The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-18
MEMS AND GOSSIP Of TIE M|NNG WORLD.

I'LL MINING HUllLD.
Thief creek and one 10 the Columbia
river from the town
A deposit Of marble. pronounced by ex-
perts TO be the finest discovered In the
state. has been found near CoivfIie, Stew
ems county.
The recent discovery OF . large body
OF ore Ia a section OF Eewsome district,
Idaho. which has always been considered
nnnmineraI-beartng. adds to the rich dis
trict large territory and widens the
mineral belt more than mile
Good reports come from the Bodie, at
Republic The incline shaft Il down =.
wide During the past two weeks the
quartz has shown decided Improvement
In general appearance and the values are
higher than formerly.
Nels Johnson one OF the owners OF the
Calumet copper claim, near the Cieve-
land. has sold three-eighths interest
10 Oregon parties for $3.50 cash. The
new owners will continue work and VIII
expend several thousand dollars In thor
oughiy developing the property during
the winter and spring
H. l.. Percy has taken a bond on the
Racket. Jessie. Ida J.. and Mosquito
Reservation claims. adjoining the Hill
side group on the south. The vein that
has been traced and opened by surface
prosecuting through the Hillside group is
and Is more or less exposed for distance
OF about mile and quarter.
One OF the most important placer deals
that has been made in Idaho for some
time has been contaminated at Boise. A
Boston company, represented by Messrs.
Dole and Bigiow, completed the sale of
400 acres OF placer land In Boise basin.
the consideration being $4,000. Quite
large sum was paid down. The ground
Is on Fall creek, near the town OF Granite
Creek.
On the Gold Hill property on Nine-Mile
there In N0-foot tunnel and 50-foot
SACKS Of sieh ore s ready for s Shipment
On this property there Is two feet of car
Donate that assays from $50 to 200 per
ton. In addition TO the carbonate there
which will run from $40 to $50 to the ton.
The San Poll south drift at Republic
has been run forty-hve feet on the south
ore shoot. which carries a width OF three
ana ncs to fsss Sr ore sosa
says the values are highly satisfactory,
but r. reticent as 10 the actual assays.
short time agoJhve tons OF quartz were
taken from the San Poll dump for a mill
ing test and shipped to Montana. and the
lot ran "a per ton.
Messrs. Willard and Stratford. Of Ath-
aimer. r. c.. have had the phenomenal
and copper from twenty-five pounds Of
ore which they sent 10 the Northport
smelter. The ore Is from the Diamond
group. which the owners intend develop
on ON the he same lead as the Paradise t sroup
on Spring creek. now under bond to the
New British Columbia Syndicate, of Lon
don. Eng, for si5o.ooo.
Nate Petubone. John NJ shissler.
Franklin Shissler and Harry Shissler
have sold 300 acres OF placer ground. To-
Gated just south OF the Newsome station.
Idaho. TO Young & Turner. OF Spokane.
for $4,000. of which 81 900 was paid In
trolls about eighteen claims In this won
derfuiiy rich district. and a mammoth
company Is about tn be formed To handle
their holdings. w. II. Young. one OF the
members Of the firm. Is In England now
and 1, Is presumed he will promote the
company's interests there.
Ernest Mansfield. of Nelson, who re-
Seutty sftuTSu aH optiDU OF tue BRICK
Hawk group In the SLOGAN district. on be-
half of London capitalists. has received
a cablegram to take up the property
and push development work this winter
The bond IL for $1,000. with a small cash
payment. The Black Hawk In galena
proposition. with excellent surface show
ings, and assays as high as 400 ounces
In silver and 60 per cent. lead have been
obtained from the ore. The development
work consists chiefly Of a fifty-foot tun-
mel driven on the strike Of the vein.
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Mining Recorder ]. l.. Cresson, Of Mey-
ers creek camp. reports that quite num-
Der OF prospeetors have recorded their
assessment work for this year. He can
not give any definite statement OF the
work. "a many who have already done
their assessment have not yet netified the
recorder. as they have UP till February
l. 1900. TO file their affidavit OF assess
ment Many. too. who have been out
prospecting all summer and fall arc re-
turning to camp TO start work on claims
they already own. On both sides Of My
ers creek MEN are doing assessment work
and in some cases winter quarters will
be established and DEVELOPMENT of the