The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-11-11


heees ana Resaeaals,
The mine owners OF the Occur dAi.
enes are beginning 70 realize the advan.
tage Of consolidation OF great mining
properties. They are learning that the
creation OF Q big mine by acquiring ali
the claims surrounding IL Is q thing
greatly TO be desired. Rumor has Il
that the near future will witness q
number Of big deals which will result
In attracting the attention OF the world
10 the Occur d'Alenes.
RepuhlIe.
Work has been resumed on the Gold.
o. Harvest.
The Chespa Blue Jay IL said 70 be
producing some hne ore.
The onilD seems 70 improve with
each foot Of depth gained.
The mill building q: the Mountain
Lion 10 practically completed.
The new Delta shaft IL 30 feet deep.
The ore looks ine. and 10 nne.
The Ben Hur shaft 10 being sunk
QVite rapidly for 90 large q shaft.
The Copper Mountain tunnel IL In q
full face Of ore. and Il 10 OF good grade.
The Mephisto tunnel. on KIondike
mountain. IL In rs feet When It
reaches = length OF $50 feet Il Ia en-
pected the ledge viii be cut At a depth
OF something near 100 feet
The Tom Thumb has struck II rich.
Just how rich cannot be learned, but
It IL known that the south drift At the
ls0-foot level shows i've feet OF ore
which has Assayed close 70 $500 per
ton. Il Is the general belief that the
average value IN fully 500 per ton. In
the north drift IL three feet Of fair
grade ore. The mine never looked a.
web before.
The superintendent Of the Jim Blaine
IL not giving out any news about the
property save that Il is about the same
- usual. which IL equivalent 70 saying
that the Jim Blaine IL all rieht
The new shaft on the Gopher 10 down
TO depth Of Is feet. The new SHAFT IL
being imbered In . most substantial
manner and IL being sunk Al least two
feet every ~ hours. II 10 being con-
GtFucted with the expectation Of strtk.
ING the ledge at depth Of 200 feet
Ten feet OF dFift has been run toward
the shaft on the Mountain Lion from
the bottom Of the WHINE that has been
suak from the 390.foOt level. The
winss Is I35 feet in depth. II will taxa
about 20 days 70 run 20 the shaft. When
that hAs been done and q connection
made. the shaft viii be sunk 500 feet
deeper.
0kaa0gaa.
The Palmer Mountain tunnel has
been driven nearly 100 feet and the
2t00 mark has been passed. The last
Is feet shows many signs Of approach
ing another vein Of ore. The force on
drifts has been increased and the orr
dump 10 assuming good proportions. the
values more than holding.
The hoist II the Black Bear IL al
ready TO start and only awaits the ~
rival OF the engineeE, the repairs TO ths
aume win soon Be complete a. vel
a. the oveFhanling Of the mill. and q
nothing nnforseen comes up ore vii
be going through the stamps By De
cember /.
Al the wehs group the sinking Of tn
soo-foot vertical shaft IL going well. a
IL the driving Of the tunnel on th'
Paaco.
Al the Marietta q soo-foot tunnel VA
started four weeks ago. and they ar
now running In on 500 ore. This com
pany will put several thousand tons Of
the bank Of the okAnogan near Nc
I.auEhlln'a rapids this winter for ship
nent on the opening Of navigation Il
the spring.
AT the Bull Frog Manager Hart .
pushing the relnstaliing Of the cyanid
plant. running the crosscut tunnel
drifting on the vein recently cut an
linking In the shaft He expects sooI
10 begin running the 200o-foot tunnel
Work at the Gray Eagle is going FOL
ward with two shifts running In Of
! the vein, and they are said to have er
|. countered high grade ore In fairly 600
? quantity.
Il IL reported that the okanogan Ere
Gold Mines will pay another dividen
November and that Il may exceed III
former one.
nuaalo Hump.
while the outside world 10 waltin
and wondering what will b done Wit
!, the Big Buffalo the numerous compal
" lea interested in Buffalo Hump Ar
= pounding away end developing mine
that viii rival the Big Buffalo In siI
|. and value.
A crosscut tunnel IL being run on u
!. 81. Louis that will cut the lead betwee
60 and 20 feet. The tunnel 10 now
60 feet. The 81. Louis IL under bon
70 Young q Turner Of the Boston
BuffaioIdah Company for 5000, an
|. II the lead shows a. good values In tn
= croascut a. Il did on the surface Il
company will put In hosting plant
!, once
y To lane G. Gillian belongs the cred
y Of establishing the flrst telephone In
" In camp. The company 10 called u
Buffalo Hump Telephone Compan
The line II about two miles long.
Il runs from Frank Brown q Co.'S stor
IL on the Cameron 4 Norman townsite.
V the Buffalo Hump Development Cor
pany's once, on the Fortune, and fro
there to the Boston O BunAlo-Idal
Company's once. on the Concord tow
AZ site. The three companies own u
70 line.
Z. There 10 much building going on a.
"A the little sawnill here has more orde
a.. a, nan All alfhouRh the cheaDe