The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-08-19

INNING NOTES.
While the prospect for railroad com.
munication this season in the Buffalo
Hump district does not seem to be very
promising. the reports from the mining
districts are more than hattering.
It is reported that one Of the greatest
strikes ever made in the country was
In the Golconda mine last week, when
several feet of free gold ore was dis.
covered In the 250-foot level.
Another dividend being anxlously
awaited at Butte is that of the Boston
& Montana, $40 per share. which is not
due until August 81, but it is thought
it will be more than SO, probably SIS
or $40. In spite Of its many lawsuits
the company Is waxing more and more
prosperous.
Clark & Sweeny are pushing develop
ment 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.
terested 1t Is deeply regretted that the
Big Buffalo group Is Indefinitely tied
up in litigation.
Four men are 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 q depth of 45 feet. A
rich body of ore is being penetrated,
and the owners. who are experienced
miners, are not worrying over it pinch
out.
'"rhe Slate Creek country. which is
just over on the west side Of the Cas-
cades, but which Is usually accounted
part Of the Okanogan country, be-
cause all Of the business is from this
direction, is enjoying quite q boom
this year. Two 10-stamp mills are now
being taken into the country, and an
immense amount Of development will
probably be done within the next year
Another big strike is reported in the
Mayfower district, Montana, it being
in the West or Owsley Mayflower mine
Work has been progressing there stead
| lily of late, but with q reduced force.
A 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 Creek 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 concen.
traitor, near Libby, Mont. has been
sold by the Sheriff of Flathead county.
A. X. Sedgwick Of Spokane has re-
Gently completed deal for the pur.
chase Of the Wall Street mine in east
ern Oregon for $4,000. The property
was sold by Robinson & Son.
| lOdnO ID Callcu Luo dcm VI Iu0
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
ent.
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 it 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