. from the Midnight and Lucky
Star, on Bunker Hin creek; from the
Gertrude and Terrible. on Gamer creek
One side Of the big compressor at the
War Eagle. at Rossland. is running
Smoothly. The Red Mountain com