The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-02-01
MINING NOTES.

mlNlNG NOIiIS.
1t is learned from an inside source
that another bond has been taken on
the Manila group, in Keller camp, by
Spokane people.
The Legal Tender. in Keller camp,
Wn., has resumed work with one shift,
and is to enlarge it's force shortly. The
Romine, adjoining it, started work
this week.
The extension of the Butte mineral
belt outside the immediate vicinity of
the city seems to be showing up well,
particularly in the new district in
Browns gulch.
M. A. Smalley of Toledo, Ohio, rep
resenting a syndicate of northern Ohio
capitalists, has just purchased half a
dozen claims in the Myers creek dis
trict, Wn., among which is the Oregon.
The Silver Creek Mining & Milling
company has started a $50 foot tunnel
on the Gold Cord, on Silver Creek,
South Half. The new tunnel will cut
the ledge at a depth of 200 feet. Six
men are employed.
Things have been rather uncertain
in the big mines of Butte recently on
account of the water supply. For a
few days the properties of the Anal
gamated were shut down altogether on
account of too much ore in the bins.
Placer and petroleum claims are be-
ing staked on the government land be-
tween Pine City and Rosalia, Wn.
Some claims are reported to have been
staked on decided land, and the farmars
are somewhat agitated over the posi-
bility that the locators may be able to
secure title.
The new road from Grizzly camp to
White Pine, in the Hoodoo mining dis
trict, As miles northeast of Moscow.
Idaho, is reported in excellent condi-
ton and many heavy loads of machin-
cry have been hauled over it this win
ter. Since the road was completed set
tiers have filed homesteads along it's
entire length.
One of the richest of the gold mines
near Butte, Mont, is the Metz claim.
1t is said to run as high as 100000 per
ton, but the vein is very narrow, not
over six inches at the widest. The
Metz is located in the vicinity of the
Colorado company's old concentration
and is probably a source of much of the
placer gold taken from the bed of Sill
yer Bow creek several years ago.
The Occur d'Alene mining companies
which were organized two and three
years ago have generally exhausted
their treasury stock and the work they
do in the future will be by means of
assessments. The number of assess
ments being levied at the present time,
either to continue work or to resume
operations after shutdowns of varying
lengths, is noticeable. Considerable
eastern capital is in the Occur d'Alenes
looking for investment.
A small stampede took place from
Grangeville, Idaho, last week to a re-
ported strike on some lodges about two
and one-half miles south of the town,
where work has been in progress all
winter. A four foot vein assaying $50
was struck 16 feet below the surface
A few days later a 20 foot ledge assay
ing S23 across it was uncovered some
hundreds of feet from the first discov-
cry. Another find has been made near
the ledge and on the same ranch,
owned by Clark and Bishop. A boulder
was brought into the city literally COW
cred with coarse free gold. Free gold
float has always been found on the
ranch, and it is believed that the source
of it has at last been discovered. There
is much talk of the new discoveries and
a mining camp almost in the city is
predicted.
Metal Report.
New York.-Silver certificates, 631h
@65c; bar silver, &c; Mexican dollars,
4S15c.
San Francisco.-Silver bars, 6215c;
Mexican dollars, 5015c@51c.
London.-Bar silver, 2S 9-16d per
ounce.