Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-07-13
MINING NOTES.

ten-stamp mill has been ordered
for the Oregon-Colorado mines in the
Quartzburg district in Oregon. Ten
tons Of ore have been shipped to Sum
pier.
Within less than 100 miles from Spo.
kane and three miles west OF the town
OF Hope. Idaho, lies the Trestle Creek
mining camp. Quietly and unobstruc-
ted development work has been going
on here for the last two or three years,
but the outside world has heard but
little about this part OF the Pend d.
Oreille mining district.
That a satisfactory agreement has
been made by the lead producers OF the
United States for the securing of better
prices for their output at the meeting
held In New York recently, Is the inn
portant statement recently made by
John A. Finch. OF Spokane.
News comes from the Manila In KEEL
Ter camp that the ledge has been cross
ed for l05 feet and the wall Is yet far
distant. 1t has always been believed
that the ledge was close to l4O feet wide
are OF the opinion that the Cuba which
Is near 1t. and apparently has the same
| ledge as the Manila. Is destined to be
AZ good as the latter Every practi-
cal mining man who comes from the
south half Is imbued with the idea
that that section will soon become the
| banner mining region OF the state.
| In tho pn1vnar xut,
Loomis. Wash. the last 30 feet driven
has gone through formation highly
mineralized. giving assays each day
running from $347 to $37 in gold.
| Yesterdays shot at the face broke into
well defined ledge. showing much
blue quartz full OF mineral which may
prove ono of the most important In the
history OF the tunnel. This ledge Is
In n different formation from that OF
the other 90. and the good values pre-
ceding the cutting OF the footwall make
the crossing and testing Of this 23d
vein a matter OF special interest. As
all the mines close down to give the
men u three days Fourth OF July cele-
bration 1t will probably be the first OF
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this strike can be determined.
As result OF the latest move In the
Daly.Clark feud may come the closing
down OF all. or nearly all. the shelters
In Butte. Clark's latest move was to
put DAILY In the worst kind OF hole.
Either way the latter moves Clark will
profit. This Clark move Is the agita-
1 finn fnr n a yh .b,,r IA, q.
ers. mine laborers. smelter men and
all others connected with that industry
here. II Is generally believed that
August Heinze. who Is now with Clark.
originated the move.
Clark employs only about 800 people
In Butte. while DAILY and the corpora.
lions In which he Is interested employ
between 1000 and 5000. Friends OF
DAILY assert that he has always kept
up wages despite Clark's efforts to low.
or them, They say that Clark's big
force Is employed In the United Verde
mine. at Jerome. Aria. where the wage
scale Is very low and an eight.hour dis.
cussion Is dtscountenanced and frown-
ed upon. Recently Clark and Heinxe
have induced Butte labor men to start
an etghthour day movement. Mr..
| Clark gracefully consents to grant
/ the eteht.honr day to all OF his en-
ptoyes and is egging on the unions TO
force the Anaconda people TO grant the
same concession to all their thousands
VIII they do it, is the vital question.
II they do II will cut down the diyi-
bends and the prestige OF Marcus DAILY
Win the eastern stockholders In his
company. II they do not there will
probably be one OF the most serious
labor dffnculties ever had In the west
anyway. Clark will profit. His United
verde mine Is a big copper producer.