Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-03-10

the agricultural college of Washing
ton and a chemist in Seattle is pro
nounced by them commercially pure.
Another attempt has been made to
find Indian Johns fabulously rich
placer gold fields, said to be located In
Cassiar and which are pronounced
among the lost mines of the world
This time Californians tried to locate
the gold, but did not succeed. After
two years wandering some of the par
ty have returned to Vancouver.
8 British Columbia.
Arrangements are being made to
resume work on the Diamond Hitch In
the Boundary country.
The Caledonia, in Bear Lake district
B. c., has $50 feet of tunneling and has
just commenced a cross-cut tunnel
two shifts are being worked.
On the Monte Carlo and American
Eagle, on Hardy mountain in Bound
airy valuable deposits Of native copper
ore have been encountered.
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 263-foot level. The
drifting on ore is being carried on at
the 100000 level, where it 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 Mahar.
Montreal parties have purchased a
large interest in the Orc Denoro claim
in Summit camp, enough having been
invested to insure the stealing work
ing of the mine in future
Fifteen men are at work on the City
Central camp and are making good
progress on the 8OO-foot tunnel which
is now in over 600 feet.
r. G. 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 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 $4,000,
The Boundary Creek Mining COM
pany, which owns the Last Chance, in
Skylark camp, has purchased a COM
plete plant, consisting of a so horse
power boiler, hoist, pump and steam
drills from the Jencks Machine com
pany at Trail and expect to have it on
the ground shortly.
The confirmation of the sale of the
Cornucopia group for $500, 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 smelt-
ing operations during the four weeks
ending January 9th were: % days,
6 hours smelling, 1927 tons smelted,
yielding SO tons copper, 39,250 ounces
silver.
The mill at the Porto Rico is run.
ming night and day and is giving good
There is much specula-
ton as to the returns and estimates on
the months returns vary from $40 900
to $4,000.
nEfiTn otn6 hok
ments already made from the SLOGAN
this year have yielded returns of over
half a 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 will be even
greater than that.
The tunnel on the Wallingford at
Rossland is now in 245 feet and has a
good showing of mineral in the face.
A change has been made to the use
Of coal as 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 devel.
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, to tap the ore bodies at much
greater depth than the present work
Ings.
On the Noble Five the big ore body
ately run into has been followed for
So feet. Its average width is five feet,
It Is estimated that the amount of ore
N sight is worth about conn mn