The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-01-07
MINES AND MINING CAMPS
METALS or THE HoRrHwrsr.


6htea Aotoos
Superintendent P. z. seely has lust ru
turned 70 SLOGAN City from the Alexau
dria mine near the second fork Of Lesno,
creek lie reports Eve feet Of high grad
gold and silver ore at q depth Of 70 Zee
"a erosscutting from the main shaft. Thi
v cue Of the most important strikes tina
has been made on Lemon creek.
heaR AahIana. Oregon.
There is much excitement In local min
ing circles over resent Developments 4
the Shorty Hope mine. near Ashland, Or.
that have been made on the Hope ledR,
during the past week. The company Ia,
Teen engaged In sinking 9 Wine from
their tunnel which 10 100 feet below ia,
surface. and At 4 depth Of Is feet In tn.
Wine struck = rich body Of ore Is fee,
by b feet. that goes all the way from
si!OOO TO 5000 TO the ton. The shorty
Hope mine has enjoyed the distinction O
Icing one u the richest mines IN this sec
tion Of the state and this latest strike Il
In line with lie record.
MIR. hOratio Sanford appea1 70 have
struck q regular BONANZA in his cemen,
proposition, known a. the Hammond
mine. A test Of the cement from thi,
property, which comprises % acres Of Land
situated near the old French digRinRs
abrnt three miles below Ashland, made
Of the Oregon Gold Extraction Co, goes
$50 per ton
Slssslasa Properties.
With the passing Of the Jumbo into
the hands Of Canadian capitalists, there
Hill be left but few properties in the
camp In the hands Of Americana Tires
yeau slnce. The men from this side a the
line were in Control Of the more valuable
mines here. but the last Is months has
sssn wonderful change In this respect
With the exception Of ths Iron Mask and
lev others ali have passed into the
hands Of Canadian or English capitalists.
The two largest purchasers have been
the H. A. C. and War Eagle Consolidated
Mining 4 Development Co The former
has Invested over $1,000 900 and the lat.
Ter about eS.0OOO00 The total invest
nients made in purchasing these inter.
este from Americans will loot up ciose
70 eii 100000 This ID q large sum and
Il Uill take considerable drilling and
blasting TO get Il back again. II will
return 10 the investors, however, within
The DeAt few yeap. and with il large
Pruat.
On Mosat Tacoma.
Nswa that . big strike has been made
at the Leola copper mine has just reached
Tacoma Several days ago a solid Eve
loot vein Of ore was opened Just = few
Ieet below The surface which runs % per
CENT copper and also carries 20 ounces
Of silver and . paying quantity Of gold
70 the ton. Several veins FAmlty the
property. which l. oSusd BY Tacoma cap
itAlisiA. Tho mine Il lOoatsd In the east.
cru part Of Pierce county. at the foot oi
Mount Tacoma on Canada creek. The
formation In the district Il practically
Idsntirul with that In the Cornwall cop.
per hslds sn1 The Use can y mined cheap.
". Ara STNA
1as nspassls c@mp.
Il nov ssrlns aasured that the paying
bslt. Or ather, tks &rin Of belts. tAal
surroand R1puhlk q NOT ieaa than 10
miles square. and there 3 probablIity
Of lie bsing fully IS snlls1 squnte D.
veloPmsnt work brings suspsinas StOm all
quarters, and no one can tell when ths
end win be reached. There h said to Be
. good deal d Work In progress On the
oBuian errek mines, but ~ partienlaTu
are not obtainable, their character can
not be given nov. The assays that wsrs
made last summer from the ore In several
Of the claims demonstrated that there an
some aRs properties in that section
Total Copper PrOasetiOn.
The copper production Of the unite.l
States iot the eleven months ending Nov,
~ last Sus els.7e0 t0ns. ~ agsinst q
total Of lp3,SlS IoT lsps. For tho aamS
period q thia pear Tie foreign proancsiou
was 5e,ils lona and for 1871 e was b.,
as A part II che ihcrsase u The Unit
ed States Il doe q The output a The n"
leo nina h Lower California. which Il
nov shIppsd lhroaeh he United State
posts Which Amoslntea 70 abont ebOC
tcns thia year aE8#B
unezpssssa ssriixe.
The new rock cuttings Cor widsnlnG
and Strengthening the Columbia 4 West
ern railway have brvueht to light com,
vpsy tine mineral leads where none had
hitherto been suspected. On the PART
llelle and Great Western COED leads hav'
been c,il BY the laboreS on the railway
and In the new cutting close 20 DaviI
1 stree, go ore hes been expoeed Tho
owners Of this mineral claim have, Il h
stated, disposed Of ID for $4,000.
war EaEIs's New HoIst.
he War Eagles new hoist, the blggesi
thing In mining in the Dominion O
Canada, will be put in operation next
morth. The mine viii then take the lead
az shipper, 200 men being the estimates
number 10 be put to work a. soon a. th'
proposed new equipment 10 fully install
led. The War Eagles old Plant 70 to b
erected on the Centre Star. which wa
recently purchased BY the 0oOderham an
lpacksiock syndicate for eeDOOOOO.
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