The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-03-08
MINING NOTES.

Stringers of ore are frequently
found in the Kill Buck tunnel, near
Wallace, although it is not supposed
to be very near a ledge. There are
two veins running east and west
through the ground about 125 feet
apart, and the tunnel now being run is
aimed to be midway between them.
The big tunnel being driven in the
Rainbow mine on Lake Pend d'Orielle
has run into a new body of ore that
surpasses anything yet found on the
property.
The Standard Mining & Smelling
company's new reduction plant at Col
orado City has begun operations, EN-
ploying $50 men. The plant comprises
10 buildings and covering an area of
six acres, cost $750,000 and will treat
Cripple Creek ores principally.
A number of promising copper loca-
lions are reported to have been made
near Loon Lake, Wash, and considera-
BILE development is said to be under
way.
At Wallace, Idaho, supplies and men
were sent down to the Charles Dick
ems recently to resume work on that
property, a controlling interest having
been bonded by Butte men.
1t is reported that the Providence in
Cedar Canyon may shut down for a
short time on account of the bad con-
dition of the ROADS.
The tunnel on the Keller HILL a
claim adjoining the Laura May in Kel-
Ter camp, South Half Wash, recently
broke into quartz carrying gray cop
per. The find was made just at the
completion of a contract, so that its
Importance is not yet known. The
long tunnel on the Gold Cord, on Sill
yer creek, South Half, is reported to
have passed the 100 foot mark.
Over 100000 was spent for assess
ment work alone in Stevens county
Wash, last year. This represents
1000 claims at 500 each, a pretty
good showing of itself. This does no
include the great amount of develop
ment work that is going on in ever!
camp in the county. The tunnel OF
the Bear Mountain is in about 60 feet
The rock is said to be very hard, ant
from - to IS inches per day is consid
cred good progress.
j. A. Michigan. superintendent o
the Alimo in the Red Boy district, Or
egon, says that the eastern Oregon
gold fields are showing up some re
markable properties, both in the siz
of the leads and the richness of tn
ore He says that extensive develop
ment has been quietly carried on il
the district during the winter, man
prospects having advanced past tina
stage to a point whereat stamp mil
= is justified
: Machinery for the Quebec is bein
- hauled on the ground" said he 20
my way out from the mine l saw min
carloads of machinery at Sumpter fO
" the different mining properties of tn
. district. Besides the Quebec four oil
= !, err 10 stamp mills will be erected i
that district this summer. They wi
. be put up by the Oregon-Colorado con
y pany, Strassberg, Concord and Alam
- MANY new mills have been erecte
during the winter, some of which al
e commencing operations. The % to
y Bryan mill on he Mammoth had Il
Il first cleanup in January, the ore ave
u aging $40 per ton. A 20 stamp mi
II started last week on the Bald Mou
H. tain. The Red Boy mill cleanup fl
9 January was $4,000, this being IL
- highest for any month since the mi
has been in operation. The ore
~ steadily increasing in value in the Re
Boy, that now being milled comir
~ from a level at a depth of between 81
+ and 900 feet. The machinery on Il
+ Red Boy is now almost ready to col
III mence sinking to the 200 foot lev'
d at which depth the company has d
III cided to thoroughly explore the pro
ls erty.
y "The recent strike on the Bonan
ID shows 16 foot ledge running not lie
IL than 500 to the ton. The Sumpt
re Valley railroad has been extended
u within 10 miles of The Alamo and W
IS be in operation in the early spring"
er Metal Report.
is New York.-Silver certificates, 81