The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-03-04

~. OhNlbs just nIIOAh inc OAhuDBhu
lFiver. lies what is called a sodium-sui
lphate mine. This deposit covers about
Isixty acres. and from samples sent 70
the agricultural college Of Washing
ton and a chemist In Seattle is pro
Enonnoed by them commercially pure.
Another attempt has been made "a
And Indian Johns fabuIousIy rich
placer gold fields. said TO be located in
casslar and which are pronounced
among the lost mines OF the world.
This time californians tried 70 locate
the gold, but did not succeed. After
two years wandering some Of the par.
" have returned to Vancouver.
british Columbia.
Arrangements are being made to
resume work on the Diamond Hitch in
the Boundary country.
The Caledonia. In Bear Lake district,
3. c.. has $50 feet OF tunneling and has
just commenced a cross-eut tunnel.
two shifts are being worked.
On the Monte Carlo and American
Eagle. on Hardy mountain In Bound.
airy valuable deposits Of native copper
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A valuable body OF ore has been
crosscut on the City Of Paris and Lin.
coin claims in Central camp, Boundary
country.
A foot OF clean ore has been struck
in the drift being run on the Mabou
claim, which adjoins the Enterprise
mine on Ten Mile near Silverton.
At the Dundee mine the main shaft
is now down to the 2s3-foot level. The
drifting on ore is being carried on at
the 100000 level. where II is is feet
thick.
The Gladstone mineral claim, stu
ated on Porcupine creek, four miles
east OF the Nelson and Fort Sheppard
railway. has been sold by n. A. Rivers
to Gideon Mshar.
Montreal parties have purchased a
large interest In the Orc Denoro claim
in Summit camp. enough having been
invested 20 insure the stealing work
Ing OF the mine in future
Fifteen men are at work on the City
OF Paris and Lincoln mines over in
Central camp and are making good
progress on the s00-foot tunnel which
liz now in over COO feet
r. @. Sidley of Anarchist mountain
has bonded his well known Anarchist
group OF claims at Camp Mckinney
to W. p. Patton and company Of Green.
wood for a large sum
The mill at the Porto Rico is run.
ming night and day and is giving good
satisfaction. There is much specula.
ton as TO the returns. and estimates
vary from $4,000 TO f50.00o.
The Boundary Greek Mining com
pany, which owns the Last Chance, in
skylark camp. has purchased a com
piete plant. consisting OF a so horse
power boiler. hoist. pump and steam
drills from the Jeneks Machine COM
pany at Trail and expect TO have IL on
the ground shortly.
The confirmation OF the sale OF the
CornucopiR group for 5000, 900 is the
latest actual transfer OF note and is in.
dicative Of what is going on around
sumpter. Ore.
The result OF the Hall Mines smeIt-
Ing operations during the four weeks
ending January 9th were: % days.
hours smelling. 3.727 tons smelted.
yielding O. tons copper, 3s,25o ounces
silver
! The mill a; the Porto Rico is run.
ming night and day and is giving good
satisfaction. There is much specula.
ton as 10 the returns and estimates on
the months returns vary from $40 900
TO $4,000.
IL is estimated that the ore ship.
ments already made from the SLOGAN
this year have yielded returns ot.over
half million dollars. Twenty-one
mines are at present on the list OF
shippers
During January the B. A. c. did over
$500 feet OF tunneling. shafting. etc.
on its various properties and prob
ably the February record viii be even
greater than that.
The tunnel on the wallingford at
Rossland is now in PAS feet and has
good showing OF mineral In the face.
A change has been made to the use
of coal asa fuel in the Virginia mine,
at RosslAnd.
The new machinery on the Sullivan
group, in the Fort Steele country, is
working without a hitch. The deyel-
opment work has been much more rap
Id since the machinery was started.
A crosscut tunnel has been started
on the Vancouver group. near Silver.
ton, 20 tap the ore bodies at much
greater depth than the present work.
inRs,
On the Noble Five the big ore body
lately. run into has been followed for
SIS feet Its average width is i've feet
II is estimated that the amount OF ore
In sight is worth about $1,000
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