The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-01-13
years and is sim the stOrehouse Of nm
told wealth.

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installed q 20-stamp mill and In now
ready for business. The Magnolia Is
one OF the Granite properties and Is
owned BY an English company.
The machinery in the May Queen Is
All In place and the stamps win soon
be dropping. The property IL well de-
yeloped and promises much for its own
ers.
A telephone message received from
the Union copper mine says that at 40
feet the rock IL just red with copper
In short time this will be added to
the list OF shippers.
Clear creek runs through this prop.
erty and furnishes power for the mills
on the Red Boy group. The owners
propose to put in q 10stamp Mil in the
spring. Development work 10 being
pushed by both shaft and tunnel.
A big strike has just been made ON
the Big Buffalo. It has q ledge OF so
feet In width, II free milling and as
says $4,000 per ton. This property Is
situated two and g half miles vest of
Baker City, and Is owned by Al Geiser
OF Bonanza fame.
The ail-absorbing topic now il the
building OF the railroad from Baker
City TO the Seven Devils country. Peo-
pie begin TO see the importance Of IL 70
them a. distributing point, and that
IL VIII open up q mineral country of
unsurpassed richness. 1t is reported
that the o. r. & n. will build the road
If they be given the right Of way. The
building Of this road will add to the
number Of shipping mines east Of Bak-
er City, as the partly developed prop
critics will be pushed TO the shipping
point
Another property which Is attracting
the attention Of mining men IL the Ex-
ceisior group. This group Is composed
Of the Golden Key. Excelsior and Black.
bird. and the four principal lodges of
the Red Boy run through this group.
which is situated on Red Boy noun
tain. Ibout IS miles west OF Baker City
and three miles west OF Granite. The
ledge on the Golden Key is "a feet in
width. and the Blackbird 20 feet As
says on the Excelsior run as high as
1888. The average assay on this group
OF free ore is Sl1.2S. and by cyanide S2S.
The lodges are In place with tale seams
between walls and ledge formation.
BratssA colsnSIa.
The St Eugene. near Moyie, win put
In new machinery TO enlarge its ca
pacity.
On the St Eugene, in the East Koot-
enay district, the vein has been ex-
posed on the surface for 600 feet.
Hector McRae. manager for the
Boundary Greek Mining and Milling
Company. has received the smalter re-
turns from q car Of ore shipped from
the Gold Bug. one Of the properties of
the company. which is located near
Greenwood. The value of the ore per
ton was as follows: Gold, 3.7a ounces.
$74.40; silver. $50 ounces, $75.40; lead,
IL per cent. $40. Total gross values
for the car, sass. This is the highest
grade ore yet shipped from the Boun-
dairy country.
From advices received from Gran
brook. II is evident that the strike in
the North Star recently made is q most
| important one. 1t was made At a point
$50 feet down the hill from the old
workings. There IL 26 feet Of ore In
the vein. and the vein has been opened
by two shafts sunk at a distance Of 40
feet apart, and there Is already said to
be 100000 worth Of ore In sight, and
there lie no telling what the extent Of
the deposit is
MINING NOTES.
Idaho's attorney general says fifty
cents is enough as fee for recording
claims.
A movement is on foot to change the
revenue stamp law so as to tax on sale
values only.
The Sixteen to One tramway at Wal
lace. Idaho, is completed and the mill
is running experimentally.
Senator Clark has won In the su-
preme court to reorganize the United
Verde copper mine OF Arizona
There appears to be no end Of the
substantial surprises accompanying the
Development Of the mines In the South
Fork district, Idaho. The assay shows
that the ore carries $160.53 to the ton.
Three deeds were filed for record In
Wallace. Idaho conveying the differ
ent interests in the Black Bear and
Yankee Doodle lodes and the Black
Bear concentration to Peter Larson and
Thomas L. Greenough.
They have two good lodges near Mel.
son, Wash. Gold values predominant
in one and copper In the other. Assays
are satisfactory and expensive and val
liable Improvements are being made In
the district.
The outlook for the present year in
Bodie camp. Wash. promises much for
the mines. Shipping ore shows on
many dumps and It is believed that
development will open some shipping
mines before the close Of the year.
John F. Mckee OF wallace. Idaho.
was killed last week by falling $50 feet
down the raise in the Black Bear mine
at Gem. He was recently from Chico.
Cal, being in the act Of coming OF his
nrst shift at the Black Bear, when his
foot slipped on the ladder. letting him
fall. He was married seven weeks ago.
The stockholders of the HelenA-Fris-
co company, at q meeting in Helena,
by q practically unanimous vote, de-
cided to sell the Helena-Frisco mine
on Canyon creek. In the Occur d'Alene
district Of Idaho. to the Frisco Con-
solidated Mining Company. limited. or
ganized under the laws OF New Jersey,
with capital stock Of s2.500.0O0.
The preliminary estimate Of the pro-
duction Of gold and silver In the United
States during the calendar year, 1899,