Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-12-20
MINING NOTES.

H3luS several acres, anu DrlHgS IL ABOUT !
100 feet nearer the town.
A cubic foot of fresh water, with the /,
barometer at 80 in, weighs, at 80 de- !
greas F., 62.423 h.; 62.S67 ID. at so +,
degrees; 62.218 lib. at 80 degrees and
only 59.1 lib. at 212 degrees, fair av- !
erage being 62.23 H., but usually called
62.5 lbs for convenience.
For tunnel and drift timbering,
round or split timbers will generally
be found most economical In shaft
work, sawn timber will generally be
found I'd cost less than round timber.
The latter require much work to frame |
and are not so adaptable to machinery |
installation.
The Northport smelter was closed
down on account of the failure of the
water supply. The reservoirs were al
most empty before the shortage was
discovered. One furnace was badly
wrecked and two others were frozen up !
The management estimates the dam
age at about $4,000.
A gallon of water, United States
standard contain 231 cubic inches.
| This is equal to cylinder inches
high by 6 inches in diameter, or to a
cube 6.1358 inches on the edge, and is
01336S of 1 cubic foot, so that cubic
foot contains 7 As gallons, or in gener-
al terms. ~ gallons.
| The Alameda Mining Milling COM
pany of Wallace expects to cut its ledge
| soon. The surveyors estimate is that
it has but IL or Is feet farther to run
to reach it. There has been consider
able iron in the tunnel recently, and
this week a stringer of galena was cut
that was two inches thick.
| j. l.. Frankel, president of the Tread
water Mining company, which operates
at Sturgls, KY, received word that the
Bank of Sturgis was robbed of $35, 900
between midnight and dawn. At the
time of the theft the bank held the
money which was to have been used IN
paying off the employees of the Tread
water Mining company.
Near Gem, Idaho, the Bell lead has
finally been reached, although it is not
yet crosscut. The latest reports are that
it had been penetrated for distance of
II feet, with some ore found all the
way. On the surface directly above the
ledge is AZ feet wide, so that it is sup
posed the miners have some distance to
run yet before reaching the opposite
wall.
The Climax Mining company, operat-
ing on the Climax group, in eastern
Oregon, has received the report from
c. r. Aldrin, superintendent of the
mine, and his report shows the proper
ty to be big proposition. The Climax
Is owned almost entirely by Spokane
men. The most encouraging feature of
the recent development is the increased
richness of the ore in the big ledge.
Just as an ounce of quicksilver if
thoroughly mixed with a ton of sand or
gravel will be evidence in nearly every
pound of washing, it is just as true
that very small amount of free gold
will make big showing in a ton of
broken white quartz. You can find
many dump in which free gold can
be seen, when sample of the whole
dump would not give returns of SIS per
ton in gold.
M. j. Dowd, of Wallace, acting for
w. A Clark, of Montana, and associ-
ates, has secured an option for the pur-
chase of what lis known as the Grand
Ronde coal fields, embracing about 5000
acres of coal lands along the north
bank of the Grande Ronde river, and
about As miles from Lewiston. 1t is
understood the option price exceeds
$125,000. The deposit was discovered
) two years ago. "A twenty-foot vein has
been exposed for a distance of six
miles.
"A strike of as yet unknown extent is
reported in the Trade Dollar, midway
between Burke, Idaho, and the Her.
cules mine. 1t is said to be On the
same vein as that famous property
The tunnel was in $50 feet when the
strike was made, and 100 feet of it has
been a drift on the ledge without any
sign of ore. Since 1t was first discov-
cred on Wednesday, there has been a
decided improvement in quantity
There is now ore sprinkled all through
the face of the drift for width of four
feet. The ore is carbonate, but of I'M
known value, as no assay has been
made on it
Scott N. Sanford, of the West Fisher
Mining district, Montana, reports that
all the machinery is in place on the
Black Tail gold mine and that work
will start next spring. 1t is conceded
to be the most promising claim in the
district. Brannigan and Brick are
} working 40 men on their mine and
stamp mill and will continue to oper-
ate throughout the winter. Their prop
erty is across the gulch from the Black
. Tail. Another mill is being placed in
position and by next spring at least
three mills will be in operation in this
, district. About 70 men are now in the
district and will remain during the
winter.
General Manager George L. Hedges,
of the Wauconda, at Republic, Wash.
: is exhibiting gold button valued at
S5 20 az hhe result of the experimental