The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-04-29

The machinery At the Mountain Lion
mine IL working 70 perfection. The
cross tunnel has been driven I26 feet.
The rock Is exceedingly hard. almost
a. the reef that Was passed through
just before encOuntering the first ledge.
Il seems quite probable that the ledge
that 10 being rum for will be found Is
soon As the hard rock has been passed
through. The south drift Is in 100
feet. The quartz steadily improves In
value In the face Of the drift.
The Rebate shaft Is 10 feet deem.
The ledge has been crosscuf at the BOT.
tom Of the SHAFT and there Il u feet
Of good ore. The average assays are
$40 per ton.
The mill At the Republic mine is do
Ing better work and more Of It than
ever before In the history Of the mine.
The mine Is looking better than ever
before. Preparations are being made
TO resume work on tunnel No. 4.
There was some cleanup necessary be-
fore the actual driving ahead Of the
tunnel could be commenced. The
tunnel will-tAp the ledge at about 500
feet deep. II seems quite probable
that the big 1,000-foot shaft that has
been mentioned heretofore will not he
undertaken for some time. Actual Re.
sumption Of work on the tunnel has
begun and will be pushed to the ut
most.
u The Insurgent shaft Is down about
40 feet The bottom OF the shaft Is In
fne looking quartz. The assays con-
time to show high values. The last
sample received at the Office Of the
company ran $3.50.
The Wine on the Lone Pine has
reached a depth Of 80 feet It has
been crosscut and found to be IA feet
In width. The average assay of the
IL feet is $50 to the ton.
The last contract on the Monroe has
been finished. and the superintendent
is awaiting instructions to let another.
In the meantime the work is at a
standstilI.
The clos ing down Of the Bryan q
Sevall is due TO the fact that a few OF
the stockholders have been furnishing
all the money to carry on the work
and are tired Of doing 50.
British Colunahaa.
The White Elephant, situated ON
Mcdonald creek, q tributary OF Horse
Thief creek, in the wiIdemere country.
has been bonded by 7. Starblnd for
s50.000. from Fred West and b. Wash
burn.
Throughout the SLOGAN the trails
and wagon roads are rapidly breaking
up. In but few cases ito is possible to
employ animals. For this reason the
Whitewater has been forced to temper
arily discontinue shipments.
The SLOGAN Star has force OF men
putting the mill in shape to resume op-
erations ABOUT the goth.
The SLOGAN Ssar started its concen-
traitor last week.
Work on the TURKS group, on Goat
mountain. back OF New Denver, has
commenced. several men being en-
ployed. They have good ledge to
commence on. containing very high
grade ore.
The ore shipments over the Kaslo 4
SLOGAN Tor the week ending April goth
amounted to 545 tons, beng made BY
the following mines; Payne, sls tons:
Last Chance. so tons: Rambler. Al
tons; Whitewater, sc tons; and Jack.
son, Is tons
The No. 2 tunnel of the Mascot, at
Rossland, is in $50 feet There is no
important change in the ground. The
Wine is now down so feet on the hang
ing wall, and there is q showing Of
three feet of solid ore in the bottom.
On the Rathmullen group. in the
Boundary. development work at pres
emit is confined to the Maple Leaf claim.
The shaft is down sc feet.
Work on the Elise, near Ymir, will
be continued on the drift along the
hanging wall which is in SIS feet. The
shaft and the tunnel have been con-
nected at the la5-foot level.
Union group, situated on wildemere
mountain, B. c., large copper propo-
sition. win commence development
work about April Goth.
Inc nrst Shipment OF ore from the
SLOGAN Star that has been made in
many months was sent out last week.
and consisted OF six carloads. This
ore was taken out in the course Of re
cent development II is now thought
possible to start the mill on the aSth
inst
Another strike has been made In No.
4 tunnel of the Payne.
At the Tamarac, in Ymir. drifting is
being continued on the 200-foot level.
The Whitewater is now working 100
men. with contemplated increase in
the force.
The assays from samples taken from
the new ledge Of the Great Western. at
Ymir, returned $I2.So and $40.
Development work is to be resumed
Immediately on the Nevada mineral
claim. near Ymir, which recently ap
piled for crown grant.