The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-02-18

IN which all the accessories are Of IA.
turs to justify absolute accuracy in the
result.
The British-Ameriean Co, owning the
lie Roi mine, Roasland, b. C., are pre-.
pairing to sink q vertical shaft 70 cost
$1,000
The gold output Of the Witwatersrnnd
South Africa, district, for the year "a
was l,47s,473 ounces; for ~, 2!O24.Is9
ounces; 's5, 2,277 .63S; 80, 2,2sl SIS; 81,
1904 ,674; 90, 1855 OO9.
Quieksilver's highest price in San Fran.
cisco was In 74-5-el SIS per pound; low.
Get, 30 cents In '79. Its present worth ia
San Francisco ia &42 per flask Of 76i
pounds.
Erwin and Drockert, iessees Of the Old
Joe mine, at Norris, Montana, have
encountered q large body of high grade
ore in crOss-cutting in the lower tunnel.
A sample across the vein In cut has an
assay value Of SIS per ton.
II is learned, aatboritativeIy, that the
only change TO be made in the royalty
clause Of the Yukon regulations viii D.
TO raise from $500 70 5000 the amount
OF output from each claim 10 be exempted
from the 10 per cent royalty.
There is over SO men in the Hump
country who are developing their own
properties, and all report a fine showing
II reports are true, the Hump viii be one
Of the best mining districts in Idaho a.
soon as sufficient development work has
been done.
The Poreupine placer mining district
on the Dalton trad bids fair 70 become
one Of the best known and best producing
gold camps in Alaska. No point in Amer.
lean territory, except Forty Mile river
below Dawson. has shown its richness
Already there have been located some POO
claims on the creek, and there viii un
doubleday be . larger rush this spring and
summer.
The Porcupine district is well within
American territory, even within the ter
ritory which would remain were large
concessions to be made TO British CoIum.
bia by the international commission now
at Washington
The Carvallo Of Republic is being in.
eOrpOrated by McCarren, McCIurg 4 Co
The claim lies $50 feet north of Lone
Pine and joins the Transit on the north
and the Nevada on the west. The stock
will be handled by Mecarren. MeClurg 4
Co. Surface assays s. - gold 10 the ton
The lead runs entire length of claim.
In bessemeriEing copper MATES the los
of silver is usually very large, proper.
tiOnately, and the loss of gold Compare.
lively slight The three principal losses
in pyritis smelters are in slagz, fue dus,
and vOlatiliEation.
As rule all assays. containing in then
charge carbon, puff up because OF forIna
ton Of carbOnic oxide, thus requiring the
Use Of a larger crucible, which in such
case should not be more than two-thirds
filled with the assay sample.
Two feet and half Of solid high grade
ore has been encountered in the shaft al
the Hiyu mine near Florence, Idaho, al
depth Of between seventy and eighty
feet below the first level. The shaft d
going down at the rate Of set of timbers
for every two shifts. and is now nearly
one hundred feet below the. first level.
The work Of sinking will continue to the
depth Of two hundred feet below the
first level. The managers are highly
pleased with the showing. as they did
not expect to have any ore in the shat!
at the depth attained.