Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1900-02-02


The
foot eros
feet Thd
ing.
Lion is full "a
fast getting ind
rivets were usef
steel tank.
The Rebate Is lo0kl
day. The drift II beihI
direction of the Tom TN
ledge is said to be. seven feet in
and of high grade.
Gold Ledge faceiof the drift In richer
ore than ever. Water interferes with
development and machinery is needed.
County records show that assessment
work was we'll done IN the camp last
year. @ IN
Princess Maud plant is up and ready 1
for development ona big SCALE The
winze is to be sunk 80 feet deeper and
then drifts will be run while sinking
continues. Twentysmen will be en-
ployed after. February list. 81
Tom Thumb is wonder as the aver
age assays show great shoot of ore.
In the south drift the average from
Jan. 9Th to Jan. 26 was $47.66. which
covers As feet of drifting at a depth of
$50 feet. Picked samples run much
higher. @
BRITISH cOl,UMBIA.
Work Is being pushed vigorously on
the Giant at Rossland
The Wilcox mine at Ymir has large
quantity of ridh ore and is ready for
shipping.
The Pathfinder Is preparing for de.
veloping purposes and is putting In
new plant.
A requisItion has been sent to the:
provincial government for an appropri-
alton Of $4,000 for thescompletion OF
roads and trails in the Tmfr district.
Word has reached town that the force
LOT men WORKING on the Mountain View.
adjoining the B. c. mine, In Summit
camp, had made fine strike on that
promising property. Il
| The Evening Star at Rossland is fich.
The smelter returns show values of
$3.50 ton. Ore in the drift at the
| 125-foot level is reported improving and
is said to run as high as $4S ton.
A claim owner In British Columbia
owns all the timber on his claim. Such
Is the decision rendered by Judge,
Spinks in the case of John Mulligan
versus Louis Blue, wherein Blue was
charged with taking timber from the
plaintiffs mineral claim.
|
Thirty tons a day is the amount of
concentrates produced by the Sixteen
to One mill at Wallace, Idaho.
The imports of gold were in excess of
exports $135,000,000 last year. Thus
the United States was best abs to sup
ply England when the demand arose.
AT last reports the woorknleu In the
Nine-Mile Mining Company 3bwer
tunnel on the Speckled Trout al Wal.
lace. were finding some galena. nearly
all the time.
Inc Black Bear at LOOMS, Wash. !
Is rich as ever. For a week the drift
at the 100-foot level has been funning
through ore showing free gold visible
to the naked eye
incarnation from Weiser, Idaho; is
10 the effect that parties just IN from
the Heath district report that there Is
much excitement there over a strike
made in the Ruth mine.
A strike Is reported on Big Horn
mountain at Sunshine, Colorado. which
Is said to assay $11 per pound, and II
expectations are realized another shin
per will soon be added to the list Of
Sunshine's productive mines. IS
The Leslie Mining Company at Wal.
lace, Idaho. has reached the farther
wall in its ledge. finding /. thirty feet
between walls. Most of the way 1t ia
highly mineralized, and part OF IL Is
good concentrating ore.
The mines at Goat Creek, a Methow
camp are coming rapidly forward.
Deserted by early boomers the camp Is
now attracting the attention of more
practical men. Wide veins rich n
copper and gold are now being opened
Inc Tiger 4 Poorman mine at Burke
VIII pay dividend of $4,000 February =
That Is to say that the Buffalo
Hump Mining Company, which Is In
possession of the mine, will make IFS
hrst distribution of profits on that day.
The dividen is a cent share on the can
ital stock of 100000 shares.
The richest strike yet made In Kei-
Ter camp was that made in the Dewey
mine last week. One wall was pene-
trated, but not much attention was paid
to 1t until the following day, when some
ore was brought in which opened the
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