Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-02-02
MINES AND AIMING CAMPS
NEWS OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT
Items Prom the Rich ResiOns Of the
Pacific North wess-Nsws \ rom All the
Principal Mining Notes and
Personals.

FTuctPei Otstvbets-mbuin8 Soses S"u
PsrsOnais.
The Oregon Bureau OF Mines has
been Incorporated ut Portland and the
articles were filed recently. The OBJ
ject OF the incorporation Is to conduct
mining stock exchange and to main
tain q general bureau Of information
concerning mining interests of Oregon.
Washington, Idaho. Alaska and British
Columbia.
EEPUBLlC.
The pump On the Butte & Boston can
not keep the shaft clear OF water.
The Republic mine Is to be we'll
quipped as 1t Is to build another 200-ton
mill to be ready In four months.
A Butte Syndicate Is negotiating for
. controlling Interest in the stock OF
the Admiral Dewey Company. and 1t Is
quite probable that 1t will DO successful
The hanging wall drift from the 200.
foot crosscut In the Chico mine IL In 50
feet. The ground In the drift IL chang.
Ing.
The big building Of the Mountain
Lion Ii full Of loose machinery but Ia
fast getting Into shape. Four tons OF
rivets were used In putting up the big
steel tank
Tho Rebate Is looking better every
day. The drift In being driven In the
direction OF the Tom Thumb. The
ledge Ii said to be- seven feet In width
and OF high grade.
Gold Ledge face OF the drift In richer
ore than ever. Water interieres with
development and machinery Is needed.
County records show that assessment
work was we'll done IN the camp last
year.
Princess Maud plant Is up and ready
for development on big scale. The
winze Is To be sunk 10 feet deeper and
then drifts will be run while sinking
continues. Twenty men will be en-
ployed after February LIST.
Tom Thumb Is & wonder as the aver.
age assays show great shoot Of ore.
ln the south drift the average from
Jan. Sth TO Jan. rs was yA766. which
covers IS feet Of drifting at a depth of
$50 feet Picked samples run much
higher.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Work Is being pushed vigorously on
the Giant at Rossland.
The Butcher Boy in Deadwood camp
Is making u good showing.
The Wilcox mine at Ymir has large
RI ns,A t.
shipping.
The Pathfinder Is preparing for de-
veloping purposes and IL putting In a
new plant.
requisltion has been sent to the
provincial government for an appropri.
alton OF $1,000 for the completion OF
roads and trails In the Ymir district.
Word has reached town that the force
of men working on the Mountain View.
adjoining the Il. c. mine. In Summit
camp. had madeea hne strike on that
property.
The Evening Star at Rossland Ia rich
The smelter returns show values OF
I2s.SO q ton. Ore In the drift ut the
l25-foot level Is reported improving and
10 said to run as high as 34s a ton.
A claim owner In British Columbia |
owns all the timber on his claim. Such
- the decision rendered BY Judge |
spinks In the case OF John Mulligan
'ersus Louis Blue. wherein Blue was
'harged with taking timber from the
plaintiffs mineral claim.
The following are the results of the
Hall Mines smelter operations during
December 1899; Copper smelling Is
lays. OF twenty.fonr hours. 3l32 tons Of
Silver King ore from the company,s
nine, and 2l3 tons OF purchased ore
we're smelted. containing approximate
y From Silver King ore. 50 tons con
yer. Ao,oSO ounces OF silver; from pur.
hased ore two tons copper. 4I4O ounces
liver and $50 ounces gold.
ssmptes. Or~soa, Mines.
Machinery for the smelter at SUNNI
cr has arrived.
Inc rich rock recently struck In the
'iadem. Ii being sacked for shipment
late assay gave u total value In gold
liver and lead Of 33ls.SO per ton.
Manager A. l.. McEwen, Of the Ibex
nine. ut Sumpter. Oregon. which was
ecently purchased by Colonel 8. w.
lay. the Canadian banker and mine
wner. for 100000. IL busy with a
orce Of ss men pushing the lower
rift from n depth OF 2l0 feet to prove
he ore shoots In the upper levels.
York Ia also being rushed on the fun.
81 In the Pyrites claim OF the Ibex
roup, In the hope OF discovering new
70 bodies The Silver Star group OF
laims. In the Grcenhorn district has
zen secured by W. II. Lancaster. for.
leriy OF Spokane, and Erskine Smith
Ae wellknown mining operator
nd engineer who has been In every
Imp In the world. from South Africa
Cape Nome.
MINING NOTES.
Thirty tons q day Is the amount Of !
'ncentrates produced by the Slx,een a