The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-04-05
will make the property much more val
MINING NOTES.

of a of cent
1t was reported that an important
strike has been made on the Crystal, /
near Fort Spokane.
The directors of the Calumet & Hecla !
Mining company, at a recent meeting
in Boston, declared c dividend of SIS
per chare. The last dividend declared
was $40.
Word comes from the Hidden Treas
ure, near Lane, Idaho, that the sinking
of the shaft on this promising property
is progressing satisfactorily and will
soon be completed.
The Northland, adjoining the @. s.,
about 10 miles from Conconully, in
Okanogan county, Wash, has ordered
a compressor plant, which will be in
stalled this spring.
Beaumont, Texas, now has three
gushing oil wells. It's output will equal
that of the Laucas geyser, from which
it is distant about a quarter of mile.
The wells valve was closed and COM
paratively little oil was wasted.
At Murray, Idaho, after years of
search the Mother Lode vein has at last
been found south of the big ledge"
and there is rejoicing in many quarters
other than among the Mother Lode
owners.
One Of the largest mining PROPOSE
lions in which Spokane men have been
interested for some time is the organi
cation of a company with a capital of
s6,000,000 to operate in the Salmon riv
er district.
The boiler house and shaft house on
the Blue Dragon, recently restaked as
the Republic, near Elk City, Idaho has
been destroyed by fire. The property
is under bond to the Esperanza Min
ing company.
At Wallace, Idaho, report has been
received from the Amador that the
crosscut from the bottom of the shaft
had cut the ledge and four feet of ore
had already been found without getting
across the shoot.
The fine claims of the King Gold &
Copper Mining company, nine miles
west of Valley, Wash, are showing
some remarkable values that begin to
prove far more than the original prom
Use of this excellent young copper pros
pect.
, w. p. Wells of Moscow Idaho, has a
, model of his gold saving machine, for
which he hopes to take many orders
among the miners on their way to the
Klondike and Cape Nome. 1t saves
1886 out of SIG in fine gold dust mix
ed with q yard of gravel and sand.
At Trenton, N. j., the court of errors
and appeals recently, by vote of tC
5, decided to reverse the chancellor:
decision in the American Smelling
? Refinig company, and the decision or
ders the issuance of an injunction re
= straining the American Smelling & Re
fning company from taking any fur
Their action in the matter of increasing
its capital stock or acquiring by pur
q chase the property of M. Guggenhein
Q & Sons.
Twenty tons of ore from the Dewe!
o that is expected to net $4,000 is a
n Sites, Idaho, on the way to the smelt
? err, according to Otto Abeling, the engi
neer for the Dewey Consolidated com
T. pany. The assays from the shipmen
have run from 5000 to $1,000 per ton
8 This brings the total output from tn
mine to 11S tons, which will net tn
O company fully $4,000. The Dewe,
o group is on the south fork OF the Clear
water river, about six miles east o
, Grangeville.
A smelter is to be installed in tn
:. Seven Devils country, Idaho, and will
n be put in on the property of the Boston
2 & Seven Devils Copper company, opeI
= ating a group of mines on Indian creek
The smelter is to be built at Decorah
c Idaho, and will be for the purpose o
h milling the immense bodies of loN
, grade ore in that camp. Great interes
e is now centering in this rich cope
4 district. 1t has long been regarded
most promising objective point for
!, branch railway from some of the mail
r lines penetrating the northwest.
:. The Rebecca mine at Nespelim
4 Wash, has resumed operations. TIL
present force is small, but it is the in
= tention of the management to increas
+ it in the near future This probabl
makes an important movement in tn
n history of the district, as much de
=. ponds on the success attained. Atten
ton has been drawn to this mine o.
n account of the excellent ore found a
n most from the grass roots. 1t was tn
4 first claim in the Nespelim district t
n be bonded. The locator, S. Stevenson
q is in charge of the present work.
The Ajax, Finch & Campbells splendi
= property. is in excellent condition.
y is probable that this mine will