The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-06-16

III the Dull frog, at LOOMS, QrllL !
from the crosscut tunnel on the vein |
east has reached point under the old |
Phantom shaft. A raise has been start |
ed from the drift to tap the bottom of |
the shaft, for the purpose of giving a
good circulation of air. The raise VIII
be so feet long.
b. b. Hill, one of the owners of the
Roaring Eagle, on Bridge creek, has
reached Keller, Wash, with news OF
strike of three-foot pay shoot in their
SO-foot tunnel. According to Mr.. Hill,
an average assay from the new discov-
cry ran $50 per ton, and picked samples
would run much higher.
The Northport smelter is running
two blast furnaces, and it is expected
that the third will shortly be blown in.
Preparations are going forward to meet
the increased shipments expected from
the mines in the next 60 days. Two
new boilers, with a capacity of 240
horse power have been ordered and
will shortly arrive. This, with two
more blast furnaces added, will bring
the capacity or the plant up to the re-
quired amount to meet the tonnage ex-
pected.
While at work in the Elkhorn dis
trict, near Baker City, Ore, John Deer
man discovered a quartz ledge six feet
wide, the ore assaying sos per ton.
This is one of the richest strikes that
has been made in that section for a
long time and is causing considerable
excitement, as the claim was supposed
to be of little value.
Word has been received from Mount
Idaho that another shipment from the
DeweySt. Patrick is shortly to be
made, and that the 100 tons of ore of
which it will be composed will soon be
ready to be sent out. The force on the
mine is shortly to be increased to So.
The company is building wagon road
over the five miles from the mine to
Harpster to facilitate shipment
1t is reported at Wallace, Idaho, that
the Empire State-Idaho Mining and De-
velopment Company has finally decid-
ed on the location for its works. 1t has
begun work preparatory to putting in
fiume IA miles long to carry the wat
ers of Pine creek to Government gulch,
where the two-mile deep tunnel is be-
ing run to reacn the lower levels of the
Last Chance and Skookum.
News has been received from Che
welah, Wash, that the famous Eagle
mine, on which considerable work has
been done of late, is ready to resume
shipments, having a considerable guam
tity of good grade ore ready to send
out. The return of this old property
to the list of shippers recalls it's inter.
esting history.
Some rich dirt has been discovered in
the old Spanish gulch placer claims, in
Spanish gulch, near Rock Creek, Ore
These diggings, which were very poor
in early days, were supposed to be
worked out and were abandoned. Las
spring they were relocated and several
hundred dollars was washed out as q
result of a few weeks run. This spring
the owners again began work on these
claims, and in two weeks washed Out
and cleaned up $4,000. In the cleanup
was one nugget weighing a pound and
several others of large size.
A double cylinder hoist has arrived
at Stuart, Idaho, for the Big Buffalo
mine. 1t will be held at Stuart unit
the road is opened to allow it to be TAX
en- through to the Hump. The road will
be commenced Immediately. Charlie:
Sweeny of the Big Buffalo has subscrib
ed $500 and the Grangeville chamber O.
commerce added an equal amount, 81
that $500 is now on hand for the pros
ecution of the work. Not day will bt
lost in getting the connection made, a.
it is expected that before that tim,
there will be other important consign
ments of mining supplies for HUM
properties awaiting it's completion.