Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-11-17
MINING N0TEs

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October was a record breaking month
at The Palmer mountain tunnel, near
Loomis, Wash, 1879 feet, the greatest
advance yet made having been run!
The total length of the tunnel is 1885
feet: a9fA bfihgs, tn fS Taqas Va ttVssifto
the COLDER Bear ground, the 'pffnc u BAL
veih1ofs which Iss probably from 4eeI'fo
2Gen feet Aahead," AS ali ndiEationa Uff
what, IT iwfli1,tbses'fs theiclttthg Of ,oRR 81
the ttSppfeesst assure veins riXetl found at
thaib 3$QQfpqtssmarko a5This ledge Isl
ahentseight1feet wide and1is flied from.
wall to wall with ore not fairly good
vaGfSe The Puritan mines Mana
ges as things III good shape.
foEwil itst ,SsEk 13he, fl1ine Is near
lys eospplesed, and thf york Of INSTALL
ingthe Comp ressor will 4obegip. this
week. Winter ianaf tefs are about COM
plFte% and. Will .aceommodate about so
menu Robert Baggaly has accepted
the> osttfen~ ofSsup rim tehdeht, and is
pqshigga ehe work Rapidly The mill
at5tBe Gofden Zone. has shut down for
theIsihst allatfdngo Stiie extra, Hunting,
h"APinNN LOl u1EAlHSA neEouBeueu ann.
prevements, bufsthein hinge OF ores and
rqnnipg the lower thnnef is2beng
pushed BY Manages l1eskfmen2 With a.
good force. He>e2pectts31 to be, treating
10o tons of ore dailYfby, January IA
20D-foot tunnel is being, runuby contract.
on the Milwaukee and Palmer Noun
tain Gold and Copper conpany's claims
near Wannicut lake, and Pennsyiva-a
nia man is running a tunnel on the
Whisky Hill property with a, view, to
bonding it, The Great Northern COM,
p4nys Blue Lake is doing quite an
amount of work, and at the @. S. the;
work continues IN about the same way
as for year past. "a The Hoosier COM
papy Will begin its 500-foot tunnel this.
month Taking the district as a,
whole, double the, amount Of work Is,
going ahead than at this time last year,
and the coming year promises to be an,
exceedingly lively one.led b97,Ins I 3edw
1t is reported that the long adit on
the Rain bow, adjoining the Conjecture
on Lake Pend d'Orielle, Idaho. has
reached what is thought to be the ore
shoot found in the upper tunnel. There
is two feetgof ore in the face land the
ledge Is eight feet wide. "a -
Work in the long crosscut tunnel in
the Park and Central, in Davis camp,
on the south half of the Colville feser-
walton, Is to be resumed Immediately,
and it is expected, that the ledge will
be reached in shbpt time as ii Is cal
culated that the face OF the tlfnhel is
within 80 feet of it.
+ The Pend d'Orfelle mining district
Idaho, is making, a great showing of
late. The Conjecture. with it's rich
lodges, and the new strike on the Cabi-
net Queen have attracted considerable
attention to the district
The Gold Cord. In Keller camp,
Washington, Is reported to have four
feet OF ore that averages about 5000
per ton and four more that averages
$40. A depth of about rs feet has been
attained and values are said to be in
creasing with additional depth. Sew
erai tons of the ore has been taken out
and a shipment Is soon to be made
Another tunnel, which will tap the
ledge at depth of 200 feet, is to be
started in a short time.
At Buffalo Hump the outlook is de-
cidedly favorable. Mines will not be
ready for any large production until
next spring. -