The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-19

metal uranium the market price of
which is Sc per pound {
w. L. Vinson of Sumpter fame, and
one of the founders OF that camp has
just made the biggest strike of the sea-
son in his Carol B. mine, Virtue dis
trict, II miles southeast of Baker City
and 2l5 miles from Letson Balliets
White Swan mine.
The first strike in any of the mines
of Butte for some time occurred last
week, when the engineers of the Gag
non mine, one of the properties of the
Amalgamated company, went out
They are still out and the prospect is
that they will stay out. They struck
for So per day instead of the s4 they
have been receiving.
A mineral product of somewhat UNI
usual character for this country is
gypsum, valuable deposit of which
in the Burnt River district, a short
distance west of Huntington Ore, is
represented by specimens in the miner
al tent of the Spokane exposition.
Canada will produce s50,O00000 in
gold in 190O" said we'll known min
ing engineer "Klondike will produce
sS5, 100000, British Columbia about
100000, and the rest of the country
$3,0000,000." l am inclined to think
this estimate is not so far astray as
the first glance might seem to indicate.
OF the several districts of Washing
ton that have mintral exhibits at the
Spokane exposition probably the best
represented is Okanogan county.
Though some of the samples were ex-
hibited before, there are large num-
I Der of new ones, and the developments
of the last year in many parts of the
county make the exhibit of particular
! interest to mining men.
The lower tunnel in the Congress
group, on Bridge creek, in the South
Half, in Washington, has reached the
ledge, and the values are fully as high
as the rich returns secured from the
upper workings, according to Barney
Quinn, well-known prospector, who
has been in this country for many
years.
The final payment on the Free Coin
age mine has been made. The prop
erty adjoins the Golconda in the Gable
Grove district, near Baker city, Ore
The property has 125 foot shaft and
100 feet of drifts. The force will be
increased and development work push
ed rapidly.
Contrary to general expectations
September was one of the liveliest
months of the present year in mining
throughout the Palmer mountain dis
trict. The number OF working prop
critics has increased, and several new
companies were incorporated and will
begin development in the near future
Of the total number of instrument:
filed with the county recorder at Wal
lace, Idaho, during the year, about one
half come in during the last quarter
nearly all the proofs of labor on mining
claims being filed during that time
!. This class of papers is beginning t.
come in freely, and the total number o
filings for the past week was swellet
to "a, the aggregate valuation bein;
1925, 419.3S. OF the % deeds but fou
for 81 each. Three patents were ais
recorded.
At Jerome, Ariz., miners employed
on the 50-foot level of the great Unite,
: Verde copper mine noticed the grount
= giving way over their heads. TIL
alarm was Immediately given, and in
j short time the 300 men employed il
the mine were taken to the surfac
= without injury. The sink extende,
= in succession to the various levels o
the mine until the top was reached
the sunken ground showing that abou
; 300 feet square had been affected. TIL
: railroad, with train of cars, was low
boiler and blacksmith shops were al
l badly damaged. The foundry was a
so lowered some ten feet Work is i
, progress repairing the damage.