The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-05-27
MINES AND MINING NEWS
OUR NORTHWESTERN MINES.
items Cleaned From the Late Reports
All Districts Are Being Developed-A
Prosperous Year Is Notwithstanding
Notes and Personals.

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Buster mine, in the Bradford noun
tains. The native copper is taken from
the ground in solid nuggets and leaf
! like sheets, the latter from four to six
inches wide, from six to fourteen inch
es in length and from the thickness of
a knife-blade to one-quarter of an, inch.
These leaf-like layers run in veins
through seams in the ore, which is
more in the nature of a deposit than a
vein, and crops up on top of the noun
tain. The ore runs from so to 80 per
cent copper.
Republic.
No work is being done on either the
Golden Chest or Golden Chariot claims
at present.
The ledge has been uncovered in the
Republic Giant, but the manager has
not divulged the value of the ore.
There is some free gold in the Lake
View claim, and the general run of the
rock is reported to be better than here
tofore.
The Stray Horse tunnel is still in
progress, and no ledge in its face. 1t
is difficult to form an idea of the time
when it will be struck.
The Lille r. tunnel on the property
has reached a total length of 80 feet.
There is considerable quartz mixed
with the ledge matter in the tunnel.
The values are small.
Some good ore has been found on
the Copper Mountain claim, at some
distance from the tunnel. 1t is be-
lieved to be different ledge from the
one that was cut in the tunnel, and is
much richer.
A change of rock has been encoun-
tered in the Delta There is no claim
in camp that can show up finer quail
ity of quartz than the Delta. Good pro-
gress is being made in sinking the
shaft. 1t is down 60 feet. Some water
is coming in, but not in quantity to re-
tard work to any great extent.
The reported strike in the Kate Hay
ward tunnel was not true. 1t is ex-
pected that the ledge will be encoun-
tered any day but as the strike of the
ledge is a matter of much speculation
no one can say with certainty when it
will be cut. Some small stringers of
good quartz have been found in the
face of the drift which would indicate
that the tunnel was nearing the ledge.
The sinking of the old shaft on the
Mountain Lion has been resumed. 1t
is the design to follow the ledge, going
down on the foot-wall until the tunnel
is reached or is met by a raise. Work
on the latter will begin as soon as the
drift is extended far enough. The gal
lows frame is up for the new shaft and
work will be pushed on that Fifty
men are now on the pay roll and the
number will be increased in a very
short time.
Oregon Mines.
The rich gold districts around Baker
City, Oregon, are attracting the atten-
tion of capital as never before. Close
upon the heels of the sale of the Bo-
nanza mine for $1,O0O,0OO the report
comes from a most reliable source that
the Red Boy mine is about to change
hands, and that the consideration in
this case, too, is $1,O00,OO0. The Red
Boy is a profit-paying mine. No one
knows exactly how much it pays, as it
is in private hands, and the owners do
not boast of the wealth they control.
The mill of the Red Boy is a 20-stamp.
The mine employs so men. 1t is the
general opinion here that the sum nam
ed as the purchase price of the mine
is not exorbitant.
On the Burnt river, in Weatherby
district, Oregon, are several good
mines, among which is the Bonanza or
Shelton, sometimes called the Shelton
Bonanza. This mine has lately passed
, into the hands of a Spokane company,
, which will operate it upon a more ex-
tensive scale than ever The mine has
produced $4,000 through it's five
stamp mill, and cleanups of from
, $1,000 to $4,000 monthly are being made.
! In the same vicinity are the Rat
: tier, Gold Cliff, Gold Hill, Gallaher and
others, all making favorable showings
and coming rapidly to the front. The
, GoldCliff shows free gold in abundance
in the ore and samples have been
shown here running as high as $4,000
per ton. A two-stamp mill is on the
claim and is pounding out a few hun
, dred dollars every month. While
Burnt river camp in past years was
quite prominent, it has been neglected
: of late until quite recently, when new
: people and men of means began to
come into the district to find oppor
tunities for investment
: The hotels in Baker City are crowd
ed early and late. Among the visitors
. are many experts and capitalists.
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