The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-06-16
MINING NOTES.

| A-~A~AS NOAEaSA
The Black BearNWar Eagle gold min,
at LoOmis is in q most satisfactory con
dition.
A reduction plant is to be placed OIL
the properties OF the Orc Elmo Quart,
Mining Company in Pierce district
Shoshone county. Idaho.
Three teams are hauling ore from tht
Cleveland to the Springdale depot. II
Is reported that IL men are at work on
a new wagon road from Cedar canyon
TO connect with the Camas prairie road
leading to Springdale. for the shipment
OF Deer Trail and other ores.
An Important strike has been made
on the Black Jack, Near Myers Falls
Work for some time has been ON an ov
erfiOw on the surface. This has been
prospeeted by tunnel and the main
body of tore has just been found les
feet from the surface. Assays have Civ,
en- SAL in gold.
Assay returns from a sample OF ore
from the Mars Hill Mining Company's
property, on the north half OF the Col
Vile reservation, were received in Dan
ford. Wash. The returns gave So cents
in silver and $94S.42 in gold, making a
total OF $S4S.7S.
In the Bull Frog, at Loomis, a drift
from the crosscut tunnel on the vein
east has reached a point under the old
Phantom shaft. A raise has been start.
ed from the drift to tap the bottom of
the shalt, for the purpose of giving q
good circulation OF air. The raise viii
be 50 feet long.
b. B. Hill, one Of the owners OF the
Roaring Eagle, on Bridge creek. has
reached Keller, Wash, with news OF a
strike OF three-foot pay shoot in their
SO-foot tunnel. According to Mr.. Hill.
an average assay from the new discov-
cry ran Sos per ton, and picked samples
would run much higher.
| The Northport smelter Is running
two blast furnaces, and tits expected
that the third viii shortly be blown in.
Preparations are going forward to meet
the increased shipments expected from
the mines in the next 50 days. Two
new boilers, with a capacity OF $40
horse power, have been ordered and
will shortly arrive. This, with two
more blast furnaces added, will bring
the capacity OF the plant up to the re-
quired amount TO meet the tonnage ex-
peeted.
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
| Dewey-St. Patrick il shortly to be
made. and that the 100 tons OF ore OF
which it will be composed will soon Re
ready to be sent out The force on the
mine is shortly to be increased TO So.
The company is building a wagon road
over the five miles from the mine to
Harpstsf. to facilitate shipment.
1t is reported at Wallace, Idaho. that
the Empire StateIdaho Mining ami De
velopment Company has finally decid-
ed on the location for ito works. II has
begun work preparatory to putting In
tiume II miles long to carry the wat
ers OF Pine creek to Government gulch,
where the two-mile deep tunnel is be-
ing run TO reach 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
tlty Of good grade ore ready to send
out The return OF this old property
to the list of shippers recalls its 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. Last
spring they were relocated and several
hundred dollars was washed out as a
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 $1,000. 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 until
the road II opened to allow 1t to be tax
en- through to the Hump. The road will
be commenced Immediately. Charles
Sweeny Of the Big Buffalo has subscrib-
ed $40o and the Grangeville chamber Of
commerce added an equal amount, so
that $500 is now on hand for the pros
ecution Of the work. Not day will be
lost in getting the connection made, as
it Is expected that before that time
there will be other important consign.
ments OF mining supplies for Hump
properties awaiting its completion.
Gov. Oates Killed q Negro,