Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-11-16
MINING NOTES.


was big. 1t gave net profit 4, !,
MINING NOTES.
OCTOBER was record breakln,
at the Palmer mountain tunns
LOOMS. Wash, 1879 feet, tho !,
advance yet made having hss
The total length of the TUNE, |.
feet. This brings the face v.u
the Golden Bear ground, the ~,
vein OF which is probably from
200 feet ahead. AS an indic,s
what it will be is the cuttinr a
the truest assure veins vet to
the 38O0-foot mark. This n
about eight feet wide, and is iltd
wall to wall with ore Of faIr,,
value. At the Puritan mine,
ger Jackson has things in good
for winter work. The fiume /.
~ completed, and the work Of 4
ing the compressor will beri,
week. Winter quarters are abcu
pleted, and will accommodate Al,
men. Robert Baggaly has a.
the position Of superintendent
pushing the work rapidly. TN
at the Golden Zone has shut dov,
the installation of the extra HUI
tons and for making other needd
prOvements, but the mining Of ON
running the lower tunnel Is
pushed by Manager Meskimeu u
good force. He expects to be tu
100 tons Of ore daily by Januay
2OO-foot tunnel is being run by cod
on the Milwaukee and Palmer
tain Gold and Copper company'sd
near Wannicut lake, and Penn
MIA man is running a tunnel a
Whisky Hill property with a vis1
bonding it. The Great Northen
pany at Blue Lake is doing quit
amount Of work, and at the @ q
work continues in about the same
as for a year past. The Hoosie,
pany will begin it's 50O-foot tunna
month. Taking the district
whole, double the amount Of ND
going ahead than at this time LAST
and the coming year promises to
exceedingly lively one.
1t is reported that the long NJ
the Rainbow, adjoining the Conjs
on Lake Pend d'Orielle, Idahs
reached what is thought to be th
shoot found in the upper tunnel.
is two feet of ore in the face ant
ledge Is eight feet wide.
Work in the long crosscut tun11
the Park and Central, in Davis
on the south half Of the ColvilleH
walton, is to be resumed immedix
and it is expected that the ledE
be reached in a short time. as its
culated that the face Of the tunll
within ~ feet OF 1t.
The Pend d'Orielle mining do
Idaho, is making a great shoviA
late. The Conjecture, with IT.
lodges. and the new strike on theo
net Queen have attracted consdsa
to the district.
The Gold Cord, in Keller
Washington, is reported to have
feet Of ore that averages about
per ton and four more that ava
$40. A depth Of about Is feet IN
attained and values are said to
creasing with additional depth.
eral tons Of the ore has been take
and a shipment is soon to Be
Another tunnel. which will ~
ledge at a depth of 200 feet, ~
started in a short time.
At Buffalo Hump the outlook
,idedly favorable. Mines will n
ready for any large productica
next spring.
The drift on the 100-foot Level
Charles Dickens. at Wallace, ldshs
,een run west until 1t is about
he creek. The ore coming Nv
ace is the best that has ever oees
N out Of the property. 1t is On
tally high grade Of coneentrauns
md by careful sorting consider"
t can be shipped crude.
Miners and operators in the
district. Idaho. are preparing
most active season in that distr1
ear. Four new fiyestamp mills
t which are on the propernA
he third at Orofino waiting for u.
d roads. have been purchased !a'
0 be ready for early spring worL
asst season has been one OF p
ion and opening up new prope,I
how investors that have prom"
isit the district next year.
The north vein on the st. Elmo
n Velvet mountain. near NoI.
Washington. has been cut in tn
rosscut and four feet OF solio