The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-09-16

They have already started to set things
in shape to work.
h More or less work on the claims In
Wilmot camp, near Keller WASH. has
been done this season. Wtlmot calnp
is named in honor OF Lew Wilmot,
county commissioner for the South
Half district
The collection for the mineral exhiN
1t from Dixie. Idaho. for Spokane is
fast nearing completion. II contains
some large collections Of high grade
ore, and will make q ereditable show.
| ing for the camp.
The Treasure Box property Is the lat
est sensation at Bossburg, Wash. oW.
| ing to the fact that = shoot OF high
grade gold quartz has just been eneoun-
tered in its upper tunnel. which is now
in about so feet.
The development work on the Ali.
anee, on Toloman mountain, near KEEL
Ter. Wash. is progressing with entire
satisfaction. The drift at the end Of
the lower tunnel viii soon encounter a
body of splendid galena and copper ore.
A deal has been closed in Denver by
an AAh6AASA hutNsAtC
for $2,500 600 cash the property of the
Big Five Mining Company at Ward,
Col. The properties include the Niwot.
Dew Drop. Columbia and other well
known gold producers.
Great activity is being shown this
year in all the mining camps along the
Methow Valley, Wash. From Slate
creek. just across the summit OF the
Cascades, to the mouth of the MethCw
money is being put into the mines ami
work is in progress upon dozens OF
properties.
A vein Of coal eight feet across has
just been uncovered on the Taenum, the
mining district recently discovered 90
miles west of Ellensburg. Wash. The
coal was found in the contact between
the mineral and sandstone, and tests
have shown it to be of excellent quail.
ity for blaeksmiths' use.
The Nespelium country west OF KEEL.
Ter, Wash. has Of late given to the dis.
triet strike of more than ordinary
importance. A prospect of few month";.
ago. admittedly a promising one. now
ranks as a shipper and promises tC
make that section famous. The prop
erty is the now famous Stephenson
claim.
One Of the most important mining
deals in the history of the southern
Oregon mines has just been completed
at Ashland. The Montreal & Oregon
Gold Mines (limitedl, a Canadian Ger.
poration Of which Charles G. Grifith is
manager, has purchased the Ashland
mine for a consideration understood to
be 100000.
Sumpter camp will have a mining
exhibit at the Spokane exposition. Ev-
cry one is enthusiastic over the affair
There is great excitement as the re-
suit of discoveries made in Plumbago
canyon by Colorado miners. The camp
is about % miles north of Laramie,
Wyo., and II men have been employed
for some weeks. A carload of the ore
was sent to Denver and returns show
80 to 10 per cent copper and eight
ounces OF silver to the ton. A large
number OF mining men have gone to
! Plumbago canyon and staked OF
claims.
The Last Chance mine at Saltese in
the Ceur d'Alenes, shipped two cars OF
ore last week, which a couple OF leas-
ers have taken out during the spring
and summer. The U. S. mine, adjOin-
! ing it, shipped one car a few days ago.
These two mines have been shipping
occasionally for six or eight years,
| generally being worked by leasers, and
they have proven valuable properties
The ore is mainly carbonate, with
more or less gray copper. and yields
from 800 to $3.50 per ton above freight
and smelter charges.
Interest in the Badger creek gold dis
! trict, 40 miles up the Boise river, was
| revived by the result OF development
work that has been made since the dis
cOvery of the district. A tunnel has
been run 127 feet, cutting the Copper
Queen lode 80 feet deep. 1t has opened
II feet Of ore which carries an average
value Of about 500 in gold, while much
OF it is very high grade. The walls are
granite, well defined, and the vein gives
every indication Of being valuable.
Some little prospecting has been done
in addition, and the results indicate
/ great gold district.