Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-11-01

people About 10000 acres OF land. all
told. have been located for oil.
Work was resumed in all the prop
critics Of the Anaconda Mining com.
pany In Butte Monday morning.
The Snow Storm Mining company
mas reached its fOotwall in the crosscut
tunnel near Mullan. Idaho. and since
then it has been the Mecca to which
all the mining men in the country have
jcurneyed. The wall rock was pene-
trated several feet before II was certain
that the ledge was passed. The rock
was so saturated with copper that i.
was mistaken for ore. although il eyi-
IDENTIFY only carried what had leached
out into it.
At Mullan the Morning Mining COM
pany has completed it's tunnel through
the point Of the hill between here and
the mill, and the new fume is now be
Ing built When IL is done il will give
about five feet more fall at the mill,
or at an average stage of water a diff
ference OF about thirty-five horse
power
The Home Oil company, of Spokane,
which had been drilling an oil we'll on
Wild Rose prairie. twenty miles north,
has suspended work. The plant was re-
moved last week 10 Colville. A new
we'll has been started there on the Col
vile river, about three-quarters of
mile from the town. for the Pacific
States Oil company. Manager Will
don nf ho =
yesterday: "We nave not abandoned
our we'll at Wild Rose 1t is down $50
feet, and for the past 100 feet We had
good indications of OIL"
Not since the days of Auburn placer
excitement, Immediately following the
discovery of the first gold in Oregon,
forty years ago, by Dan Griffin, in
what is now known as Griffins gulch.
have there been so many men at work
in the various camps, so much ma
chinery in operation, so much gold
coming out and so many supplies go
ing in as at present in Eastern Oregon
gold fields. Sumpter, which for more
than a year had felt the effects Of
bursted boom, is now on steady bus
mess basis and affairs never were SO
prosperous even during the boom as
they are now.
Favorable reports on the condition
of the Iron Crown group, on Prince OF
Wales island, Alaska. are brought
down by James Harvey. Mr.. Harvey,
who is managing the property for Pat.
rick Clark, and associates, says that
development has opend body OF rich
ore, going about per cent in copper.
That is equal to gross copper value
of $40 ton, and as the property is ad-
vantageously situated on the tide
water it will be an easy thing to ship
ore at substantial profit if a body of
it should be uncovered.
Director Roberts of the mint has pre-
pared a statement showing the pro-
duction of the precious metals for the
calendar year of 1900. 1t shows that
the production of gold in the world
that year was 12,457 ,2S7 ounces, of the
value of 1851, 514,700, a loss in value OF
$4,000, 200 from 1899. The loss was
mainly in the Transvaal field and due
to the war. The production of South
Africa in 1899 was of the value OF $73.-
277, 100, and in 1900 S9,671,000 The
principal gains were $S,11S,000 in the
United States and s6,000000 in Canada.
Inc United States gam heads the list.
In the United States the principal
gains were by Alaska, Arizona and
Utah. The silver output of the world
amounted to 1876, 196 fino ounces.
the largest ever known. 1t exceeds the
product of 1899 by 11.527,513 ounces.
The United States again leads all 9th
er producers with a slight excess over
Mexico