The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-05-27
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Hxinine Notes.
The only native copper discovered
I'm Southern Arizona comes from the
Buster mine, In the Bradford noun
tains. The native copper IL taken from
the ground in solid nuggets and leaf
like sheets, the latter from four TO six
inches vide. from six TO fourteen inch
es in length and from the thickness Of
. knifelblade TO onequarter OF an inch.
These leaf-lIke layers run In veins
through seams in the ore, which IL
more In the nature Of q deposit than q
vein, and crops up on top Of the noun
tain. The ore runs from 50 to 50 per
cent copper.
No work Is being done on either the
Golden Chest or Golden Chariot claims
at present
The ledge has been uncovered in the
Republic Giant but the manager has
not divuiged the value Of the ore.
There Is some free gold in the Lake
View claim, and the general run Of the
rock is reported to be better than here
tofore.
The Stray Horse tunnel IL still In
progress. and no ledge in its face. 1t
Is difhcult to form an idea Of the time
when IL will be struck
The Lille r. tunnel on the property
has reached total length Of 80 feet.
There Is considerable quartz MIXED
with the ledge matter In the tunnel
The values are small
Some good ore has been found on
the Copper Mountain claim, at some
distance from the tunnel. II is be-
Iieyed to be different ledge from the
one that was cut in the tunnel, and is
much richer.
A change Of rock has been encoun-
tered In the Delta. There is no claim
In camp that can show up q finer quail
lily Of quartz than the Delta. Good pro
gress is being made in sinking the
shaft 1t is down so feet. Some water
Is coming in, but not in quantity to re-
tard work to any great extent
The reported strike in the Kate Hay
ward tunnel was not true. II is ex-
pected that the ledge viii be encoun-
tered any day but as the strike Of the
ledge is a matter Of much speculation
no one can say with certainty when IL
will be cut Some small stringers Of
/ good quartz have been found in the
face OF the drift which would indicate
that the tunnel was nearing the ledge.
The sinking OF the old shaft on the
Mountain Lion has been resumed. II
is the design to follow the ledge, going
down on the foOt-wall until the tunnel
Is reached or ia met by a raise. Work
on the latter will begin as soon as the
drift is extended far enough. The gal.
lows frame is up for the new shaft and
work will be pushed on that Fifty
men are now on the pay roll and the
number will be increased in a very
short time.
Ore@Sn Ntnea.
The rich gold districts around Baker
City, Oregon. are attracting the atten.
ton OF capital rs never before. Close
upon the heels OF the sale OF the DO
mama mine for 100000. the report
comes from . most reliable source that
the Red Boy mine is about TO change
hands. and that the consideration in
this case, too. is 100000 The Red
Boy is a proht-paying mine. No one
knows exactly how much il pays, as II
Is In private hands, and the owners dc
not boast OF the wealth they control
The mill OF the Red Boy is a 20-stamp
The mine employs SO men. It is the
general opinion here that the sum nam
ed as the purchase price Of the mine
is not exorbitant
On the Burnt river, in weatherby
district, Oregon, are several good
mines. among which is the Bonanza. OF
Shelton, sometimes called the Shelton
Bonanza This mine has lately passed
into the hands Of 4 Spokane company
which will operate II upon a more ex
tensive scale than ever. The mine has
produced $4,000 through its I'VE
stamp mill. and cleanups of from
$1,000 to $4,000 monthly are being made
In the same vicinity are the Rat
tier. Gold Gin. Gold Hill. Gallaher and
others. all making favorable showings
and coming rapidly to the front. The
GoldCliff shows free gold in abundance
In the ore and samples have been
shown here running as high as 5000
per ton. A two-stamp mill is on the
claim and is pounding out a few hun
dred dollars every month. While
Burnt river camp in past years was
quite prominent, 1t has been neglected
Of late until quite recently, when new
people and men Of means began tc
come into the district to ind oppor
tunities for investment
The hotels in Baker City are crowd
ed early and late. Among the visitors
are many experts and capitalists.
The latest report in mining circles
here h that the new owners OF the Bo
mama mine will increase the mill from
20 to 20 stamps at once and will install
1000 stamps in all before winter. The
mine is in condition to supply 100
stamps with ore.
BritlsA cslameia.
New hosting machinery Is to be In.
stalled on the Arlington.
Some OF the PAYNE ore In now belnr