Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1900-06-08

Homestake ledge is II feet wide, and
the Nonpariel from IS to $12. The
discovery has created considerable OK
element and many prospeetors are
headed that way.
Over three thousand men are idle
owing to the fires in No. 2 Hecla shaft
of the Calumet nd Hecla mine. The
decided to close down all
except the north Hecla and Amydolid
shafts on account of the gas from the
fifth, which has gone to all parts OF the
Calumet branch and part of the Heeia.
1t can not be told how long the men
will be idle. The fire may spread to
other parts Of the mines.
]. c. Kurtz and Norman Smith, who
left Cape Nome March 16, two months
later than any other arrivals, reached
Seattle on the Bertha. They made the
trip overland, and caught the Bertha
at Kodiack. They refuse to tell their
detailed route, but claim to have cut
down the distance several hundred
miles. They report that several thous-
and men are already at work on the
partly frozen beach, and taking out
good pay. Several new pay streaks
have been found and number of rich
quartz strikes are reported. The min
ers have organized, and fix the amount
of beach territory each man shall have.
Every claim of any value in the entire
country has been staked and restaked,
and the new arrivals figure that it will
take years solid legal work to estab-
lish the ownership. The miners say
they will surrender the reins of gov
eminent to General Randall upon his
arrival.
A letter received from F. w. Rosen-
felt, postmaster at Bodie, Wash, a min
ing man we'll known in Washington,
gives the news of a rich strike in Toro-
da camp of ore running as high as
SIS. 70 in gold and 255 ounces in silver.
The Palmer Mountain tunnel has
reached over 5000 feet length and 1886
| feet vertical depth. While the work
in the tunnel changes little from month
to month, there are always new feat
ureS coming lnLO the WOrk.
At the Black Bear on Palmer Noun
tain the work of blocking ore ahead OF
present uses has gone forward with sat
| isfactory progress. The mill returns
will show better than last months
clean up, when $4,000 was taken up by
amalgamation from five stamps, besides
some $500 worth of concentrates
Work will soon begin on the War Eagle
and by the time the Is stamps now here
are installed in the mill there will be
plenty of ore in sight for both mines tt
keep the 20 stamps crushing continu
ously for long time.
The resuming of work on the Okla
hogan Free Gold Mines, following G
reorganization of the company, shows
about the same results with 10 stamps
the monthly returns being very uni
form.
An accident occurred in little shacl
at one of the Pitney Butte mines re
Gently. Three men had been drying
some giant powder in the~oven of thu
cook stove and on removing it sticl
of powder was overlooked and left il
the stove. Later in the evening thu
stick of powder exploded, completely
demolishing the stove and blowing
pieces of iron into the legs and bodies
of the three men. Fred Teter wai
standing over the stove at the time
His legs, from the hips down, were Gu
and torn in frightful manner. HI
was also bruised on the breast.
John and Charles Taylor of Farmin
gton, have gone to the Mascot mining
camp, taking their families and full
equipment to spend the summer. Thest
men are the discoveries and owners O.
the Mother lode, the original quart.
discovery Of the district, on which they
have two-stamp mill.
Now comes the news that the famous
Dewey is again running into native
copper. The ore taken from the upper
tunnel went as high as fifty per cent IL
copper, and it is believed that it will b.
even richer in the lower tunnel which
they are now working and in which
they are finding the native copper. L
lies short distance south of the Hum
boldt and also adjoins the new town
The Dewey is considered by mining ex
perts to be wonder, not because O.
the size of the ore body, but because O.
the high grade ore found.
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