The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-03-15
MINING NOTEs.

MINING NOTEs.
The bill by Kelley, Brennan and
Moore for the taxation of the net pro-
duct of producing mines of Idaho was
defeated.
A rich discovery is reported from
said to have been found yielding S. to
the bucket.
Keller camp is picking up. Work
is progressing on number of proper
ties. The Gold Cord. also on Silver
creek, is showing up we'll.
The Lorraine Copper company is COM
posed of Chehalis county, Wash, peo-
pie. It's capital stock is 100000
shares of 1 cent share.
A strike of eighteen inches of sol
id galena ore was made last week in
Floods mine in Minnie Moore gulch at
HALEY. 1t is supposed to be on the
same ledge as the Minnie Moore.
The installation of pumps, hoists,
ETC., at the Gold Bug. near Colville,
Wash, is going on rapidly under SUI
perintendent F. w. Morris. More ma
chinery is en- route to this property.
Work on the Copper King mine near
Colville is being rapidly pushed ahead.
The greater the depth attained the
wider the oreshoot and the better the
quality of the ore, which runs as high
as 80 per cent copper.
The Deer Trail Consolidated COM
pany, operating the Elephant claim, in
Cedar Canyon, Wash, expects to make
a considerable output of ore this
month if the roads permit. Six car
loads went out in February despite bad
roads and a considerable profit is re-
ported to have been netted to the COM
pany.
Preparations are in progress to put
force of men on the Little Giant and
continue development with the utmost
activity during the entire year. The
Little Giant is one of the richest cop
pergold properties in the Pierre Lake
district, Wash, and it is in shape to
make a steady output with few i'm
provements.
The minority interest in the North
port smelter, which has been held by
James Breen, one of the original own
ers of the plant, has been transferred
to the Northport Mining & Smelling
company, owning the control of the
property, for$300,000 This is under
stood to give the company the entire
possession of the big plant.
A strike of the greatest importance
has just been made on the Keep Cool
J on Lake Pend dOreille, Idaho. Al
> least nine feet of ore identical with
= that in the No. level is reported in
, the face of the drift on the No. OF
lowest level This is the big payshoot
for which driving has been in prog
| ress for some time, and the showing
assures its permanence and the exist
ence of an immense body of pay ore.
A report has just reached Lewiston
t Idaho, from the Crooks Corral dis
( trict on Salmon river that an enor
mously rich strike has been made OF
: the Corson & Thompson property
2 They have been developing a group O
l claims with tunnel expecting to GU
l the ledge at depth of about 100 feet
g The report is that the ledge was strucl
at a distance of As feet, but with a yer
g tical depth of nearly 100 feet. TIL
: ledge has been crosscut for more thai
r 20 feet, and the hanging wall has no
yet been reached. Assays of the ledg
: matter for the full 20 feet averag
f about $40 in gold, and from Is to 2
: per cent copper The claim is les
S than two miles from Finch & Camp
III.
K that they are extensions of the sam
ledge. There is a report current a
n Grangeville that William Springer ha
S secured an option on the property 70
/. 20 days for Finch & Campbell.