The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-15

first six months Of 1899. As the new
eight-hour mining law went into enect
June LIST and nearly every mine in the
SLOGAN has been closed since that DATE
the shipments really represent the
work Of only i've months.
The Iron Mask, which IL one OF the
few remaining large mines In Rossland
that IL owned by Spokane people. Is pre-.
pairing to make regular shipments OF
ore. and It 10 rumored that the mine
may become a dividend payer before
the first of January, 1900.
8. L. Long. superintendent OF the
Porto Rico mine and mill, at Porto III
co. was in Rossland recently. Mr.. Long
reports the mine and mill are IN 1uii
operation and that the clean-ups are OF
q satisfactory nature.
In the Good Hope, near Ymir, 1oo
feet in the tunnel, J. Dewar has struck
q two-foot ledge Of free-milling ore, ex-
actly the same as that disclosed on the
surface.
The Green Mountain property, one
mile north of Rossland. is looking most
satisfactory. The shaft is now down
to a depth Of 40 feet. 1t Is passing
through a nice ledge Of quartz, which
is widening as depth Is gained. Inc
ore from this ledge is quartz carrying
iron and copper pyrites and some gold
Work on the Evening Star at ROSS
land is making excellent progress.
In the Nevada tunnel, Nelson dis
trist, they have struck four feet OF solid
galena ore, and samples have been sent
for assay.
The committee for an exhibit Of ore
from the Ymir camp at the Spokane In
dustrial Exposition in October are al
ready moving in the matter.
| MINING NOTES.
Concerning the great United Verde
copper mine of Jerome. Arizona, owned
by w. A. Clark, of Montana, that gen
tleman estimates the output per yeal
between 100000 and $4,000, O00,' and
says at the present price Of copper thu
copper product alone is over $1,OOO,OO(
q month, to say nothing Of the gold ane
silver that the ore carries. The dali,
output Of copper he places at 100 tons
or 100000 pounds, and the MONTH!
output being 100000 pounds.
The Seven Devils district In Idaho II
attracting a large amount of attention
this season and work is being done OF
a number of properties. The distric
is we'll known to be one Of the riches
in the northwest, but its development
has been sadly retarded through lacl
of transportation facilities.
The question of the right Of an orig
inal locator to relocate a mining CLAIM
upon which he has failed to perform
the amount of assessment work, or t
place an equivalent in improvements
as required by law, is an importan
one. This question came up before tn
supreme court of Utah and the cour
decided that an original locator ha'
such right. 1t is a recognized fact tina
a prior locator may renew his location
by resuming work. While the cour
in this instance recognized the RICH
of the prior locator to relocate,
should be understood that it also r.
quires that assessment work should nc
only be resumed but completed in orde
to assure possession.
Speaking of our mines. says tn
GrdngeUille Free Press, 1t must be sal
that they in the main represent ind
, vidual enterprise, and with the Unite
means at the command of the owners
sometimes takes years to get them i
shape for production. There are prol
ably five hundred men in Idaho counr
who are working on placers in tn
gulches and streams of Idaho count,
throughout the all too short water Sc,
son, and their combined product aggr,
, gates 100000 annually,