The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-10-07
MINES IND MINING CAMPS
MErALs Of THE NORTHWEST.


The Bodie claim. in Republic camp.
which has been under steady develop
ment for many months. and which Is
said 70 have been opened In as work
manlike manner a. q mine can be
opened. IL at last reported getting into
favorable values. Az usual, II is depth
that tells. The mine never showed
anything but low grade ore until with
In the last few days. when the shaft at
q depth Of 26O feet began to show Inn
provement. Yesterday the officers OF
the company were notified that three
feet OF ore In the foot OF the shaft went
$14 per ton. II Is said that the show
ing Ii most favorable. and that the d.
rectors are much pleased with the out.
look. although they have never been
discouraged with the showing on the
Bodie. even though values have been
low. The vein Ia known to be a good
one. being the San Poll vein beyond u
question. II has shown quartz all the
way down after the wash. which was
heavy. had been penetrated. The COM
pany has felt that values were surely
there. and that persistent sinking was
the one thing needful The property
IL equipped with hoist which may be
used to sink TO considerable further
depth The Bodie adjoins the San
Poll on the south and the shaft is sink
ing on the vein at the north end OF the
Bodie. where the San Poll vein Is Just
entering the claim.
New Camp In Montana
Considerable talk is going on regard
ing . new copper camp at the head Of
the Blaekfoot, says the Muscular
Judging from the stories told. there is
. good prospect OF q big. rich camp
there. The ore Is said to carry large
percentage In copper and Is rich In
geld From all accounts q stampede
IL imminent to this new copper dis
trict At the head OF Blaekfoot. Lind
brothers. who live near Cooper's lake,
at the head OF the Kleinsehmidt fiat,
have made some locations in the new
camp. They took samples from their
claims which assayed 20 per cent COP
per and $50 gold. Their claims are
about sixteen miles from Cooper's lake
and everything has to be packed in on
horses over a very rough trail.
Republic Notes.
Citizens Of Republic are agitating
for . IRE department
The Republic stock market has beeen
slightly weaker during the past seven
days and sales have been limited. As
to prices the fluctuations have been
Rman.
The crosscut on the Tom Thumb has
proven the vein to be fully nine feet
wide and average values over the
whole width may safely be set at SIS
The Madonna Gold Mining company
has been reoTgAnIzed and at Its meet
ing Monday night at the once OF A
Walker. Frank Raborg was made pres
idsnt-
The recent tests OF Republic ores a
the Golden Gate syanide plant neal
Aercur, Utah. have proven that the
quartz Of that camp can be milled a
\ cost not to exceed "a per ton.
The little group Of properties In thu
neighborhood Of the Golden Lily. OF
the northwest slope Of Republic hill, Il
. busy place just now. The develop
ment Of them is showing some goot
ore. and the improvement with deptl
has been marked.
Cutler T. Porter, the general man
Ager for the company. has IA men a
work on the Golden Lion-Little Four
The Star tunnel has been In ledgl
matter for the past 40 feet and in tn,
past week a fine two-fOot streak O
Quartz has been met
Four men are at work stripping tn
surface Of the Hillside, and some fnt
quartz IL being uncovered.
I'VE are planning now to put In pow
er at once on the Princess Maud" wa.
the announcement made this week b,
H. W. Lane. the superintendent Of tn,
property.
The Republic drift from the thlrC
and lowest level crossed the Jim Blain,
end line Tuesday. and IL being steadil,
pushed into the Jim Blaine claim. Tn
drift is running next to the foot wal
OF the vein and the width, as showI