The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-09-02

Ing employment to 13 miners.
The Jenckes Machine Company of
Rossland have shipped a hoist and q
sinking pump to the Knob Hill Mining
Company at the Greenwood camp in
the Boundary creek country.
There are now AZ men on the payroll
of the Lake Shore mine at Noyie. The
new air compressor and machine drills
are working to perfection.
A plan of increasing development is
now being carried out at the No. at
Rcssland.
The news from the Tamarac at Ymir,
continues to be of an encouraging char
acter.
The owners of the Queen group,
which joins the Yellowstone mine near
imir, are in good spirits over the re-
cent showings.
On the Arlington, near Erie. full
force of men are at work. Work on
the shaft continues, and the workings
ere below the 5O0-foot level.
MINING NO1EA.
Dixie camp is indeed looking very
bright.
The Crystal Butte mine, one and q
falf miles south of Chesaw, Wash, has
put in a 1O-stamp mill and concentra-
tor, which has commenced stamping
ore. The mill has a capacity of 20 tons
per day.
Work has again commenced on the
Curlew mine at Victor, Montana, and 20
men are now employed sinking a new
double-compartment shaft.
1t is semi-officially announced from
Washington that the bureau of the
mint will shortly order a reduction to
be made in the charges for refining
silver at the government mints and as
say Offices.
Spokane men have acquired half of
the Winslow property in the Buffalo
Hump camp.
John Gray, superintendent of the
Crystal mine, near Ft. Spokane, began
shipping ore this week, and has four
four-horse teams hauling the product
to Davenport.
The mill on the property Of the Okla
hogan Free Gold Mines. limited, COM
lnenced running August and will
make the first cleanup the last of the
month.
The Palmer mountain tunnel meas
ures 2225 feet, and is making about
10 feet per month.
A peculiar change is taking place
with the development of the Montana,
the mine near Sylvanite, Montana.
When this property was purchased it
had an excellent showing of silver-lead
ore and the presence of any other min
eral unlocked for. News that ore car
ying high values in free gold is COM
ing into the bottom of the tunnel has
been received by the owners.
The Empire State Idaho Mining Co.,
declared it's regular monthly dividend
August Is. This is the company pro-
NOTED about year since by Clark &
Sweeny to take over the Last Chance
mine at Wardner.
A scarcity of lumber has delayed the
building of ore bins at the Palmer
mountain tunnel, and has somewhat
delayed drifting.
On the Kittie M, in Sheridan camp,
there is shaft IL feet in width. This
IS less than 900 feet from the Polar Star
1t is a promising property. There is
10-foot shaft on the Pasco that shows
3O-inch vein of ore that assays from
SIS to $500 per ton. The values are
largely silver.
The tunnel that was recently started
en- the Wanaconda property has been
driven about rs feet along the ledge.
1t is showing up fine body Of good ore.
The tunnel will be driven 500 feet.
A 4O-horse power, double drum hoist
has been received at the Pauper mine
near Silver City, Idaho.
The official report of the mineral pro-
duction of the United States for the
calendar year 1898 has been made by
the geological survey.
The ore taken from the $50 foot level
in the Golconda mine at Sumpter, Or,
continues to be the wonder of the camp.
Another rich pocket was encountered
in the drift and several sacks of this
phenomenally rich ore were taken out.
1t is estimated that 100000 worth was
sacked in an hours time. This in ad-
dltion to the strike some days ago.
making over 100000 taken from the
drift.
Alkire P. O., (West Fork,) Wash,
has some claims and the camp is a
promising one.
The development of mining interests
in the state Of Washington during the
last year have been of character to be
most satisfactory to every person inter-
ested, and to that public having the rep
utation of the state for mineral depos-
it at heart. The most prominent
points of development are to be found
ct Republic in Ferry county-at Loom.
is, in Okanogan county.
In California there is no such thing
as "non-assessable stock" in corpO-
J ration. A California corporation is
given power by positive statute to levy
necessary assessments. and no power
J exists in a corporation to waive such
legal rights.
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