The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-02-03

F, 1eCI OF tue Incorporation IL TO conduct
q mining stock exchange and 70 main
tain q general bureau OF Information
concerning mining interests Of Oregon.
Washington. Idaho. Alaska and British
Columbia.
REPUBLIC.
The pump on the Butte 4 Boston can
not keep the shaft clear OF water.
The Republic mine is TO be well
quipped as II Is 20 build another 200-ton
mill TO be ready In four months
A Butte Syndicate IL negotiating for
q controlling interest In the stock OF
the Admiral Dewey Company. and II 10
quite probable that II will be successful
The hanging wall drift from the 200
foot eTosscut in the Chico mine Ia In so
feet The ground in the drift Is chang
ing.
The big building OF the Mountain
Lion is full Of loose machinery but 10
fast getting into shape. Four tons Of
riyets were used in putting up the big
steel tank.
The Rebate is looking better every
day. The drift IL being driven in the
direction OF the Tom Thumb. The
ledge 10 said 10 be seven feet In width
and Of high grade.
Gold Ledge face OF the drift In richer
ore than ever. Water interferes with
Development and machinery is needed.
County records show that assessment
work was well done n the camp last
year.
Princess Maud plant IL up and ready
Tor development on big scale. The
wine is 10 be sunk 80 fest deeper and
then drifts will be run while sinking
continues. Twenty men will be EN-.
pioyed after February Ist.
: Tom Thumb 10 wonder ~ the aver.
age assays show q great shoot Of ore.
. In the south drift the average from
Jan. sth TO Jan. 20 was s47Ge. which
covers Is feet OF drifting NJ = depth Of
$50 feet Picked samples run much
higher.
. BRITISa COZ UABIA.
Work lie being pushed vigorously on
the Giant At Rossland.
The Butcher Boy In Deadwood camp
. Is making q good showing.
The Wilcox mine at Ymlr has . large
quantity OF rich ore and Is ready for
/. shipping.
The Pathfinder IL preparing for de-
veloping purposes and 10 putting In q
new plant
A requisition has been sent 70 the
q provincial government for an Appropri
$ alton OF 1000 for the completion OF
roads and trails in the Ymir district.
y 49, - Nj Of a
; OF men working on the Mountain View
: adjoining the b. c. mine. in Summit
Q camp. had made 4 fine strike on that
promising property.
The Evening Star At RosslAnd 10 rich
The smelter returns show values Of
SIS so q ton. ore In the drift Al tbs
y l25.foot level 10 reported improving Ant
Y 10 said TO run a. high as tis n ton
A claim owner In British ColumbiI
be owns all the timber on his claim. Sucl
10 the decision rendered by Judg'
-" spinks in the case OF John Mulligal
70 versus Louis Blue. wherein Blue wa
IN charged with taking timber from tn
Nc plaintiffs mineral claim.
The following are the results OF tn
nc Hall Mines smelter operations durin
r. December 1899: Copper smelling
r days. of twenty.four hours, SlS2 tons q
In silver King ore from the company
mine. and 2l3 tons OF purchased or
were smeited, containing approximate
iy From Silver King ore, 50 tons col
n per, 40.0so ounces OF silver: from puI
a. chased ore two tons copper. AlA0 ounce
a. silver and $50 ounces gold.
sumPIer, Oregon. Miae..
ii Machinery for the smelter at Sum-
. ter has arrived.
n, The rich rock recently struck In Ii
ad Diadem. is being sacked for shipmen
mn A late assay gave total value In gol'
silver and lead OF t2lS.So per ton.
Manager A. L. McEwen. OF the Ibt
mine, at Sumpter, Oregon, which w
-. recently purchased by Colonel g.
~ Ray. the Canadian banker and mir
an owner, for 100000. IA busy with
an force OF 25 men pushing the low
m drift from n depth OF 40 feet to pro-
NO the ore shoots in the upper level
~. Work IL also being rushed on the tn
mel In the Pyrites claim Of the ID
group. in the hope Of discovering ne
ore bodies. The Silver Star group
. claims, In the Greenhorn district, b
A. been secured by W. II. Lancaster. Il
~. merry OF Spokane. and Ersklne Smii
"a the well.known mining operat
~ and engineer who has been in eve
IA camp In the world. from South Atri
to Cape Nome.
MINING NOTES.
Thirty tons q day 10 the amount
ort concentrates produced by the Slxte
raj to One mill at Wallace. Idaho.
we'd The imports OF gold were In excess
exports SlS6,0o0.00o last year. Til
the United States was best able to .,
fps ply England when the demand arose
ny. At last reports the woorkmen In
de- Nlne.Mlle Mining Companys Low
ain tunnel on the speckled Trout at W
will lace. were finding some galena neal
all the time.
The Black Bear at Loomla. Was
INTO IL rich a. ever. For a week the DR.
out at the i00-foot level has been runni
through ore showing free gold visi
cen to the naked eye.
last The Northwestern Sampllng VOL
at Wallace. Idaho. now has q force
Ing over twenty men employed and o
cannot handle the ore ~ faSt -
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