The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-06-24
yer mountain properties in connection

yer mountain properties in connection
with the California.
Ground sluicing on the Willard. on
Alpha mountain, has exposed fine
body Of clean ore, similar in character
to that found on the Lone Star.
Contrary to the report sent out from
Silverton that the Vancouver mine
was to continue paying the old scale Of
wages, all the miners employed there
came down the hill on Sundey.
The information contained In for.
mer dispatch from Fort Steele regard.
ing the sale Of the Lake Shore mine on
Moyie lake for $4,000 cash is believed
to be true. and that the figures are ex-
act. A correspondent states that It
was $125,000 on bond, and that q sub
stantial cash payment had been made.
Twelve men are at work ON the Big
Chief mine ON Boulder creek, q tribu-
tary Of Wild Horse. This mine was
recently bonded Tor 100000 to an
English syndicate and promises, with
development, to be one of the largest
properties in the East Kootenay.
Buffalo Hump.
The Big Buffalo syndicate are work.
ing seven men on the Cracker Jack.
They are running a crosscut tunnel to
the lead, and have sixty or seventy feet
more to run in order to catch 1t. The
Monte Cristo people have had to shut
down temporarily on account OF sur
tace water which was pouring In on
them. The lead looks as we'll In the
bottom OF the SHAFT as 1t did near the
surface.
The Jumbo. which is being operated
by Clark u Sweeny, is making q great
record as producer, the ore averaging
in the lower tunnel 500 along the lace
OF the drift.
The owners Of the Big Buffalo have
their property cleared OF water. The
manager OF the Delamar syndicate is
at the mine to make an examination OF
: the property. 1t is creditably reported
that they nave thirty-day option on
the mine, but the price is not positively
stated. 1t is Quieter now in camp
than at any time since the first OF the
year. Some OF the prospectors have be-
come tired OF waiting tor the snow to
disappear, and have gone outside to
: bare ground east, north or south, or In
few cases, to the Seven Devils copper
camp.
: MINING NOTES.
=, The steamer Queen was In port at
: Everett, Wash, recently, and discharg-
ed 300 tons OF Mexican ore. besides q
large quantity Of freight. Steamer
Selkirk Is unloading ESQ tons OF iron
ore from Texado island. This ore IL
used as fiux in the furnaces at the Ev.
erett smelter.
: The growth In copper production Of
Arizona during recent years ia very
gratifying as shown by the following
: figures: 1887. 8,035 tons; 1893, 19,60V
:, tons: 1897. SO 900 tons; 1893, 4S.35Y
: tons. The ore is Of much higher grade
than the average in other copper pro-
ducing sections. This product has been
:, obtained largely from the Clifton, Bis
bee and Globe districts.
= Large deposits Of carbonate Of zinc
: in Arizona, which have never been
: touched except by mineralogists. are
now attracting special attention.
!. The famous asbestos mine at Sail
:. ;. mountain, Ca, has been sold for $780,
: 900 to Bancroft & Kennick, mining en-
gineers of London. The sale on q ba-
sis of 100000 is the greatest amount
ever paid tor mine in the state of
Georgia, not excepting that of some Of
the gold mines in the northern part Of
the state.
>. The miners of the Parrot have been
officially notified that they were laid
y off in order that the long delayed work
2 OF retimbering the shaft could be put
" under way. This will take about two
@ months and all that time the entire
s mine will be closed down. When work
is recommended the shaft will be de-
k veloped about 600 feet additional. The
smelters have ore enough ON hand to
o run for several weeks, then they, too.
y will have to close down until the mine
y resumes operations.
A break in the compressor machin-
!; cry at the Palmer mountain tunnel will
l. stop the drills for short time until
l, the broken piece can be replaced, 1t
n having to be ordered from the factory.
r Nineteen hundred and twenty-five feet
: Is the length attained, and the last
ledge is cut at q depth of 900 feet,
l. showing true fissure vein well miner.
alzed and carrying high grade ore.
3 This should settle the question Of depth
n on Palmer mountain and whether the
mineral goes down.
/ At the Wehe group the force has
been increased and good ore is showing
g at IS feet depth in the shaft being
sunk.
The Hillsdale will soon be down 150
a feet and will probably put in whim
and continue another 100 feet, some
good copper having been encountered
IS in the last 20 feet.
A good many prospectors have come
8 in and have gone into the hills of the
% Okanogan district during the past two
weeks.