The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-08-19
MINES AND MINING NEWS
OUR NORTHWESTERN MINES.
items Cleaned From the Late Reports
All Districts Are Being Devsloped-A
Prosperous Year Ia Predic cd Mining
Notes and Personals.

Industrial Exposition, has received re
ports from rs mining camps which
promise to exhibit at Spokane. Moth
ing like this in the way of ore exhibits
ever was made in the northwest. There
fifteen camps in the entire country to
be heard from by this department of
the exposition.
The rapid development of the gold
mining industry is reflected in the in
creased deposits of gold at the assay
Office in Boise, Idaho These have this
year been running far above the record
of any previous season. For the week
ending August II the amount was
ST. ABA, the total for the corresponding
week last year having been $31,769.
Republic Notes.
The Gopher shaft was sunk so feet
in July.
The shaft on the Bodie was sunk As
feet during July.
The Golden Lion tunnel was driven
100 feet last month.
There were 81 feet of drifts run on
the Palo Alto last month.
About 40 feet of shaft was sunk on
the Golden Lily during July.
There was 100 feet Of development
work done on the Black Tail in July.
Sixty-five feet of drift and shaft were
driven on the Princess Maud in July.
The Copper Mountain Tunnel was
driven "a feet during the past month
The Summit Republic drift was ex
tended 20 feet during the past month
The double compartment shaft on
Ben Hur was sunk 81 feet last month
The Republic leads the list for July
The total number of feet run was 500
The new tunnel on the Jumbo was
driven 35 feet last month with one
shift.
The work of sinking the shaft on the
Golden Lily is progressing satisfac
torily.
Work on the Surprise during Jul!
was confined to running drifts alonl
the ledge.
The San Poll drifts last month fig
ure up So feet. For June 80 feet wa
the total.
Forty feet of raise was made in tn
Quilp during July and 20 feet of cross
? cut was run.
Sixty feet of tunnel was driven o
the North Star claim in July and L
feet of drifts.
No work was done on the Rebate i
July except sinking the shaft. 1t wa
lowered 81 feet.
A new shaft was sunk on the Sa
Juan during the month of July to tn
> depth of 25 feet.
The total number of feet of develol
=. ment work on the Tom Thumb durin
July was 80 feet
The cross-cut tunnel which is bein
driven on the Stray Horse, north
the Mountain Lion, is now in IT'S fee
:, The shaft in the Lucky Consolidate
'. adjoining the Copper Belle, is to
:. sunk from the Is to the 65-foot lev
at once.
The long cross-cut tunnel on Il
. Golden Lion is giving indications
. nearing a ledge which is believed
- be the Mountain Lions vein.
y, " In the Quilp the raise which wi
~ connect the drift with the shaft
. nearly done, and only about Is feet
- work remains to make the junction.
The Insurgent is showing up as We
y as ever The ledge is holding its ov
in width and the values are said to
, about as they have been in the past.
= The contractor for the 300-foot tn
: mel on the George Reed, states tn
- about 40 feet of the tunnel has be-
- completed and that he is rushing t
a work.
The owners of the Hoosier Ma
claim are sinking a shaft on prom
81 ing vein, which looks big on top a.
is believed to be on the Lorna Do
~ system.
The Lone Pine is working only
- the crosscut tunnel which is being DIR
80 en- to tap a ledge that lies north of a
- that have so far been opened on
no property.
- During the past month the winze
the Morning Glory was timbered
"a in a most substantial manner. II
- with handling about 60 gallons
~ water an hour from depth of nea
A. 100 feet, made sinking the Wine ratl
slow. Only about 80 feet was su
during the past 80 days.
British Columbia
a. All the machinery for the Nels
ne Sampling Works is now on the grou
es. A fine strike has been made on
,ry Rio Grande property, near Ymir.