Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-03-23
MINING NOTES.

Another big ledge. No. 10. has been
opened by Palmer Mountain tunnel at
Loomis. Wash.
| The report has been rife for some
time that important Developments have
mines at Burke, Idaho.
| The possibility of the Beers destroy
| Ing the mines Is causing some anxiety
! among French finahciers. who hold one
| third o! the 3ha-es.
The Dewey mine near Grangeville.
Idaho IL forging ahead. The threaten
cd litigation hns been settled aud 3
men are nj work.
The crosscut tunnel by which tho
Canyon Creek Mining Company Ia go
ing to reach its vein from the old Tn
ion tunnel. Is In over 100 feet.
The warm weather has taken the
frost out OF the ground and started the
water until the placer miners are ind
Ing II good season for work In Idaho.
Some fine ore was brought In recent
ly from the Combination Mining Com
pany's property on the south half The
mine IL In the Davis camp and adjolns
the celebrated Park and Central.
Joe, Jeannot OF Hope. Idaho. has fine
samples OF ore from tho drift which he
IL running on Black Tail mountain on
lake Pend d'Ore!!!e.
The directors OF the Anaconda Cop
per Mining Company declared it's regu-
lar dividend OF 81 .25 per share. and an
extra dividend OF rs cents per share.
payable April 80.
Another deal has been made by which
tho property Of L. w. Nelson. who for
nearly II quarter OF a century has work
ed the Nelson placcrs. six miles west of
Baker. has been sold to Baker City PEG
pie.
nno lot OF ore from tho Leslie
group was shown In Wallace. Idaho,
Las. week. II is situated Just over the
summit In Montana. II IL about on tho
dividing line between the copper and
lead belts
Mayor Comstock. OF Spokane. ap-
pointed w. J. Thompson as delegate
from Spokane to the trans NJ ssi ippl
commercial congress. to be held In
iloustin. Texas. from April IT to April
IL. 1900.
At the Northport smelter blast fur
naees Nos. | and are running steadily
but the crusher Is closed. No ore IL
coming In now. but there liz plenty on
hand to run the smelter for so days at
least. and II In nearly certain that ship
ments VIII DO resumed by that time.
Sumpter. Or. mining camp. while
not unusually lively last month, still
maintained good mining and milling
average total OF 1866 stamps pound.
cd throughout February. and the ten
mines In complete operation produced
round 100000 for the month
The total output FOR the month. 3l96.
600. does not include the value of the
ore shipped to the Sclby smelling
works at San Francisco by the Golcon-
da mine
Altogether the camp has maintained
during tho month its position In the
front ranks OF dividend payers OF tho
northwest.
One OF the most important mining
deals which has been contaminated
within several months was tho sale OF
the South Cougar group. consisting OF
nye full claims adjoining tho now ia
nous Cougar mine at Granite. Or. and
on the same ledge within n few humid
rod feet OF the workings OF the big mlne
Tho purchasers are all Baker city poo
Pile
Suit for 81 $50 900 has been brought
In tho district court OF Butte by the
Montana Orc Purchasing company
against the Boston and Montana and
tho Butte 4 Boston Mining companies.
the Lawisohons. q. w. Hyams and 9TH
crs connected with the defendant cor
pora,iona II grows out of the pro
cocdings Of the case Involving owner
ship to tho Johnstown and Rarus
claims
At ~ feet from tho shaft on the ESQ
foot level the Black Hear people have
struck their No = vein. at Loomis
They had three and one.haif feet OF
quartz. and were not across the vein
IL Ia u singular coincidence that at ex-
setly on the sso.foot level veins Nos.
and have been cut The cutting OF
,hes. two veins puts the Black Hear In
To $50 feet OF ore on each vein over the
level. upon which they can drift Mt
least 500 feet west and 1000 east. while
there Ia 1900 feet below them to the lev
81 of the Palmer Mountain tunnel.
where the same vcin will he cut In the
adjoining claim. which Is owned by the
big tunnel company.