The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-08-19

Tor TIE present year. computed % the
end Of last month. Il ns follows. Ymir
mine. T.49e tons crushed and &C tons
shippeds Porto Rico. 20sa tons crushed.
Dundee. 100 tons crushed; BlaekcOek
ISs tons shipped; New Victor. tons
shipped; Tamarae. tons shipped. To
III. 1851 tons.
mHNHSe NOTsA.
While the prospect for railroad com
munieation this season in the Buffalo
Hump district does not seem to be very
promising. the reports from the mining
| districts are more than faatering.
II is reported that one Of the greatest
strikes ever made in the country was
| in the GoleoRda mine last week, when
several feet OF free gold ore was dis
covered in the 25e-foOt level
Another dividend being anxiously
awaited AZ Butte IS that Of the Boston
Montana. $40 per share. which is no;
due until August Fl. but IL is thought
it viii be more than sic. probably SIS
or SEQ. In spite OF its many lawsuits
the company Is waxing more and more
prosperous
Clark 4 Sweeny are pushing develop
msnt work on the Jumbo in the Buffalo
Hump. on which they have bond. and
the latest workings show three feet OF
$50 ore.
While reports from the Buffalo
Hump district are pleasing to those in
tsrested il Is deeply regretted that the
Big Buffalo group is Indefinitely tied
up in litigation
-Four men ara employed developing
the ElzOra. the big silver and lead
property on the reservation. three
miles from Bossburg- An incline work.
ing shaft is being sunk. which has
now attained . depth OF IS feet A
rich body Of ore is being penetrated
and the owners. who are experienced
miners. are not worrying over it pinch.
out
The Slate Greek country, which is
just over on the vest side OF the Gas
eades. but which Is usually accounted
a part OF the 0kanOgan country, be
cause all OF the business Is from this
direction. Is enjoying quite q boom
this year. Two 10-stamp mills are nov
being taken into the country. and an
immense amount Of development viii
probably be done within the next year
Another big strike is reported in the
MayiOwer district, Montana, il being
in the West or Owsley Mayfower mine
Work has been progressing there stead
lily Of late, but with a reduced force.
petition for the dissolution Of the
lie Roi Mining and Smelling Company
was recently filed at Spokane.
A fine strike has been made on the
Weatherby Bonanza mine. in the
Chicken Greek district Of eastern Ore
gon.
The belief that the Myers creek min
ing district will shortly come to the
front is evidenced by the lively interest
there.
The mineral department Of the Spo
kane Industrial Exposition continues
TO grow in importance each day. The
mining men of Spokane and Manager
Bolster are making Of this feature all
they agreed to.
The Silver Butte mine and coneen
traitor. near Libby, Mont, has been
sold by the Sheriff Of Flathead county
a. X. Sedgwick Of Spokane has re
Gently completed a deal for the pur.
chase Of the Wall Street mine in east
ern Oregon for $4,000. The property
was sold by Robinson & Son.
Idaho is called the Gem Of the
Mountains" At no time since the day
the nomenclature was applied to the
state has she proven herself more
worthy Of the name than at the pres
emit
The Trout Lake Topic reports the
strike Of a new shoot OF ore in the Sill
YER Cup of almost solid gray copper.
sacking at about $500 to the ton.
Copper Camp, Stevens county, Wash
ington, and, in fact, all the territory in /
the immediate neighborhood Of Cedar
canyon, has been mined for years for
silver and large quantities OF rich sill /
yer ore have been shipped. 1t has been
known for some time that the country
was also rich in copper, and 1t is now
generally believed that the richest
mines here will be those carrying the [
latter. Several fine strikes Of copper
have recently been made. A fine strike /
OF gray copper has recently been made
in the shaft which is being sunk on the
old Cleveland mine.