The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-02-17

the wonderful discovery near XIX City
Idaho. " worth te.60o. This makes
ti7.vOO taken from . claim which wa
, discovered only 10 days ago. The lsdgs
hes been stripped tor 800 feet and the
same rock 70 seen all the way. Ths
mineral 10 QuArtxise. and the vein
matter 10 said 70 be e. literally sprihk
led with pellets OF gold the size Of q
pinhead ~ . plum pudding u with
raistnR The walls Of the formation
are Of rock closely resembling hlrdssye
maple. Lemro. the owner, has been
away several dayk He says ne has q
ton u the rock IN his cabin. Men who
ssT the nrst rock say the wheeibarroE
load from which tins Slz.6VV Was ex-
traeted contained about 100 pounds OF
mineral. and onethird OF the weight
was gold. The claim has not yea been
surveyed. and this tact has gwen rise
70 hope IN the minds OF W. II. Young
and Mike Murray. who own adjoining
claims. that part Of the rich ledge In On
their properties. There IL little anow
Ia this section and the trails TO Elk
City are good. Four more prospsctors
left here today for the scene.
aaspOSLsS.
The amount Of development done on
the mines in January was somewhat
lees than In December. which had the
lowest record tor the year. There are
many reasons 70 assign for this. The
Republic mine has heretofore driven
several hundred feet OF drifI per
month Nov the mine 10 IN such shape
that 70 take out the ore would be q
positive loss 70 the company. - theFs
- no place 70 store IT, and even II such
a place we're available IL would not be
good business policy. 80 the ore would
have 70 Be rehAndled At q cost OF per
hAps u per ton. Tha same state Of
aaaIrs exists Al the Mountain Lion.
Every pound Of ore taken out a. thia
time would have 70 Be dumped At Q
point where Il would have 70 b hauled
up . steep hill 70 get II 70 the mill For
this reason no work has been done dur.
Ing the past month except in raising
q working shaft
By the beginning Of March there will
~ - N@eAaAANA A1AA AhAANA&8 Al eA1N NUM-
Der Of men employed in the minea, and
~ result there will be q marked In.
erase In the nnmber Of feet Of develop
menL There 10 no doubt Of this, a. q
number OF mines are nov equipped
with machinery that will enable much
more development 70 be done than has
been possibie In the past Among those
that will b thus equipped can be men.
toned the ouilp and Chico. Steam
plants have taken the place Of horse
power on the Gopher and Tom Thumb
within the past few days. The Princess
Maud 10 equipped with machine drills,
and Of course the development will be
rapid. Il noe seems probable that BE-
fore the Close Of summer there viii be
more feet OF development each month
than ever.
The devslopaIknt work on the Black
Tail mine during January was 70 feet.
Work On the San Poll IL confined 20
the north drift on the lower level. The
ore body Il still about ave feet In width
and IL Of high grade. The development
for The past meath consisted Of eS feet
Of drift.
Good progress 10 being made ON the
Ben Hur dritt- The north drift Il now
carrying richer ore than the south
DRIFT The ledge is ave feet In width.
The work 10 being done about $50 feet
below the surface.
About 20 feet OF SHAFT was sunk on
the Tom Thumb last month. During
the same period 30 feet Of drift was
run. The face Of the drift is leo feet
south Of the shan on the ls0-foOt level.
Drifting 10 progressing on the Re
bate al the rate Of about two feet per
day. There were 90 feet Of drift run
during the month Of January.
The Gopher shaft was sunk 50 feet
In January. Il b i2s feet In depth. Il
was equipped with q steam hoist the
past month. work win now progress
rapidly.
The total work done on the Republic
last month consisted Of 1SS feet Of drift |
and - feet Of raise. The south drift |
10 In si2 feet.
Drifting has been carried on upon
the Golden Lion and Little Four Con.
solldated during the past month 70 the |
extent Of so feet
The work on the Lone Pine for Janu.
arg consisted Of running 90 feet Of
cross tunnel and rs feet Of drlft.
The Qullp is the emily mine In the
camp that made q better record last
month than In any previous onA
The Knob Hll drift was extended
$50 feet during January. There was
also 80 feet Of SHAFT sunk.
Only 50 feet Of crosscut from the bot.
tom Of the winae Of the Stray Horwe
was run last month.
The tunnel on the Golden Harvest n
moving forward AZ q good rate Of speed.
II 10 now In 80 feet
The Copper Mountain tunnel vaa
driven nearly 90 feet in January. The
tunnel 10 In 900 feet.
The Butte q Boston was deyeloped
during the last month 10 the sxtsit Of
80 feet Of shaft.
Thirty feet Of drift was run last
month on the Morning Glory.
There was lss feet Of shaft raised
on the Mountain Lion last month.
The shAft on the Mud lake WA sunk
30 feet In January.
The ouiip made lao feet Of drift and
winRe last month.
The North Star tunnel ls EolnE ON
favorably.
The Hercules SHAFT h % ssst IN
depth.