The Anaconda standard., 1899-08-08
NEAR WALLACE.
A New Mill Running as Successor of hte
Ono Blown Up.


Special Correspondence Of the Standard.
Wallace. Idaho, Aug. 6.-The new
Bunker Hill mill is running in an ex-
perimental way, although it will be
some days before it is running regular
ly, and it cannot be run to it's full
capacity until the new compressor is
done, which will be several weeks yet.
1T was just 80 days from the time the
mill was blown up until water was
turned on the wheel of the rebuilt mill
for the first time
The new compressor for the Last
Chance, which the Empire State-Idaho
Mining and Development company or
dered Immediately after, the blowing
up of the Bunker Hill mill and COM
pressor, has arrived, and is now being
got into place. A small secondhand
compressor was bought Immediately in
Spokane, which has been doing service
in the meantime.
The visit of Presidents Mellen of the
Northern Pacific and Mohler of the o.
r. & NJ yesterday is supposed to have
a bearing on the road from here to
Sunset peak, and division of traffic in
other parts of the Coeur d. Alene. Both
roads have surveys to Sunset, the 0.
r. & N having made its last winter.
working under the name of the Idaho
& Northern Railroad company. The
Northern Pacific ran line later, al
of track being graded in 1892. While
both roads We're making bluffs, it is not
likely that more than one line will be
built at present. The question the peo-
pie of Wallace would like to see settled
is which one. The Northern Pacific
will run from here if it builds, while
the line of the o. r. g. N. survey leaves
the south fork of the Occur d'Alene
river at Enaville, 10 miles west of here,
the South Fork of the Coeur d'Alene
following up the North Fork and Beav-
er creek.
Work on the new sewer system is to
commence the first of the week, the
contract calling for the completion Of
the contract by Nov 8. When done, 1t
will reach all the business portion of
the town and all the thickly settled
residence sections.
The April Fool Mine.
The deal for the purchase of the April
Fool mine at De Lamar, of which mention
was made last week, has been fully con-
summated. Tie mine has been bought
an the purchase price, 100000 has been
paid.
Mr.. Thompson of the Thompson Invest
ment company was elected president; c.
X. Mccormick of Salt Lake vice presi-
dent, and A. II. Wethey secretary and
treasurer The list of stockholders is re-
suggestive of care in making the purchase.
II is said that dividend of per cent.
upon the purchase price was at once de-
clared, and it is strongly intimated that
the board of directors will hereafter de-
clare dividend of per cent. each
month st
OF course, how long such a thing can
be kept up will depend upon the manner
in which the mine opens out! but the pres-
ent indications are claimed to be of the
most favorable character and to fully jus
tify the promise of regular dividends. AS
stated in the last issue, the property ad-
joins the De Lamar mine at De Lamar,
Nevada, and is gold property
Sales at Bristol.
A Bristol New. correspondent of the
Phoebe Record says that c. L. Roe has
sold his interest in the Vesuvus mine to
Addison Bybee We are informed the
price was $4,000 Mr.. Bybee has also
bonded the Challenge mine from Mrs.
McFadden for $4,000. This mine has
large body of low-grade lead, as well as
a good percentage of copper, and the de-
velopment that is going on at present
gives every indication of the Challenge
mine turning to copper in depth, as it is
proved by other mines in the vicinity that
at depth the silver and lead ores are only
formed in the cross veins and where the
main copper fissures come in contact with
the cross veins.
There are 80 men now at work in the
old camp and development work is pro-
ceeding nicely on all the claims. Out of
eight claims being worked all are pro-
ducing copper ore that runs from 20 to 40
per cent frst-claSS. second class from