The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-02-11

1t has been estimated on good authority
that the output from Ymir will be close
on 1000 tons for the month of February
from the six shipping mines, viz: Ymir,
Dundee, Porto Rico, Tamarac, Blackjack
and Fern. In the summer there will also
have to be taken into calculation the
Fairmont, Bullion, Wilcox, Big Horn
iSimcoe) and Union Jack, all of which
will be shippers Ymir's future looms out
very brightly, as big interest will be tax
en- in the camp as soon as the news
reaches London.
Butte to Buffalo Hump.
There is considerable talk among local
miners and prospectors about the But
falo Hump country and there is certain to
be small exodus from Butte in that di-
rection when the winter is little further
gone. Most of them will try TO get in
before the snow is off the ground, as it
is comparatively easy travelling to the
almost impossible mud which comes
later.
u. s. Gold Imports.
The u. S. gold imports for the year
1898 were $l5S,036,252 and the exports
$l6,l94, 1854, or an excess of gold imports
in 1898 of $l4l ,S4l ,29s, as compared with
an excess of gold exports in 1897 OF $685.
300. The silver imports for the year 1898
were $29 ,029724 and the exports $53,797,-
lO4, an excess of silver exports OF $24,-
767 $3.50, as compared with an excess OF
IS
Boston & Montana Dividend.
The Boston & Montana company will
reach the $l0,O00,0O0 dividend mark be
fore spring. Last Friday the directors
declared regular dividend of 81 per
share, payable Feb 20, to stockholders OF
record Jan. "a. This last dividend brings
the total dividend disbursements of this
company up to the magnificent sum of
$9,S75,OO0 At the present price of cop
per it is calculated that the company will
pay $24 per share this year. In 1898 the
company paid SIG, and expended large
sum in improvements.
The sullivan Strike.
News came in that an unlocked for
strike was recently made on the Sullivan
group properties at Fort Steele, B. c., dis.
closing a big ledge of galena carrying cop
per and gold. 1t has not been determined
yet by assay the relative quantities and
values thereof, but the principal stock
holders are laying low and are quietly
gathering up all the stock they can find
There is no treasury stock now on the
market. Some of the largest stockhold
ers, amongst whom are Col. VIM. Rid
path, Frank Hogan, George Turner and
Ed Saunders, say that they would not
part with their holdings at anything less
than par-one dollar per share.
The Big buffalo Ledge.
The ledge on the Big Buffalo is said tC
be 40 feet wide and 80 feet of it will aver
age $50 per ton, while 10 feet will go 500
A mill test of the ore taken from 10
foot hole sunk about the center of the
ledge made at the Banner mill in Flor
ence plated $40 per ton in gold. The con
centrates were shipped to Tacoma and thu
return was $2747 in gold and sixty ounces
silver per ton. At Murray seventeen
property transfers were placed on thu
county records last week. OF these sly
were for the nominal consideration Of s
each, but the total of the seventeen wa
$l6,625 ST. The Occur d'Alenes are 81
we'll covered with old surface Locations
that there has been little room for thu
tunnel site man to get in his work, anC
claims of that nature are seldom recorded
R H. Britt, Mgr. Poorman mine at Silve
City, says the outlook for the Poorman
brighter than it has been for years, anC
will soon again be a steady producer. TIL
mine has been thoroughly developed. A
depth of 900 feet, $50 feet below the OLE
workings, vein to feet wide wa
encountered. From this $50 tons of high
grade free milling ore was extracted an'
miIled last year while the development
proceeded.