Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-12-29
British COlumbim.

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. Rossland capitalists have bought the
Old Abe claim in the Fort Steele dis.
trict.
l The Evening Star has been reorgan.
lied under the laws of British Colum-
bia.
A strike on the City of Paris in Gen.
tral camp, has been made at the 300
foot level.
Durant keeps the Sheep creek falls,
much to the disappointment of a couple
of rival claimants.
The Burnt Basin district is coming to
the front, and from the number of
leads of good ore that are being found
there, 1t would seem that it has a flu.
ture of no small Importance before it.
A rich strike has been made on the
iron Mask at ROssland. The winze cut
the vein at the 400 level. The full size
OF the strike is not yet determined. but
100 feet above this point the vein was
q feet wide. The first assay of the bor
ings shows satisfactory values.
J. b. Macintosh of the B. c. mine,
summit camp, states that within few
weeks 40 men will be needed at the
mine to sort ore on the dumps, Regu-
lar shipments will then be made to the
IRAN smelter. The main working shaft
has attained depth of 22O feet.
The machinery for the stamp mill at
the Bunker Hill mine near Waneta has
arrived with the exception of one car
load AS large amount of ore is al
ready in sight, it has been determined
to temporarily suspend the devotion.
ment work until the mill is ready to
treat the ore.
The long crosscut on the Big Horn.
in Ymir camp, owned by the Simcoe
company, is now In about 80 feet. It ia
expected the vein will be struck about
200 feet further in, with a vertical |
depth of over 800 feet. The Porto Rico
mine has been temporarily shut down.
John Dorsey has bonded the Noun.
tain View In Summit camp for $4,000.
1t is an old location, and adjoins the
b. G. mine. There is a 30-foot tunnel
and a number of open cuts on the prom
erty. A series of assays gave values of
vi 80 per ton in gold and copper. De-
veiopment work is in progress.
AT the Sunset mine in Deadwood
camp Superintendent Johns has
force CT 20 men on his payroll prepar-
ing buildings and foundations for the
new machinery plant. He has nearly
completed the construction of a water
tank to hold 5000 gallons. Water will
De taken from Deadwood creek. a dis.
lance of 1400 feet and pumped nm IN
the tank. He has already laid about [
1000 feet of piping. s
Mr.. Graves says of the railroad snur {
which Is built to the Knob Hill. mass.
ing over the ground of the Victoria and
Old Ironsides, both owned by his com.
pany. Thls necessitated a cut around G
the brow OF the knoll and it ran 700 G
ieet In solid ore, bending in crescent {
shape around the hill, with 500 feet O
In a straight line between the noints 8
OF the curve where the ore was entered r
ana Where the cut left the ore. This S
cut varies from two to fifteen feet
depth and nothing shows in it but ore
In spite OF many delays and draw.
oacks' Mr. Graves said, I'VE are still h
quite confident that we shall begin al
smelling ore at Grand Forks the laet n
81 February. About a third of onr r;
is on hand. The railway Il
people have been hampered by lack ~ ~
rolling stock, which has DELAYED do. ~
livery OF the machinery. The snnr to
camp is not completed hut
VIII be done about January / Two
'purs are being built to accommodate ~
ne Old lronsides and Victoria and the =;
'ther to the Knob HILL" III
a Few weeks ago the Mountain v;av ~
lain, in Summit camp, was hordaS ~ ~
o John Dorsey for $25, OOO the hona ao
equiring the immediate commaUno "p
nent OF development work. This ha. 'O
zen done and three shifts are e aaS
'ioyed In sinking shaft which Il
own 81 feet. Assays give sac and CO.,
ne values being largely in copper T Ta W; we
fountain View adjoins the now fam me
us b. e. mine, which was sofa ,nar -
nan a year ago for 100000 to TESS .hs Ter
ioS S syndicate of Montreal II h as are are
splendid surface showing and - 10 n iS sN
rowing under development EarI 10 IN ~ eeS
10 = year year 1t will be supplied with an ~ =
II compressor, hoist, etc. WIN an - { !,