The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-03-11
MINES AND MINING NEWS
OUR NORTHWESTERN MINES.
Items Cleaned From the Late Reports
All Districts Are Being DeveloPed-A
Prosperous Year Is Predicted-Minins
Notes and Personals

tries for 1898, according to figures recent
Nv nublished. were: Transvaai, South
Africa, $73,476,6O0; United States, 1884,
100000: Australia, SOL ,4S0,763; Russia,
S25. 1886 1914; Canada, STA, 100000.
Eight Hundred Dollars Per share.
Calumet & Hecla stock is selling in Bos-
ton at $500 per share, the par value being
s25. This stock has increased over $500
ner share since last October. If lo-cent
copper will make such values, 2O-cent cop
per viii simply put 1t out OF sight
southeastern Alaska
Very encouraging reports are finding
their way into print concerning quartz
developments in southeastern Alaska.
One concern, the Sea Level Mining q
Milling Co.. claims to have large force
of men opening up series OF large VEINS
which average in gold from $25 to Ss2.
Copper in Minnesota.
A copper strike has been made at the
mouth of Knue river, about Is miles from
Duluth. on the north shore, that may
result in mines that will rival those OF
the Michigan copper country. The strike
is said to be one of the richest OF the
numerous copper strikes made in this vi
entity in years.
Sflverton, II. c., Tramwiay.
Silyerton. one OF the busy mining towns
of SLOGAN lake, is figuring on number
of important improvements this season.
among which are 200-ton concentration
mt the Emily Edith mine, an aerial tram
way by the Wakefield company, long
scrosscut tunnel on the Vancouver group,
and several companies are several com
panies are getting ready to start develop
ment work.
February Shipments.
February's shipments of ore from Slo-
can mines have brought the total ship
ments since January up to 600 tons.
If this rate of shipment is continued, 1t
will bring the output for the year up to
a figure more than double that OF 1898,
and add new Importance to the silver-lead
PRODUCERS OF the SLOGAN, and will do more
to stir up the already awakening capt.
.talists to these great dividend paying pro
positions than tons of carefully prepared
statistics on the merits OF the SLOGAN as
a money making district.
The Water an the Comstock.
The work of unwatering the great
sComstock was started up last week, anc
without n hitch of any kind water was
sent through the pipes to Sutro TUNE
under 900 pound pressure. The watel
was reduced in the shaft at the rate OF ;
foot a minute, the stream running
through Sutro tunnel like mill race
The water company is furnishing all TIT
water needed, and steady pressure i
maintained at the l700-foot level. Their
is great enthusiasm at Virginia City owe
the success of the pumping plant, and /
As regarded as the turning-point OF new
era on the Comstock.
british Columbia.
A foot of clean ore has been struck Of
the Mabou, adjoining the Enterprise, o.
SLOGAN lake.
The SLOGAN Ore Purchasing Compan,,
has been organized TO build samplin
works at Nelson.
At meeting of the Northern Bell
stockholders at Toronto, it was practical
lv decided to resume operations on thi
property in the near future.
1t is said that an amicable settlement
of Tie celebrated Centre Star-Iron Mas
suit is not improbable.
Greenwood Is the center Oh Il ulsIIict
miles square, in which are located doze
camps, all of which are showing consic
cradle activity at the present time.
The Mines Development Compan,
which lately secured the Swansea in tn
Windermere district, northeast of Colder
viii spend $4,000 in development wor
this summer.
The mines that were shippers last yea
are heavier shippers this year, and in e'
cry case the promise is that the outpu
from many, if not all of them, will grea
lv increase instead of diminish.
If the advice of the Province is takel
and Americans are excluded from mil
ing altogether, the receipts of the govern
ment will not exceed % per cent of Il
present revenue from that source.
In the year 1898 the total amount
ore shipped from the SLOGAN reached II
900 tons If the present rate of shipmei
is maintained, and there is little doul
but that 1t will be, if not greatly il
creased, the output for 1899 will be in Il
neighborhood of 10000 tons, of valI
of $5O00,O00.
Republic.
The rich ledge in the Flag Hill hi
widened to one foot.
The shaft on the Snow Drop has reac
ed a depth of 80 feet.