Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-08-04
MINING NOTES.

Empire camp, which lies west of the
foot of Curlew lake, and about four
miles therefrom and IL miles north
of Republic. is again attracting atten-
ton. It is one OF the oldest camps in
the country, and for a time drew the
general attention of prospectors and
spectators. For some reason it fell
out of the public eye and has been
rarely mentioned for the past year The
ore carries considerable copper, but
there is also considerable gold values
in some of the lodges. Some of them
carry silver, lead, gold and copper AS
a whole the values of the ore in all the
lodges is rather high.
Work has been started with a good
force on the Umatilla, at Keller, Wash,
the claim recently bonded by w. G.
Morris. Mr.. Morris let contract for
the extension of the tunnel immedi-
ately on his arrival and the work of
exploiting the big vein is to be pushed
with ell speed. He says the syndicate
is in position to equip the property
with a plant to make it big producer
as soon as its value can be dem
onstrated
The Hecla Mining Company, a Spo-
kane corporation operating the well
known Hecla mine at Burke, Idaho,
paid it's first dividend of cents per
share at 2 cents per share, $4,000 in
ALL last week. The Hecla is one of
the Finch & Campbell properties in the
Occur d'Alenes, and though there is a
small quantity of the stock distributed
throughout the country, the greater
part of the $4,000 is paid in this city.
The payment of this dividend marks
another important step in the develop
ment of the Occur d'Alenes by Spokane
capital and adds another to the list
of mines yielding rich returns and
with possibilities of steadily growing
profits to local operators.
There is an excellent state of af-
fairs at the Conjecture, on Lake Pend
d'Oreille. Stopping was commenced
few days ago in the roof of the main
tunnel, 500 feet from the mouth. The
rich pay streak, which has been found
the whole length of the ledge as far as
it has been opened, but which has been
only about - to Is inches thick,
widened above the tunnel to three and
half feet and the high values are not
only maintained but are improving and
the best ore in the mines is now being
taken out of this stope The three and
a half feet of ore runs about 300 ounces
of silver to the ton. The shipments of
ore from Lake Pend d'Oreille since
work was resumed last April have been
about 225 tons. Estimating this ore
as averaging $40 per ton, a conserva-
tive estimate, the yield from the dis
trict has been nearly $4,000 in about
three months.
AS a result of the visit of the stock
holders of the American Mining & In
vestment Company to their property
near Curley Wash, smelter will be in
operation on the Drummers mine this
fall.
A report has reached Wallace, Idaho
Of new strike on Stevens peak which
promises well. 1t was made by the
Livingston brothers on a claim they
own on the very eastern part of what
is known as the copper belt of that re-
gion, but the ore was lead instead of
copper. They were ground-sluicing in
the bed of a creek about where the
ledge was supposed to cross. They un-
covered 1t showing 16 inches of the
finest kind of shipping galena and sew
eral feet of concentrating ore alongside
Of It, The pure ore is in the form of
large cubes, breaking readily with the
fingers. The wagon road building in
there from Mullan is now nearing the
summit, but it will run considerably to