The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-08-03
MINING NOTES.


foot of Curlew lake, and about four
miles therefrom and IL miles north
of Republic. is again attracting atten-
ton. 1t is one OF the oldest camps in
the country, and for a time drew the
general attention of prospectors and
spectators. For some reason it fell
out of the public eye and has been
rarely mentioned for the past year. The
ore carries considerable copper, but
there is also considerable gold values
in some of the lodges. Some of them
carry silver, lead, gold and copper. AS
whole the values of the ore in all the
lodges is rather high.
Work has been started with a good
force on the Umatilla, at Keller, Wash,
the claim recently bonded by w. c..
Morris Mr. Morris let a contract for
the extension of the tunnel immedi-
ately on his arrival and the work of
exploiting the big vein is to be pushed
with all speed. He says the syndicate
is in a position to equip the property
with plant to make it big producer
as soon as it's value can be DEM
onstrated.
The Hecla Mining Company, Spo-
kane corporation operating the well
known Hecla mine at Burke, Idaho,
paid its first dividend of 2 cents per
share at cents per share, $4,000 in
ALL last week. The Hecla is one of
the Finch & Campbell properties in the
Occur d'Alenes, and though there is a
small quantity of the stock distributed
throughout the country, the greater
part of the $4,000 is paid in this city
The payment Of this dividend marks
another important step in the develop
ment of the Occur d'Alenes by Spokane
capital and adds another to the list
of mines yielding rich returns and
with possibilities of steadily growing
profits to local operators.
There is an excellent state of af
fairs at the Conjecture, on Lake PenC
dOreille Stopping was commenced {
few days ago in the roof of the maiI
tunnel, 500 feet from the mouth. Th'
rich pay streak, which has been foun(
the whole length of the ledge as far al
it has been opened but which has beer
widened above the tunnel to three anC
half feet and the high values are no
only maintained but are improving anC
the best ore in the mines is now beins
taken out of this stope. The three anC
a half feet of ore runs about 300 ounces
of silver to the ton. The shipments o
ore from Lake Pend d'Oreille sine,
cd 10
about 225 tons. Estimating this orr
as averaging $40 per ton, a conserva
tive estimate, the yield from the DIS
trict has been nearly $4,000 in abou
three months.
AS a result of the visit of the stock
holders of the American Mining & In
vestment Company to their propert,
near Curley, Wash, a smelter will be il
operation on the Drummers mine thi
: fall.
: A report has reached Wallace, Idaho
of a new strike on Stevens peak whicl
promises we'll. 1t was made by tn
= Livingston brothers on claim the
e own on the very eastern part of wha
. is known as the copper belt of that n
s gion, but the ore was lead instead @
g copper. They were ground-sluicing 1
= the bed of a creek about where tn
e ledge was supposed to cross. They III
d covered it showing 16 inches of tn
t finest kind of shipping galena and SCI
eral feet of concentrating ore alongsid
e of it. The pure ore is in the form {
y large cubes, breaking readily with tn
t fingers. The wagon road building
Y there from Mullan is now nearing til
e summit, but it will run considerably
Il the west of the strike.