Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-04-19
MINING NOTES.

sAe Well Known
Dewey. near Grangeville, Idaho M,
have mill and cyanide plant th =.
year. -
1t is reported from Kellar Wa,
that the diamond drill outfit 70, ~
Manila has arrived at the mine ana !.
being installed.
Considerable work is planned ..
this season in the young South w..
section called Meteor camp. Witt
II miles from Daisy and eight MIL.
from Hunter.
News has just been received tho,
rich placer gold strike has been ma.
on Meadow creek, at the head Of ~.
Potlatch river. Idaho. and that a nm
Der Of claims have been located
At Burke Idaho. an important st,,..
was recently made on the Omaha a.
eastern extension Of the Hecla ~.
find was kept quiet as long as possible
but has finally leaked out. It 10 ~
less than two feet OF fine galena ., W.
same general character as that IN ~.
Hecla.
Col. Frank Danford reports r,.,
strike in the Mckinley, In the sampsoa
district, at Salmon river. The nav
tunnel. when in 70 feet. crosscut hs
ledge. A shoot three feet wide was A.
countered that shows gold to the naksd
eye. No assays were made, but a..
taken from the seam is easily worth
| IS per pound.
r. Rennle, superintendent Of N.
Rainbow mine, adjoining the Con,ac.
ture. in Idaho, reports that the ledpa
on the Rainbow has been recovered and
that the ore is looking better than ever
Mr.. Rennie also states that the Con.
lecture mine Is taking out some very
high grade ore and is now shipping ons
carload a week to the smelter.
J. A. Smith. of the Smith DREDGING
Company of Cleveland, Ohio, represent.
ing eastern capitalists. has secured on.
tions on the plants of Dunbar & Sull.
van, Kingston & Woods and the Buffalo
Dredging Company, with the ultimate
purpose Of merging them into a biz
dredging combine, which will control
all of the dredging work on the great
lakes. It will have capacity Of 10, 600
and will embrace Is or 80 Of the biz.
gest plants on the lakes.
The blank forms to accompany each
ore exhibit in the mineral display from
Washington state to the Pan-American
Exposition have been issued. Each q.
hibit will be numbered and labeled and
these forms will be kept on file and
numbered correspondingly. 1t will
therefore be but matter of moment
to put before an inquirer all the i'm.
portant facts concerning any property
represented in the display.
Secretary Irwin Mahon has issued 1
call for the fourth annual session Of
the International Mining Congress, to
be held in Boise, Idaho, July %, "a and
Is this year. The objects of the con.
gress as set forth are in part as fol
lows:
ITO secure better recognition OF the
mining industry by the national gov.
eminent
TO bring about needed changes in
the federal mining laws.
ITO cultivate acquaintance, fraternal
feeling and hearty cooperation among
the various mining, manufacturing,
transportation, commercial and labor
bodies represented.
TO exchange practical ideas cover.
Ing the various phases of the mining
business and especially to take under
advisement the Importance of the crea.
ton by the congress of the United
States of department to be known as
the department of mines and mining.
thus securing cabinet officer that rep
resents an interest which affects more
than one-third of the people in the
United States, producing in 1900 over
one billion dollars"
The call is signed by L. Bradford
Prince, president, and Irwin Mahon
secretary. 1t urges that delegates be
appointed at once and that the name
and address of each be sent to Secre
tary Mahon in Boise.
Reports confirming the importance
OF the placer finds on the ST. Maries
river near Santa, continue to come IN
and the excitement is increasing. The
new diggings are As miles from Tekoa.
James and Henry Tyson and J. B. Rem
FRO have placer claim on Cedar creek
in Camas Cove district, that promises
to be one of the greatest placer claims
In that country. With proper appNt
ances. and under favorable conditions
two experienced miners can take out
from $40 to $50 per day. But this
the only claim in the district In winch
very valuable discoveries have yet been
made. The gulch in which the discos.
cry claim is located has been staked
from the summit Of the mountain 10
the point where it empties into Camas
Cove creek. there beins six claims IN
the gulch and two on small gulcnes
which run into it. Veteran prospec'
tors say the region where the strikes
are reported has long been source Oh
speculation, but the dense fores'
growth, huge trees and almost impene
trable brush have prevented close 10
vestigation. There is, therefore, virgo