The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-03-22

no ore is being rawhided. There is
more ore in sight in the mine than
ever before in the history of the prop
erty.
There is a lot of work being done on
the First Thought group by a strong
syndicate headed by Bruce white OF
Spokane and Patrick Burns of Nelson,
b. c.
An important strike is reported
from the Noble Five on the Cody
slope of the mountain range east of
Sandon in the SLOGAN. This is a part
of the Noble Five that has not yet
been explored.
Word has reached Rossland of an
important strike on the Blue Bird, one
of the properties of the Montana Gold
Mining company. The properties of
the company are located near Deer
Park on the lower Arrow lake.
1t is practically decided that the
province will be represented by a min
eral exhibit at the Toronto exhibition
this year me minister of mines is
impressed with the special advertis-
ing meulum which the Toronto fair
would be this year, owing to its proX-
unity to Buffalo and the large num-
attend the fair.
The controlling interest in the Can
adam King ming company, whose
five claims are located about two and
o half miles west of Erie, b. c., has
| been sold to Colorado parties and the
company reorganized with two promi
nent men of Colorado Springs among
the trustees. The company was in
corporated for 100000 shares, and tC
gain the controlling interest the mer
from the Cripple Creek district pait
out about $4,000.
Mr.. Mcbride, minister Of mines, ha:
made the following announcement
THAT the output of ore for the pas
year almost doubled that of the pre-
vious year. Lead mining especial,
has made great strides"
The figures are as follows: Tota
mineral production in 1899, $12.393
49, 1900, s16,407, GAS; increase, 81
Ola, 514 or 20 per cent. Total meta
production, $S,096,5 and 81. $40.
equal to an increase OF 1924 ,252, o
40 per cent. Total lead mines produC
ton, $6,751 GOA and $10,062032. an il
crease of $3,310,41S, or 40 per cen
! Total lode gold production
: and S3,461, 067; increase, $603,514, G
81 per cent
Silver, 81 ,66370S and $2295,099; il
crease, $601 ,391, or sc per cent. Coz
2 per, 81, 351, 453 and $l,615, 2S9; increas
o $25. S46 or 1915 per cent. Lead, $S7s
! $40 and $269O,5O7; increase, $1.S11
o CTS, or 200 per cent. Coal and COX
n S4,O53.65 and $5,066S99; increas
S1.013.zoo, or 25 per cent. Placer gol
f $1,344.9OO and $1,27S.724; decreas
: s66176. or per cent. Tons of OF
o mined in 1899, 2S7343; in 1900, So
q 1916; increase, 267, 453 or SO per cen
4 There are now 80 shipping mines
the province, 60 of which are shippir
? over 100 tons a year. Two thousar
!, four hundred and twentv-six men a
employed under ground and 10
O above, total of 1881.
K The mines of southeast Kooten;
q have produced silver-lead ore to Il
amount Of 35,75S tons the vast yea
le having a gross valuation of $3.50, So
It The Crows Nest Coal company min
,e and shipped 230,477 tons of coal, VI
" ued at S460,954. The total miner
IS production of the district amount
to $2,3S4, 534. From the figures a
le nounced by the minister of mine
Is and the valuation of the ores min
10 in the district, southeast Kooten
he produced one-seventh of the tot
amount produced in the province.