Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-09-01
MINING NOTES.

The long tunnel of the Review mine,
g. - been equipped with 500 feet of air
/ p.
Another section of the Hump has
owed 10 possess great wealth. Some
q the richest prospects yet uncovered
aye been locaJed near tue Clearwater
ope.
The operations of the Buffalo Hump
Indicate are on SO large scale that
{ r promise OF great future tor the
amp - as nearly assured as il well
"a be.
Both the Magnolia and Little Giant
rails, at Granite. Ore, idle since the
aancial reYerses that last January
sertook W. L. Yinson, are soon TO be
arted up.
The Buffalo Hump Tunnel Company.
aich owns IA claims on the Hump and
shlch IS developing them by a long
I nnel. has stopped work until patents
E e secured on the claims.
Good shOwings OF free gold ore are
eported from the Clearwater slope.
e >0ut four miles north OF Buffalo
lump. There is considerable placer
round in the same section.
II IS estimated by those who are sup
osed to know that the Buffalo Hump
indicate have expended 100000 in
aat district. nearly one-half the sum
2 improvements, the rest for purchas-
.ag properties.
The Puritan Mines Company, Operat-
= at LOOMS, Palmer Mountain dis
icL is grading. blasting out rocks and
o-AerBlse improving the switchback
aad running to the sawmill.
An electric tramway Is TO be run be-
,geen Grangeyille and Buffalo Hump.
q distance OF 80 miles, inside of eight
months, says f. A. Gilpin, prominent
mining man of Buffalo Hump.
The once familiar Lost Cabin mine.
the head of Fourth of July canyon.
in Wolf Lodge district, about Is miles
yv=st OF the principal mines of the
goeur Alenes. is to be reopened.
The belt OF country Known as the
,sser Nespelum is one of the growing
young mining districts that are little
heard OF outside. All that outsiders
appear to know OF this part of the
south Half is that mine called the
Hsbecca is situated somewhere here
houts.
The mineral department: at the Spo-
kzne exposition this fall will eclipse
everything in that line which has ever
been shown IN the Inland Empire be
sEre. The management has announced
he complete list of prizes for the min
eraI exhibits. which will cover every
hing from precious ores TO building
lone and clays.
The richest copper strike yet made
r. the Colyille reservation was made
last week on the C0mstock claim. The
stvike vas made on the C0mstock near
: he Flat Greek camp on Mineral noun
an. The property is near the Exami-
ter group and in a rich district. where
several good strikes have been made
'sithia the last few weeks.
The Caswell boys, discoveries Of the
thunder Mountain district, Idaho. have
N ade the final deposit in the United
gifates assay Office of gold from their
.un this year. The total taken out
~ them during the seasons run was
s10.20357. The actual running time
tsas 80 hours. They have water only
t. few days. But next year they will
} , able 20 make a much longer run, as
they haze arranged for storing the
tream from the mesdng snow. This
7 .aeer mining is simply the sluieing
Il the surface Of mountain OF ore.
:" he ore slakes when exposed and they
etuice the same ground over and over
ear after year. They have been work
. AZ the ground In that way for several