Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1900-06-01
MINES AND MINING NEWS
OUR NORTHWESTERN MINES
Items Cleaned From Late Reports
All Districts Are Being Developed
"A Prosperous Year 10 Predicted
Mining Notes and Personals.

country. Ore, near Prairie City, brings
particulars of the recent rich strike in
the Copper King mine, owned by Unit
ed States Marshal Zoeth Hauser Of
Portland, who Is at the head of strong
company of Pendleton people The
strike was made in No. tunnel, and
consisted of two-foot vein of rich
pyritic ore, assaying an average of
$333.50 per ton in gold, with additional
copper and silver values.
A rich strike has been made in the
300-foot tunnel on the Tip Top mine,
two and a half miles from Bonanza,
on the Sumpter-PrairieC City, Ore, road.
At vertical depth Of 80 feet 12-foot
ledge assays $25 across the face. Last
week an 18-inch streak was encoun-
tered which assayed 5000 per ton in
free gold.
s. H. Hayes, an old-time mining man
from Camp Mckinney, B. c., has pur.
chased the Oregon and Colorado claims
near Quartzburg, from L. Lawrence, of
Sumpter, Ore.
The exceptionally fine weather of the
past week has done much to improve
the condition of roads leading out of
Sumpter, Ore, to the mines. The Gran
lite road is still impossible, though the
Geiser, Prairie City, Quartzburg, Can
yon City and Robinsville roads are
rapidly becoming good
Three large deals are pending, two
on Palmer mountain and one on Mount
Capacca. Details are not made public.
1t is known, however, that the three
deals will aggregate $150,000 and will
probably be consummated within 80
days. The capital comes from Indian
apolis, Milwaukee and New York.
The 21st vein in the Palmer Noun
tain tunnel has not been crossed. As
says are running we'll and the vein
promises to be Of good width and to
give good values.
Contracts will soon be let for the
longest mining ditch in the world. 1t
will be SO miles long, beginning above
Rogue River Falls and terminating at
Gold Hill, southern Oregon. It will
drain 100000 acres of gold placer land,
and will cost 100000, considerable
portion of which amount is subscribed
by Portland capitalists.
A rich strike of chalcopyrite ore has
been made in the cross-cut at the 100
foot level in the Buckhorn mine in
Deadwood camp. The ore has an ex-
ceedingly rich appearance and the man.
agement are well pleased. 1t is ru-
mored that the Sunrise claim in Dead
wood camp has been purchased from
Frost and Hardy by the Mother Lode
Company, whose property it adjoins.
The claim for the oldest copper mine
in the United States is made for Santa
Rita del Cobre mine in Grant county,
New Mexico. 1t was worked by the
Spaniards more than 100 years ago.
Governor Otero of New Mexico also
claims the first gold mining in the
United States was in that territory, on
the placers in the Taos valley, Taos
county.
The strike in the Park, near Wallace,
Idaho, continues to be the theme Of
conversation among the stock invest
ors. The vein on which the Park is
located is large one, which has been
traced for miles. There are four in
corporated companies owing claims on
it, the Park, Springfield, Comet and
Champion, with II claims between
them, besides a number not stocked.
Parties who have been over the ground
say that they all present the same gen.
eral surface showing.
The latest reports from the Chloride
Queen, near Wallace, Idaho, are that
the amount of ore in the face of the
drift shows a steady increase, and for
the first time since the tunnel cut the
vein, over 500 feet back, there are two
clean walls to the vein. There has al
ways been one good wall, sometimes
the foot and at others the hanging, but
never both at once before.
A transfer of a half interest in the
Big Buffalo mine of Buffalo Hump,
idaho, by which Charles Sweeny of
Spokane becomes the sole owner, was
practically completed at Grangeville
last week.
Activity in Granite, Ore, camp has
received a renewed impetus during the
past week through the starting up of
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of the chlorination plant just installed
at the Cougar mine and big strike
at the Strasburg mine. The May Queen
mine, which is about .hald mile north
of the Red Boy, and about four miles
from Granite, promises to become one
of the large producers of the camp. 1t
begins operations with 10 stamps and
four concentrators, crushing about 80
tons Of ore a day, but the mill Is so
that 20 more stamps and
eight more concentrators can easily be
added. 1t is the intention of the man.
agement to install this additional
as the mill is running like
and there are about 100000
tons of ore blocked out. At the Cougar
mine, the first run of the new chlorina-
ton plant proved an entire success.
Manager John Larkin has gone to Ev-
erett with the result of his IL days
run, which is valued at about $4,000.
The Cougar is about three miles north
Of Granite, and also promises to take
Its place among the steady producers
Of the camp.