Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-06-08

Homsstsks ledge 10 II test wids. and
the Nonparisl from % 10 e13. The
discovery has created considerable q.
element and many prospestors are
headed that way.
Over three thousand men are idle
owing TO the nrss In No. 2 Hscla shaft
Of the Calumet nd Hscls mine. The
management decided To close down all
except the north Hecis and Amydolid
shafts on account Of the gas from the
NTH. which has gone TO all parts OF the
Calumet branch and part Of tho Hecla.
II can not be told how long the men
will DO Idle. The Are may spread to
other parts OF the mines.
J. G. kustx 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 Mt work on the
ts
good pay. Several new pay streaks
have been found and number OF rich
quartz strikes are reported. The min
sfs have organized. and fx 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 n 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 r. w. Rosen-
felt. postmaster Mt Bodie, Wash. a min.
ing man well known In Washington.
gives the news Of rich strike In Tor0-
da camp OF ore running rs high az
ti5. 70 in gold and 255 ounces In silver.
The Palmer Mountain tunnel has
reached over 5000 feet length and 1850
feet vertical depth. While the work
In the tunnel changes little from month
to month. there are always new feat
ures coming into the work.
The rcsuming of work on the Okla.
hogan Free Gold Mines. following 81
reorganization OF the company, shows
about the same results with 10 stamps,
tho monthly returns being very uni.
form.
An accident occurred In a little shack
at one OF tho Pitney Butte mines re
Gently. Three mon had been drying
some giant powder In the oven Of the
cook stove and on removing 1t a stick
OF powder was overlooked and loft In
the stove. Later In the evening the
stick OF powder exploded, completely
demolishing the stove and blowing
pieces OF iron into tho legs and bodies
OF tho three mon. Fred Teter was
over tho stove ut the time
His legs. from the hips down. we're cut
and torn In a frightful manner. Ho
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
to spend the summer. These
men are the discoverers and owners OF
tho Mother lode tho original quartz
discovery OF the district. ON which they
have a two-stamp mill.
Now comes the news that the famous
Dewey In again running into native
copper. The ore taken from the upper
tunnel went az high as nifty per cent In
copper. and II la believed that II will be
even richer In the lower tunnel which
they are now working and In which
they are finding the native copper. II
lies a short distance south OF the Hum
boldt and also adJoins the new town.
The Dewey Ia considered by mining ex-
perts TO be \ wonder. not because Of
tho sixe OF tho ore body. hut because OF
tho high Eradc ore found.