The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1901-03-23

To the larger mines in Repub.Ic the
mill rate war Is Al an end. ID. g.
lacking has stated that more salts
factory terms can be given shippers
than were at first submitted, IL the
nAanes will guarantee such quantities
as viii JUSTIFY the mining company in
reducing the rates" President Aver
Of the company confirmed Ihls state
ment wnlie In Spokane and as q re-
SUI. at least two Of the Republic mines
will send their ore, the Lone rIne 70
take advantage Of the rate and Lne
Ben Hur 20 test their ore.
rnis statement by the prominent Of
acials Of the Republic Milling com
PAM Is the first olncial assurance that
q settlement could be reached without
the mincowners giving in to the rates
Of the Mill. .
The immediate output Of the camp
Is about as follows:
Maurice Downey, superintendent Of
the Tom Thumb win state that Gae
Tom Hhumb mine can on i've days
notice start producing Zoe tons OF ore
perday Of a value Of not less than
$3.50 per ton
w. N. drummer, superintendent OF
the Quilp, Black 1ail and San Poll
There would be no difficulty In taking
out zoo tons OF shipping ore from the
Ouilp every ~ hours. an. .--.s could
be kept up for an indefinite period.
There would be no difaculty in tax
ing out 40 tons day out Of the Black
Tail, and keep IL up
Matt Hodge. superintendent OF the
Princess Maud, says: | should ex.
perience no difhculty in producing
from IL SO tons daily.
| Philip Creasor. a large owner Of the
Lone Plne-Surprise-We can take out
100 tons a day now and within three
months we could put on machinery
and increase the output 200 tons
daily.
George Miller. superintendent Of the
Ben Hur-We can easily produce q
tons daily from the mine. and win dc
80 when there Is q market for the
ore.
John W. Mccain. manager OF the
North San Poil--We are an shape e
place 20 tons Of high grade ore OF
the dump each - hours.
e. ]. Eldridge % the California
We are not prepared TO take out morS
than 40 tons per day at this time. but
within 80 days the amount can be and
will be Increased to 80 tons per day
u Mr.. Hewitt OF the Chico-We arr
prepared to take out 80 tons Of or
daily from the mine whenever Il could
be treated with a profit
Manager Wyatt OF the Mountain
Lion was not interviewed. but b
stated the day previous that he couls
take out fully 200 tons daily from tina
mine. and continue to do so for q yea
or more without further development
, work.
Superintendent Nickerson Of thu
Butte & Boston-We can produce II
tons daily at tails time and could in
crease the output to so tons in SO day
II necessary.
This brings the total up 10 S45 ton
! per day from the mines mentioned
+ The Knob Hill. Trade Dollar and man,
. small properties could In the aggrS
gate produce a considerable Quantit
: II the ore could be handle.. with proh'
Il is understood that In maxim
) estimates OF production the mineowT
ers. OF managers. estimated ores a
! values above SIC per ton.
3 Alex DeWitR. in from Bodie CAM
: says that the Bodie mine viii soon b
, giving employment to q larger fore
|. than II has heretofore. He has jus
finished a drift Of 100 feet on the ven
and says that the work has enhance
the value OF the property 70 q consi'
i cradle degree. H. G. Dewitz has bee
ldriving a tunnel on the Oxford CLAIM
which is now In $50 feet, and has
fleet further to run. In crosscuttin
the Elk vein the assay values reporte
are from Sil TO SSs per ton.