Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1900-06-22
Pine creek, near wallace, Idaho.

Flne creek near wallace, ldano.
Work is progressing well on the new
compressor plant OF the Morning Min.
ing company at the mouth Of Grouse
gulch, near Mullan, Idaho.
Portland, Oregon, seems to be as far
from securing smelter as ever. The
committee having it in charge have
not made report for several weeks.
The mica mines east of vollmer,
Idaho. are attracting considerable at
tention. In the last month several
representatives of capital have inspect
ed properties in the district.
force Of men is still at work on the
Moscovite mine, which is one of the
best developed, having about 1000 feet
OF tunnel, and from which several tons
OF mica have been taken and shipped
this year.
Edward Cavanaugh of Butte, Mont,
miner employed in the Mountain
Iron, walked into chute ON the 1900
foot level. He sustained injuries from
which he died shortly afterward.
William Kerr, president of the Ad-
ans county bank of Hastings, has re.
ceived word from the Denver mint that
gold" brick he had purchased from
a stranger at Leavenworth, Kan, few
days ago for s1S. 900, is made Of copper.
1t was reported that the last car
load of ore shipped from the Deer Trail
mine in Cedar Canyon, Wash, had net
ted the company $4,000. 1t is known
that the mine is making regular ship
ments and that the returns have been
large, but no official returns have been
given out for some time
The strike recently made ON the
Highland Chief, the Pine Creek, Idaho
claim owned by Henry Gilbert, w. H
Pipes and Leslie Lamb, is acting as q
spur to other claim owners in the same
vicinity. The ore Is as clean as any
ever found in the Occur d'Alenes, being
nearly all galena, with little carbon
ate of lead in places.
An important development has Just
been made on the Muldoon, which il
located on st. Peters creek, and not fal
from the main road to Grand Forks
The Muldoon has been under develop
ment for some time, the work In HAND
being a crosscut tunnel. This TUNE
has cut the vein at distance Of 22l
feet. The assays made gave 5000 il
: copper, 1924 in silver and $22.56 II
lead.
Last week there was severe cave-ir
F.. on the 500-foot level of the United
Verde mine at Jerome, Arizona, il
which John Gray of Salt Lake and Jet
Torreno lost their lives and Rober
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jured. Jams Meikle, laborer, had hi
arm and thigh broken and received in
ternal injuries which are likely t
prove fatal. The accident occurred IL
what was supposed to be the safes
place in the mine.
The Justice company of Keller
Wash, installed jackson drill abou
10 days ago in the new tunnel, and al
: though the rock is very hard the man
agement is well satisfied with its work
; The present contract on the tunne
. calls for 900 feet, 1876 feet of which ha
l been completed. A small streak o
J. copper Is showing up, and as they ar
due to strike the ledge soon, accordin
L to the engineers report, stakeholder
s are feeling cheerful. No assays of tn
e copper have been made as yet. Forme
b assays gave nothing but gold and 81
yer. The Manila tunnel is in IS fee
The three shifts are making seven an
t. half feet a day. The rock has sof
s ened, and even better time will prol
3 ably be made hereafter, The uppe
y tunnel, which shows 20 feet of ore,
70 also being driven, and still continues
y splendid ore. In an open cut on tn
% Empire group, which is about 1900 fee
n east and north of the Manila, som
ID splendid looking copper was taken oil
recently. Several feet of solid quart
is carrying copper has been opened UP.
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