The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-07-08


emit to placer ground care should be TAX
en- to determine the exact classification
Of the land. and the clearest evidence
possible should be presented.
Quicksilver IL obtained on the Paci-
&c coast from four minerals cinnabar,
meta-cinnabarite, native quicksilver
and tiemannite (mercuric selenide).
This latter occurs in Piute county.
Utah.
The development Of mine il explor-
alton. The stopping and working Of q
mine after it Is developed is exploita-
ton. A good maxim In mining is keep
ing exploration well in advance Of ex-
ploitation.
A normal fault is one In which the
hanging wall has sunk relatively to the
foot wall, and reverse or thrust fault
is one in which the hanging wall side
has moved upward relatively to tho
foot wall.
The slow backward movement Of alb
rupt rock faces. due to weathering, has
been called the recession Of cliffs.
It has been asserted that all pyrite
contains gold in some amount, but care
full tests have been made by some Of the
most expert chemists Of the United
States geological survey and pyrite fire.
Quently found which showed no trace
Of gold.
The drilling contest at the Spokane In
dustrial Exposition puts up the following
prizes: For the double-handed contest,
$1,000 will be offered, $500 to go to the
winning team, $500 to the second best,
and 5000 to the third best There must
be at least six entries for this event, as
well as for the single-handed contest. Each
entering team must put up an entry fee
Of 10 per cent Of the purse, that is 800,
but the prizes are 80 liberal that even the
third team will earn double its entry fee.
For the single-handed contest the prize
and conditions are the same There must
be six entries, and each man must put up
an entry fee Of 800. The best man will
win $500, and will have the distinction Of
being the best single-handed rock driller
in the world, for the contest is open to
everybody. The second prize will be $500,
and the third prize will be 5000.
The states Of the Mariposa beds Of
the California gold belt are proven to
be cretaceous by the appearance Of
casts OF the fossil aucella.
Sedimentary strata to q depth Of H.
900 feet have been removed by erosion
In some portions Of the Grand Canyon
region In southern Utah.
In the early stage Of development Of
quartz mine 1t ia often impossible to
tell whether or not the ground is more
valuable for mineral or agricultural
purposes. A vein small and low grade
upon the surface may develop into a
valuable mine in depth. Several such
instances are of record.
The zone Of oxidation in the copper
mines of Butte, Mont, ends abruptly,
usually, the oxides and carbonates Civ
ing place within few inches to ores
OF the normal sulphide type. In the
Homestake mines of South Dakota. sui
phide ores are found on every level be-
low the 100, but oxidized ore Is found
as low as the 400 level.
A deal has been contaminated whereby
a Spokane syndicate has purchased section
q, township %, range SO, upon which the
Crystal mine is situated, near old Fort
Spokane. The purchase does not include
the 40 acres owned by the Crystal Com
pany, but takes in all the mineral lands
surrounding the Crystal, 600 acres in all.
This land has been already patented.
The Gray Eagle is the latest mine to be
added to the list Of choice showings in
the Inland Empire. 1t is in compare
lively new and unknown district. 1t is
located ON Hook creek, about six miles
from the Great Northern, and about 10
miles from Davenport. A Spokane CON-
pany owns it. Captain j. w. Heisner is
interested in it. Yesterday he received
box Of samples from b. N. Danskin,
who had been sent down to examine it.
The Cumberland mine, near Silver City,
Idaho, has been sold by 0. G. Labaree to
the Virtue Consolidated Gold Mining Com
pany Of Montreal. George Sonnemann
and j. E Branscombe, the Spokane men
who owned the control Of the mine, and
w. I. Mcdonald, who is Mr.. Labaree's
representative here, are authority for the
Ss~SSAhSAs Shos tAC PAASC 10 YASVVVVVV C0Sus
News Of the contamination of the deal
reached the city yesterday. This is the
second large deal made by Mr.. Labaree
this year, he having previously sold the
Virtue and Collateral mines, in Baker
City district, to the same company for
$685. 900.
The greatest placer excitement ever
known will be within the borders of Idaho
county within year. In the northeast.
ern part of the county there is compar-
atively unknown placer field, yet Of which
sufficient is known to prove beyond q
question Of doubt that it is immensely
rich in golden sands.
A long tunnel is to be run through the
Syndicate mountain, in the Burnt creek
district Of Idaho. This is the mountain
upon which the famous Syndicate group
of claims is located. Superintendent John
son of the Syndicate company, who is a
mining engineer as well as miner Of
wide experience, has submitted to the com.
pany his plans for working the big group
He proposes to start tunnel at creek
level on one side of the mountain and to
run it to cut five veins which crop out
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