Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-01-13

me foregoing i1St EN- DrlceS all the
machinery of every description that is
used in mining in Sheridan and Cody
camps.
Baker City, Oregon, Notes.
Two rich strikes are reported. The
Van Anda and Union Copper are the
latest luck mines.
Granite is on the road to first class
boom. The townsite title question is
now settled and investment Is safe.
The Virtue mine, eight miles east of
Baker City, has been worked for 80
years and is still the storehouse of UNI
told wealth.
The Magnolia Mining Company has
installed a 20-stamp mill and is now
ready for business. The Magnolia is
one of the Granite properties and is
owned by an English company.
The machinery in the May Queen is
all in place and the stamps will soon
be dropping. The property is we'll de-
veloped and promises much for its own
ers.
A telephone message received from
the Union copper mine says that at 40
feet the rock Is just red with copper"
In short time this will be added to
the list of shippers.
Clear creek runs through this prom.
erty and furnishes power for the mills
on the Red Boy group The owners
propose to put in 10-stamp mill in the
spring. Development work is being
hxy hot oh
big strike has just been made on
the Big Buffalo. 1t has ledge of 80
feet in width, is free milling and as
says $4,000 per ton. This property is
situated two and half miles west of
Baker City, and is owned by AL Geiser
OF Bonanza fame.
The allabsorbing topic now is the
building of the railroad from Baker
City to the Seven Devils country. PEG
pie begin to see the Importance of il to
them as a distributing point, and that
II Will open up mineral country of
unsurpassed richness. 1t is reported
that the o. r. & N. will build the road
If they be given the right of way. The
building of this road will add to the
number of shipping mines east of Bak-
er City, as the partly developed prom
critics will be pushed to the shipping
point.
Another property which is attracting
the attention of mining men is the Elk.
celsior group. This group is composed
of the Golden Key, Excelsior and Black
bird. and the four principal lodges of
the Red Boy run through this group.
which is situated on Red Boy noun.
tain, about 35 miles west of Baker City
and three miles west of Granite. The
ledge on the Golden Key is "a feet in
width, and the Blackbrd 20 feet. AS
says on the Excelsior run as high as
1888. The average assay on this group
of free ore is $11.25, and by cyanide S28
The lodges are in place with tale seams
between walls and ledge formation.
British COlumbia,
The st. Eugene, near Moyie. will nut
III new machinery to enlarge its ca
pacity.
On the st. Eugene, in the East Koot-
enay district, the vein has been ex-
posed on the surface for 600 feet.
Hector McRae, manager for the
Boundary Creek Mining and Milling
Company has received the smelter re-
turns from car of ore shipped from
the Gold Bug, one of the properties of
the company, which is located near
Greenwood. The value of the ore per
ton was as follows: Gold. 3.72 ounces.
$74.40; silver 100 ounces, $75.4O; lead,
II per cent, $7.40 Total gross values
for the car $2,35S. This is the highest
grade ore yet shipped from the Boun-
dairy country.
From advices received from Gran
brook, it Is evident that the strike in
the North Star recently made is a most
important one. 1t was made at point
$50 feet down the Hill from the old
workings. There is 90 feet of ore in
the vein, and the vein has been opened
by two shafts sunk at distance of 40
feet apart, and there is already said to
be 100000 worth of ore in sight, and
there is no telling what the extent of
the deposit is.
a large piece of work is now being
commenced at the Ymir mine, which,
when completed, will be the largest
piece of engineering work ever exc
cuted in that district. A long tunnel
is being run from the proximity of the
mill TO tap the ore body at great depth.
The length of the tunnel will be some
5000 feet, and it is to be made large
enough to allow of the laying of two
ear tracks side by side. When the tun-
mel is completed it will run from the
main working entrance to the mine,