The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-10-07

average assay OF four feet across the
drift next the foot vail showed q lit.
tie over $50 per ton.
RsttisA celamAia-
An important strike was made the
other day In Deadwocd camp near
Greenwood. on the Primrose. the south
ern extension Of the Mother Lode.
The vein on the Morrison. in read-
wood camp. At = depth Of ESQ feet Is
ss feet wide. the hanging wall having
been encountered on the 18th inst
On-the I. Y. l.. Rossland. drifts from
the upper and lower tunnels have
reached q length Of q little over lao
feet. The vein In the upper drift Ia
two and a half feet wide. and In the
lower drift four feet. The ore will
average about two ounces In gold to
| the ton.
The Queen Bess. near New Denver.
has increased Its force to IS men. Most
Of these are working underground. The
Bosun Fidelity Is employing eight to
ten. and this force IL to be added to as
soon as the ground II in readiness for
them. Prospects are good for lively
winter in the SLOGAN.
The Pathfinder mine viii shortly
make an experimental shipment OF 10
tons Of ore to the Trail smelter.
Provincial Constable Dlnsmore will
engage men this week TO cut q trail
from the end Of the wagon road, IS
miles north OF Grand Forks, to Frank,
lin, and Mckinley camps. the new min
ing camps on the east fork Of the north
fork Of Kettle river.
The British Columbia government
will issue miners licenses at pro rata
prices for periods OF less than q year
before June 1. when all licenses will ex-
pire in future.
The labor question is fast adjusting
itself in the SLOGAN. Men are being
put to work as fast as they can be Sc
cured and the scale OF So. so per day
is being paid. No questions are being
asked. Five men were shipped in from
Montreal this week to go on the Payne
at s. per shift, but came down the hill
the same day they went up when they
learned that the scale was So. so per
shift. The force At the Payne Is being
increased steadily. There are plenty
OF miners to be had at s.. so per day,
but not At SO. There are rumors Of 20
or 80 men coming from the old coun-
try.
An aerial tramway will connect the
c. P. r. with the Gold Bug. owned by
the Boundary Greek Mining & Milling
Company.
Adyices from Camp Mckinney state
that the ore encountered In the tunnel
in the Granite and Banner is richer
than any hitherto taken out.
CroSscutttng has again been started
In the North Star. and the main tun-
mel will be driven ahead to lntersect
the Iron Clad ledge. which Is believed
to lie about 100 feet distant
MINING NOTES.
The DelOs mine, copper. on Boulder
creek. will be worked throughout the
winter.
J. R. Mcleod has uncovered an i'm
mense showing OF galena on the EQui
table group. Boulder creek.
The Northport smelter has made q
deep cut In rates for treatment SINH
lar action is expected on the part o.
tn. C. p. r. at Trail.
|, Arrangements are being made fol
putting in a winter camp at the Divi
dend group on Law creek.
The main shaft OF the Centre Stal
is down $50 feet approximately. Thu
mine will appear In the shipping lis
this coming week.
The shaft is down to the 5OO-foo
station in the Josie. Sinking will b,
resumed for another 100 feet, wheI
drifting will be commenced.
The Northport smelter. on certain
classes OF ore, returns nearly double
. the values given by the Trail institu
: ton.
Good progress Is being made in al
parts Of the Sunset No. 2. Two ma
, chine drills are at work. Both ar,
prosecuting On the l00-foot level from
the new shaft Twenty-seyen men ar,
at work
The shaft on the Green Mountain Il
down for a distance OF 800 feet ana
: drifting on the ledge has progressed
! lOA oASS0ASC VI ~ LCCL- nc URN
IS still in rock that Is strongly mineral
lied. There were no new development
OF note during the past week.
Development has been actively re
commenced upon the Mud Lake, Jus
north OF the Knob Hill.
Up on La Fleur mountain. mad,
famous by the Comstock, development
work continues to make such bTillian
showings as promise much for the fu
ture Of the camp. The latest strik'
gives assays Of 81 per cent copper.
The mineral exhibit from Libby Al
the Spokane Industrial Exposition II
all gathered. and 1t promises to be 4
good display.
The 0kanogan Free Gold Mines, Linn
tied. the Rossland company. operating
a group Of free milling claims near Ore
in Okanogan county, Wash. has de
clared its first dividend Of 4 quarter
cent per share.
The report has been circulated thai
Clark Z Sweeny have given up their
bonds on the Cracker Jack and Jumb<
claims in the Buffalo Hump camp. and
It has been stated that the firm would
withdraw from that camp. But q
Grangeville paper 10 saying that they
have greater confidence In the camT
than ever, and that they expect to oper
some mines there.