The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-11-02
MINING NOTES.

1t is reported that there is deal on !
with eastern parties for a controlling
interest in the Iconoclast, on the South
Half, Washington.
The Blue Jacket mine, near Cuprun,
Idaho, in the Seven Devils, has tempo
rarily closed down owing to the fact
that the present pumping machinery
was unable to cope with the gradually
increasing flow of water in the work
ings.
The Palmer Mountain tunnel at
Loomis, Washington, is nearing the
3800-foot mark and is again entering
ground that shows good mineral ON the
surface. Probably within the next
200 feet it will strike the Golden Bear
vein. Drifting ON several veins this
month has shown up some very high
grade ores, and the whole property
never looked better.
At Wallace, Idaho, fire and powder
destroyed the upper works of the Mann
moth mine at the No. 4 tunnel and in
jured three men last week. 1t is sup
posed that the fire originated from q
new electric light plant that was being
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en- all the men went down the hill ex-
cept three who remained at the bunk
house to watch the fire. There were
$50 pounds of dynamite stored there
and when the fire reached it the pow
der exploded, wrecking the remaining
buildings and the head of the tramway
and slightly injured all three of the
men watching the fire. The loss to
the company is comparatively slight
as the workings were practically aban
doned, the workings on that level be
ing about exhausted.
Almost on the same parallel as Wal
lace the Panhandle of Idaho suddenly
widens, the Bitter Root range taking
an abrupt turn to the east in its south
ern course. The Occur d'Alene reach
es but a short distance east of Their,
until it meets the head waters of tn,
St Regis, but just over the range II
the south is the st. Joe, which make
a vast inroad into what would other
wise be Montana, giving to Idaho
vast district, of which but little i
known. That little is that it is file,
with minerals OF different kinds.
Barry N. Hiliard and eastern partie
have taken a bond ON the Simmon
group on Bear Gulch, Idaho, and hav
set about a dozen men to work on il
This is the group on which the discoy
cry of an immense outcrop of galenl
was discovered last June, which caus
ed local stampede 1t is about sevei
miles northeast from Murray, half wa
, up on the side of the ridge east from
Butte creek. The surface showing
one of the greatest ever discovered i
the Occur d'Alenes. Although
stands high above the surroundin
side hill, which is destitute of timber
r and the lead cropping can be seen 70
. miles, its value was unknown 70
years.
e 1t appears that the ledge on the Col
5 Cord in the Keller camp is about 3
= feet wide instead of about five feet Q
= was thought When the ledge wa
struck month or more ago the hans
e ing wall was cut, and after goin
r. through five feet of high grade cope
[ and silver ore, what was supposed I
d be the foot wall was encountered Wor
: of following the ledge was then begui
n The ore which is between the two rio
e veins averages about IS. There
e about 10 feet which gives very hie
# average. One assay went % per Gel
e copper, besides running very high
silver. Another assay went over SAC
n Several tons of high grade ore ha'
e been taken out and saved for shipmer
S. In the archaic vase room at the Br