Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-01-07
Buffalo Hump Trail.

February LIST, at the G0O-foot level.
Buffalo Hump Trail.
A move was inaugurated in Grangeville
on Christmas day to open raw hide
trail to Buffalo Hump. A subscription of
$500 cash was quickly raised and Sam |.
Silverman, who represents large Spokane
mining interests, will duplicate the sum-
1t has been decided 30 keep the road open
all winter to the Buffalo Hump camp.
Great Northern Mine.
The Great Northern mine on Dosglas
mountain, about six miles north OF tvs
city, has sin feet of ore III the face of tn.
mann tunnel that will assay acI oss the
face $40 in gold and copper The width
OF tho vein is not known, but the own
ers estimate, based on the surface show.
ing, that it is no less than 80 feet.
Mining Notes.
The Ruth, in SLOGAN, has been shipping
steadily all summer and fall.
The Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining
Company declared a dividend OF S2l 900.
A number OF Murray miners got EN-
ployment at the Burton during last week.
The mining industry in the Newport
district, Idaho, is advancing in impor-
lance.
The Transvaal, South Africa, yielded
$57 ,5SS,dlO in gold for the first nine
months OF this year.
The dredge that has been in operation
near Warm Springs Idaho, yielded $240
a day above expenses.
William Dashley has bonded the Tiger
lode in the Garnet district for $4,000 and
| is sinking on the ledge.
! The first cleanup OF the Athabasca mill
! produced a gold brick valued at nearly
| IS, 900 i'll a 2S-day run.
Michigan's great copper producer, the
Calumet & Hecla, has paid to date total
of 500 $50, 600 in dividends.
Crows Nest Coal shares advanced So
to $40 during last month. None, however
are being offered at that figure.
Three tons of ore from the Pathfinder,
in the Boundary district, were taken to
Trail last week for smelter test.
The first gold quartz mine operated in
California with machinery is claimed for
Col. Chiffon, near Placeyille, in l840.
The Homestake in the Black Hills, s.
Dakota, has paid total in dividends OF
$7ll8,750 and the Highland $3,764,7l8.
Two strong companies are SAID to be
negotiating for the Enterprise mine neal
Slverton. The owners value it at $500,
O0G.
The Roszana Mining Company has lie
contract for $1,000 worth of work ol
the property of the company in Republic
camp.
The Tiger oorman Mining Company
of Burke has declared its December divi
dend of two cents a share, amounting Il
$4,000.
The Payne, of the SLOGAN, has shipped
about $4,000 tons of high grade ore the
past year, which it is claimed will net the
owners 500 per ton.
Messrs. Ross and Fox have purchased
the Villains and Bell stage system, which
has been running between Grand Forks
and Marcus and Bossburg, Wash.
The wages paid by the lie Roi mine last
month was $27 600, and other expenses oil
running amounted to 1000 more. The
number of men then employed was 300
The director of the u S. mint estimates
that the increase this year in the gold
production of the United States, South
Africa and Australia viii be $40 1000, 900
over that of 1897.
Republic camp is becoming popular in
Toronto. The daily papers OF that city
teen with advertisements of brokers and
operators who have stocks and mining
interests in the camp for sale.
The Last Chance, Frisco, Standard, You
Like, Morning Black Bear and Mammoth
no doubt also pay dividends this month,
but they are not made public in most in
stances until the close of the year.
1t is reported that 9-foot ledge was
struck in the Little Spokane tunnel, Troy,
Montana, district, of which 4 feet ID ship.
ping ore. Should the report be verified,
it will greatly stimulate mining in that
locality.
1t is reported that a rich strike was
made in the 6OO-foot level of the Lucky
Boy mine at Custer, Idaho, last week.
The ore body is said to be nearly four feet
in width and runs from 1925 to $3.50 in
gold per ton.
The Morning Glory at Republic is far
richer than ever. Free gold glistens all
over the rock. The immensely of the
strike almost surpasses belief. Specimens
taken from the shaft last week will assay
away up in the thousands.
The Crystal mine, half mile from Fort
Spokane, near the mouth of the Spokane
river, is showing full face of galena ore
which runs 1923 across the ledge as far as
opened. This is the news which Superin-