The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-10-14

being struck.
Reports from the South half received
at Republic, are to the effect that in Da-
Wis camp on the Harvest claim. the
shaft is encountering ore which shows
conside. able native copper.
The bond on the Vulcan No and
No. 2. lying short distance southeast
OF the Mountain Lion, will be taken up
this week.
With the sinking of the winze on the
No. s tunnel on the Republic, new feat
ures are being encountered, principal |
of which is the appearance of sylyanite /
ore.
The Hit or Miss shaft is nearly 100 II. !
in depth. The ledge is one of the fin
est in the camp. The values are not
large, but they are growing steadily.
The average at this time Is about $40
per ton.
Work on the Delta has been carried
on some distance south of the shaft,
where there is a large body of quartz
cropping out. This shows an average
value OF nearly 81 per ton.
Within 30 days the Princess Maud
Gold Mining Company expects to have
complete machinery plant installed.
with which development will go for
ward at about four times the speed of
hand labor and with far greater ease.
titles of free gold found In the Princess
Maud Wine within the past few days.
The fine gold is found in the tellurides
in almost every piece of ore that comes
out, and the lead appears TO be getting
richer.
MINING NOTES.
Fully $50 men are now employed in
the Buffalo Hump district.
The Buffalo. No. 3, one mile from
Cuprum, is yielding so per cent copper
ore at a depth of 30 feet. The owners
are shipping the ore.
The smelter at Mineral will be repair.
ed and resume operations as soon as
friedrich arrive from Wales. Ordin-
airy friedrich will not withstand the ex'
cessive heat.
The Ohio mine, located near the Co
lumbia, in the Bourne district, has
three men engaged in driving q tunnel
which will extend about 800 feet before
1t reaches the ledge, which will be az q
depth of about 30 feet from the surface
The Robert Emmett mine at Corou
I copia is to be rapidly developed. AS
many men will be employed as can b'
economically used. The mine now has
. crew of twenty men at work.
: The Maud S. group of four claims. II
the Fort Steele country, about 20 mile:
= above Trail, is reported OF have vel
; defined ledge of free-milling ore, some
Of which assays as high as $4,000 u
the ton.
The expected strike in the Keep Coo
> mine near Lakeview. on Lake Pend d
S Oreille, has been made, and 1t ia bigge
5. than the company anticipated.
Y The War Eagle has ordered twelv
d three-quarter Little Giant drills. Thi
IT makes "a drills supplied the War Eagl
IL mine last month.
e. The Lodestar group in the Kaslo dil
o, trict, is said to have continuous ledg
T. of Is feet, which can be traced acr0s
n the entire surface of the three claim;
x At depth of 40 feet the ledge is % f
sr wide. The ore carries gold, native 81
D. yer. black sulphides of silver and COZ
ID per. Gold can be seen with the make
e. eye.
es An effort is being made at Sumpte
le to build new sampling works.
3: would cost about $1,000 and requiI
n, about 80 days to erect Many prospe
G, tors have small quantities of ore, 81
IL cannot afford to ship, because freigi
IN on small lots is five times as high as o
carloads.
Five carloads of copper matte fro
al the Hall Mines smelter are now G
IN route over the Crows Nest Pass brauC
to New York. The value of the shi
IN ment is given as in the neighborhoc
IT. of $4,000.
w Recent assays of ore from the Deco
nj an in the Seven Devils district, Idah
d. are said to show 35 per cent cope
,g The South Peacock showed 40 per cen
W. Active operations are in progress.
Concerning the existence of gold
or the Philippines, Reyes Lata, in a la
Oh number of the Review Of Review
says: ain certain regions there is a
~ a stream, large or small, whose san
o. do not show the yellow trace OF gol
III while now and then natives OF the
mi terror offer heavy nuggets for sale.
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