The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-11-11
MINES AND MINING NEWS
OUR NORTHWESTERN MINES
toms Cleaned From the Late Reports
All Districts Arc Being DevcJoped-A
Prosperous Year IL Prediotsd-Htning
Notes and Personals.

enes are beginning to realize the advan-
tage of consolidation of great mining
properties. They are learning that the
creation of big mine by acquiring all
the claims surrounding it is a thing
greatly to be desired. Rumor has it
that the near future will witness
number of big deals which will result
in attracting the attention of the world
TO the Occur d'Alenes.
Republic.
Work has been resumed on the Gold
eI Harvest.
The Chespa Blue Jay is said to be
producing some fine ore.
The Quilp seems to improve with
each foot of depth gained.
The mill building a. the Mountain
Lion is practically completed.
The new Delta shaft is 80 feet deep.
The ore looks fine, and is fine.
The Ben Hur shaft is being sunk
quite rapidly for so large shaft.
The Surprise has no new features,
but the ore body and values are there
just the same.
The Copper Mountain tunnel Is in
full face of ore, and it is of good grade.
The Mephisto tunnel. on Klondike
mountain, is in rs feet. When it
reaches a length of $50 feet it is ex-
pected the ledge will be cut at a depth
OF something near 100 feet.
The Tom Thumb has struck it rich.
Just how rich cannot be learned, but
it is known that the south drift at the
15O-foot level shows five feet of ore
which has assayed close to 5000 per
ton. 1t is the general belief that the
average value is fully 500 per ton. In
the north drift is three feet of fair
grade ore. The mine never looked as
we'll before.
The superintendent of the Jim Blaine
is not giving out any news about the
property save that it is about the same
as usual, which is equivalent to saying
that the Jim Blaine is all right.
, The new shaft on the Gopher is down
to depth of 25 feet. The new shaft is
being timbered in a most substantial
manner and is being sunk at least two
feet every "a hours. 1t is being con-
structed with the expectation of strik
ing the ledge at depth of 200 feet.
} Ten feet of drift has been run toward
the shaft on the Mountain Lion from
the bottom of the Wine that has beer
sunk from the 320-foot level. The
winze is 1875 feet in depth. 1t will take
about 20 days to run to the shaft Wher
that has been done and a connection
made, the shaft will be sunk 500 fee
i. deeper.
A Okanogan.
a The Palmer Mountain tunnel has
t been driven nearly 100 feet and the
e 24O0 mark has been passed. The las
5 25 feet shows many signs of approach
ing another vein of ore. The force OF
= drifts has been increased and the or
e dump is assuming good proportions, thu
d values more than holding.
The hoist at the Black Bear is al
l. ready to start and only awaits the ar
rival of the engineer, the repairs to tn
d fiume will soon be complete as wei
as the overhauling of the mill, and i
a nothing unforeseen comes up ore will
e be going through the stamps by De
3 cember 1.
| Al LILO NGnO 6lOuP IhO oAhhAho Va III
I 500-foot vertical shaft is going well, a
is the driving of the tunnel on tn
Pasco.
At the Marietta 300-foot tunnel wa
n started four weeks ago, and they ar
D. now running in on 800 ore. This CON
lie pany will put several thousand tons o.
TT the bank of the Okanogan near No
II Laughlin's rapids this winter for shiI
D. ment on the opening of navigation Il
al the spring.
a. At the Bull Frog Manager Hart i
e, pushing the reinstalling of the cyanid
ID plant, running the croSscut TUNE
It drifting on the vein recently cut an
lie sinking in the shaft. He expects 500
to begin running the 2000-foot TUNE
al Work at the Gray Eagle is going fol
'e ward with two shifts running in O.
re the vein, and they are said to have ell
70 countered high grade ore in fairly goo
1t quantity.
1t is reported that the Okanogan Ere
Gold Mines will pay another dividen
November 1 and that it may exceed th
f. former one.
r. Buffalo Hump.
ge While the outside world is waitin
IT. and wondering what will be done wit
ge the Big Buffalo the numerous compal
as les interested in Buffalo Hump al
I'd pounding away and developing mine
or that will rival the Big Buffalo in sii
and value.
A crosscut tunnel is being run on IL
st. Louis that will cut the lead betwee