The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1901-12-28
MINING NOTES.

Ore shipments from the Standard nine
Vt Wallace Idaho, TO the mill for the
" eek ending tonight were 22O7 tons. } be
Mammoth shipments for the same period
amounted to l2O0 tons.
The oil boring plant OF the Lewiston
Oil company las arrived and Is now he
ing Installed at the site o. the com
pauys we'll, three miles east OF Lewis
ton. Idaho. Boring operations will
commence Immediately.
Mining matters in the Greenhorns
are reaching fever heat says the Baker
City Democrat. From the present out
look there will be the greatest excite
menG in that camp in a short time ever
known in Eastern Oregon.
The display OF the United States
Marble Company at the Charleston ex
position is the only private exhibition
there from a point west OF the Mis-
souri, On that account, and because OF
its intrinsic beauty. 1t IS attracting
much attention.
The owners o, the Champion mine,
which adjolns the Springfield, have
struck ore in their lower tunnel. The
ore IS high grade copper and gold. The
mine is about four miles northeast OF
Mulian, Idaho, in the same belt as the
Spria gfield and Park mines.
VI. L. Pershall president OF the
Great Western Mining company. which
lately returned from the mine. and
states that they now have as fine a
showing as any property in the sec
ton for the amount Of work done.
Frank H. Brown. Of Grangeville. ar
rived in Lewiston recently. bringing
down $4,000 in gold bullion, the result
Of one months run In the Jumbo mill
Z Buffalo Hump camp, Mr.. Brown re-
ports that there was three feet Of snow
on the ground al the Hump when he
left.
\ deal nas been made whereby the
( Checkmate mine at Pearl, Idaho, Is to b.
transferred to Chicago people represented
by Governor Hunt. The price IS not
known with certainty, but it IS unisr
stood to be $4,000. The stock OF the
company is all in escrow in one Of the
| Boise banks BY the terms Of the deal
/ $4,000 IS to be paid by March /.
According to men who ought 10 know.
| Charles Sweeny is no longer the general
manager of the Empire State Idaho Min
/ ing & Development company He has left
| that position, 80 it is declared, within the
past few days. His successor Is SAIL to
be f. J. Roberts Of Spokane. Mr.. Rob
erts has been known for several months
as the assistant manager Of the company
Dawson adylces Of November 26 tell
that great Stampede IS going on to
Mayo creek in the Stewart river dis
From Charles Harper. who has just
come out from Pierce City. Idaho, it Is
+ learned that all OF the mines in the
camp have shut down for the winter
except the Klondike, Ozark, Fleetwood,
| Orion and Wild Rose. Work on these
/ properties will continue all winter Mr..
| Harper says that 1t was very cold At
/ Pierce City. The thermometer regis
| tered five degrees below zero last week.
Operations have been resumed on the
| Little Giant, on the east side Of Kettle
I A''NAS AFht ANOth Chbt W IL a 5uhi
about s. feet deep has been sunk. The
/ property was located several years ago.
/ About $4,000 has been expended In
the way Of development and improve,
ments. A carload Of the ore was
shipped some time ago to the Sound.
The results were satisfactory. The
Little Giant is owned principally by
people In the Marcus and B0ssburg At
the Little Gem. lOca.yd on Sand creek.
| there Is considerable activity. A force
Of men are at work and a shaft Is pc
Ing sunk Buildings have been erected
and other Improvements made.
At Baker City, II. Easlsy, a miner.
was arrested recently on a charge Of
stealing thirteen pounds Of ore said to
be worth 1000 from the North Pole
mine. Mine owners have started a cru
SADIE against d .shonest miners who have
been stealing in large quantities from
mines in that vicinity lately. It Is said
many thousands Of dollars worth Of ore
have been stolen from several Of the
richest mines during the past few days.