Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-05-06
the San Poll mine is again running in

the San Poll mine is again running in
to ore
The Payne tunnel is in 102 feet.
The Palo Alto tunnel is in 315 feet.
The North San Poll shaft is down 80
feet.
The entire bottom of the Mabel shaft
| is in $17 ore
Surface work is still in progress on
the Surprise claim.
The Insurgent claim is down 20 feet
and is passing into the footwall.
The Republic mine is looking as usu-
al, and is in fine quality of ore.
Work has pee. resumed on the Gold
en- Chariot and Golden Chest claims.
The Gold Leaf tunnel is in 420 feet.
Zinc air pipes are being put in for ven
tilation.
The drllt on the Summit-Republic is
being advanced about four feet each
"a hours.
The Kate Hayward tunnel is in 1873
feet and has about 81 feet more to run
to cut the vein.
The Princess Maud is still looking
fine and there is no indication of any
break or pinching.
The shaft on the Delta is being sunk
rapidly. The ledge is reported as look
ing as well as ever.
A fine showing is being made on the
several veins of the Black Tail mine,
by stripping and sinking.
Four cuts have been made on the
Dora vein, which show a strong and
well defined ledge of quartz, from to
10 feet in width.
The management of the Mabel mine
reports having struck two or three
feet of $66 ore at the bottom of the
shaft.
The Dora crosscut is in about eight
feet but no quartz is visible. 1t is not
improbable that the ledge is still 25
feet away.
The Reindeer tunnel is still being
driven and has attained a length of
nearly 200 feet 1t is believed that
the ledge is not far from SO feet dis
tant.
British Columbin.
A contract has been let for sinking
the shaft of the Arlington in the Slo-
can country, another 100 feet
Work on the Golden Wedge on Lem
on creek in the SLOGAN Is still under
way, and they intend starting up their
new stamp mill this week.
The lead stack at the Hall Mines
smelter at Nelson, which has been
running for some days, is giving every
satisfaction, and the big copper blast
furnace will be blown in at the end OF
the month.
The parties having the contract fol-
the 140 feet of tunnel on the Minnie
M, near Fort Steele, have completed
; their contract. They report that the
+ property is looking we'll and that there
t is eight feet OF galena ana carbonates
. that recent assays give total value o
: $S4 to the ton.
t The Noble Five concentrator wa.
2 expected to commence work about thu
. LIST of May.
Information has been received from
an authoritative source that the Monte
Chisto mine at Rossland will resume
operations in a few weeks The prop
erty was shut down in September last
, for the purpose of being examined
The result of the examination by the
expert has not yet been made public
The owners have been prosecuting
the work on the Calumet and Hecla in
the SLOGAN, all winter. They have
driven a crosscut in 220 feet, cutting
the ledge at 10 feet depth, where the
ledge is 80 feet wide.
The Nickle Plate, at Rossland, dur
ing SO days in February and March
last, with two machines working two
shifts, drove ZIG feet, an average of
over six feet day being accomplished.
Preparations are now being made on
the Josie, near ROssland, to resume
sinking in the 300-foot shaft, and low
er levels will be reached as rapidly as
possible.
The Antoine, in the SLOGAN, has re-
sumed work with fairly large force.
The hosting machinery at the Dun
dee mine, near Ymir, is now in run
ming order.
The amount of the weekly ship
ments from the Rambler-Cariboo has
been doubled and another dividend is
expected June list.