Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-03-08
amount and the question Of trs..-
no longer affects the mines Of ths J.
trict us
MINING NoTEa-

through the ground about 1875 y
apart, and the tunnel now being w.
aimed to be midway between tbaA
The big tunnel being driven il !
Rainbow mine on Lake Pend d'o,,.s
has run into a new body of orc i
surpasses anything yet found ON >
property.
1t is reported that the Proyiden..
Cedar Canyon may shut down -
short time on account of the had !.
dition of the roaas.
The Standard Mining & smsu,.
company's new reduction plant A. y
orado City has begun operations
ploying $50 men. The plant comn,.
10 buildings and covering an ara,
six acres, cost $75O,OOO and win -
Cripple Creek ores principally.
A number of promising copper IL.
tions are reported to have been ~.
near Loon Lake, Wash, and cons,d.s
BILE development is said to be M
way.
At Wallace, Idaho, supplies and N.
were sent down to the Charles MI.
ems recently to resume work on n,
property, controlling interest hav,
been bonded by Butte men.
The tunnel on the Keller Hin
claim adjoining the Laura May in r,
Ter camp, South Half, Wash, recent
broke into quartz carrying gray n,
per. The find was made Just Al n
completion of a contract, SO that
Importance Is rot vet known. y
long tul mel Oh The Gold Cord. on n
yer creek, South Half, is reported
have passed the 100 foot mark.
Over 100000 was spent for asseu|
ment work alone in Stevens count
WASH, last year. This represeu
1000 claims at 500 each, pret
good showing of itself. This does NJ
include the great amount Of devela
ment work that is going on in even
camp in the county. The tunnel
the Bear Mountain is in about 60 h3|
The rock is said to be very hard, I,
from II to IS inches per day is cuaI
cred good progress.
J. A. McGuigan, superintendent
the Alimo in the Red Boy district d
egon, says that the eastern Greg
gold fields are showing up some
markable properties, both in the SD
of the leads and the richness Of u
ore. He says that extensive deyelq
ment has been quietly carried on
the district during the winter, MAJ
prospects having advanced past "
stage to a point whereat stamp u
is justified.
Machinery for the Quebec is BEN
hauled on the ground" said he. %
my way out from the mine l saw nl
carloads of machinery at Sumpterh
the different mining properties 0fth
district. Besides the Quebec -four OF
er 10 stamp mills will be erected
that district this summer. They N
be put up by the OregonColorado "a
pany, Strassberg, Concord and Als1
Many new mills have been erect
during the winter, some of which d
commencing operations. The Is
Bryan mill on he Mammoth had
first cleanup in January, the ore ave-
aging $40 per ton. A 20 stamp r
started last week on the Bald MaI
tain. The Red Boy mill cleanup
January was $4,000, this being Y
highest for any month since the mi
has been in operation. The ore
steadily increasing in value in the r
Boy, that now being milled CONT
from level at a depth of between
and 600 feet. The machinery on q
Red Boy is now almost ready to CO..
mence sinking to the 200 foot levd
at which depth the company has
cided to thoroughly explore the pri
erty.
The recent strike on the Bonanl
shows a Is foot ledge running not y
than 500 to the ton. The SumFs
Valley railroad has been EXTENDED
within 10 miles of The Alamo and y
be in operation in the early spring
Work is being resumed on the =
Mia, in kellar camp. Wash, by nr
cent bonders, Holbrook & Wolfat
Spokane. A large amount of supph
has been taken to the property ~
drifting from the lower tunnel, ~
under the Clark bond, will be conul
ued. After the Clark bond was .nro.
up the Farr Brothers, who own
group, started a drift on the footva
which in about so feet is said to DIV
shown up about II feet of ore runnla
over per cent copper and aoou'
ounces in silver.
Arrangements have been mace
he miners union to erect hands0I
hospital at SLOGAN this summer
will be modern in its design and equl
nent and will cost $4,000. Or, Farm
Nelson has been engaged by the unr
o superintend the hospital and
after the health of the members OF
organization, and he enters upon
iuties on March l. A building VIII
secured as temporary hospital uh
lew one is erected. The governn
will be asked for a liberal donation y
he hospital.
In the supreme court at Rossia
thief Justice McColl presiding, y