Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-08-19
MINES AND MINING NEWS.
OUR NORTHWESTERN MINES.
items Cleaned From the Late Reports
All Districts Are Being DeveIoped-A
Prosperous Year Is Prsdic ed Mining
Notes and Personals.

ing like this in the way of ore exhibits
ever was made in the northwest. There
now remain not more than a dozen or
fifteen camps in the entire country to
be heard from by this department of
the exposition.
The rapid development of the gold
mining industry is reflected in the in
creased deposits of gold at the assay
office in Boise, Idaho. These have this
year been running far above the record
of any previous season. For the week
ending August 70 the amount was
$71, 494, the total for the corresponding
week last year having been $31,769
Republic Notes.
The Gopher shaft was sunk so feet
in July.
The shaft on the Bodie was sunk As
feet during July.
The Golden Lion tunnel was driven
100 feet last month.
There were 81 feet of drifts run on
the Palo Alto last month.
About 40 feet of shaft was sunk on
the Golden Lily during July.
There was 100 feet of development
work done on the Black Tail in July.
Sixty-five feet of drift and shaft were
driven on the Princess Maud in July.
The Copper Mountain Tunnel was
driven "a feet during the past month
The Summit Republic drift was eX.
tended 20 feet during the past month
The double compartment shaft on
Ben Hur was sunk 81 feet last month.
The Republic leads the list for July
The total number of feet run was 500
The new tunnel on the Jumbo was
driven 35 feet last month with one
shift.
The work of sinking the shaft on the
Golden Lily is progressing satisfac
torily.
Work on the Surprise during July
was confined to running drifts along
the ledge
The San Poll drifts last month fig
ure up IS feet. For June 80 feet was
the total.
Forty feet of raise was made in the
Quilp during July and 20 feet of cross
cut was run.
Sixty feet of tunnel was driven or
the North Star claim in July and II
feet of drifts.
No work was done on the Rebate il
July except sinking the shaft. 1t was
lowered 81 feet.
A new shaft was sunk on the Sar
Juan during the month of July to the
depth of 25 feet.
The total number of feet of develop
ment work on the Tom Thumb during
July was 80 feet .
The cross-cut tunnel which is being
driven on the Stray Horse, north Of
the Mountain Lion, is now in 175 feet
The shaft in the Lucky Consolidated
adjoining the Copper Belle, is to be
sunk from the Is to the 65-foot leve
at once.
The long cross-cut tunnel on the
Golden Lion is giving indications OF
nearing a ledge which is believed tc
be the Mountain Lions vein.
In the Quilp the raise which will,
connect the drift with the shaft is
nearly done, and only about Is feet oil
work remains to make the junction.
The Insurgent is showing up as wei
as ever. The ledge is holding it's owr
in width and the values are said to be
about as they have been in the past.
The contractor for the 300-foOt tun
mel on the George Reed, states thai
about 40 feet of the tunnel has beer
completed and that he is rushing The
work.
The owners of the Hoosier MaiC
claim are sinking a shaft on a promis
ing vein, which looks big on top ant
is believed to be on the Lorna Door
system.
The Lone Pine is working only ir
the crOsscut tunnel which is being driv
en- to tap a ledge that lies north of any
that have so far been opened on the
property.
During the past month the Wine in
the Morning Glory was timbered uE
in a most substantial manner. This
with handling about so gallons OF
water an hour from a depth of nearly
100 feet, made sinking the Wine rather
slow. Only about 80 feet was sunk
during the past 80 days.
British Columbia.
All the machinery for the Nelson
Sampling Works is now on the ground
A fine strike has been made on the
Rio Grande property, near Ymir.
Work has been commenced on the
wagon road up the North Fork of Wild
Horse creek.