Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-05-18
NUMBER 1.
MINING NOTES.

| MINING NOTES.
| A Butte mining man has received =
telegram from New York stating that
II was reported there that there had
been settlement Of the litigation be-
tween the Montana Ore PurchaSjnE
Company (Heinze) and, the Boston Z
Montana and Butte Z Boston compan-
les 1t 10 known In Butte that negotia-
tions to that end have been under way
for some time. 1t would mean that
Heinze had really been swallowed up
by the Amalgamated.
After 80 years Of prospecting. q cop
per mine has been discovered and II to
be opened on Snake river. Idaho. About
six months ago q group of 10 prospects
| was recorded at the foot OF Wild Goose
rapids On the Washington side Of the
river. The group was named the Ana
conda, and work was begun In q mod
est way. A tunnel was run 400 feet,
disclosing a ledge 5000 feet long and
| 72 feet wide. About $4,000 was expend-
ed in development work. The ore A.
sayed $eS to the ton. In rich shoot
ore was found assaying $9S.51 TO the
ton. The property has just been bond
ed by q Duluth syndicate. and stock
company formed with q capital Of
| $I00. 900. The sum OF $4,000 10 pro-
vided for immediate development. and
ore Is I'd be shipped Immediately.
There Is much activity In all the
camps Of Lake Pend d'Oreille. Idaho.
and the results are amply repaying the
renewed expenditure being made In ex-
ploring at depth. For years it has been
a general impression that the values In
| the district and in Black Tail Noun
tain camp especially. were at the grass
roots only. but this year as depth is be-
| ing attained on the Blue Bird and 9TH
ers this idea is being exploded. and 10
already proved to be far from true.
The gu Ality and quantity Of the ore In
the Blue Bird. Little Joe. b. F. Z II.
and others has been increasing right
along, and now these three are ship
ping ore and getting handsome returns.
From all points on the lake where
work has been going on there are re-
ports df marked improvements in tho
showings. On the Keep Cool In the
| No. 4 tunnel below the 20O-foot level.
| a splendid body Of silver-lead ore is be-
ing developed. Two steamboats, have
lately been put on the lake for the
growing freight and passenger trafic.
and road to connect 1t with Wright's
spur on the Northern Pacific is being
laid out.
| Another big strike on the Velvet
mine on Sophie mountain. near North
port, Wash. has been reported. While
excavating for building purposes . big
ledge of copper and gold was uncov-
cred but foot and half beneath the
surface. The superintendent at once
put n arge force Of men to work sink.
ing on the new flnd, and soon an open
cut l6 feet and extending clear across
the proposed building site. revealed q
large body OF high grade copper-gold
ore. The rock Is much richer than that
taken from the 300foot level, but con-
tains less gold.
Recent reports are coming from Ida
no OF q strike in the White Cross mine.
on Moscow mountain. According to the
reports the workmen had sunk about 10
feet and then drifted Ave feet, cutting
vein three feet wide. Pan tests
showed value of fully 5000 per ton.
This IL the richest ore ever found on
Moscow mountain.
The Trade Dollar Consolidated Min
ing Company will invest $3.50 900 In q
power plant at Swan Falls on Snake
river. Idaho, for the purpose OF gener-
ating power for Its mines and mills at
Silver City and to supply other con-
sumers. Willard White will be In
charge OF the enterprise as superin-
tendeht. Swan Falls is 80 miles due
south OF Boise and about 10 miles above
GufYey. The Snake river there has .
| considerable descent and the current
is div Lded by an island. 1t Is proposed
to put In rock crib dam which will
give . total fall OF Is feet. Turbine
wheels will be used. The power will
have to be transmitted 26 miles to
reach the Trade Dollar mine. II Is
proposed to utilize the electrical en-
ergy for all power purposes in the
mines and mills OF the company.
Word has been received at the ONCE
ei the Big Buffalo that the remodeling
OF the hoisting plant and the general
repairs to the mine above ground were
completed last week. and that the fur
ther sinking OF the main shaft had been
commenced. The mine has been put In
first class working shape, so that there
will be no delays in the rapid develop
ment below ground. The shaft 10 a
double-compartmento one and was down
10 feet when work was stopped several
months ago It Is TO be sunk on the
vein 800 feet further, and drifts win
he run at regular intervals. Three
shifts. each OF five men. are working
In the shaft, and everything that win
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