Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-01-25
MINING NOTES.

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MINING NOTES.
F. r. Barton of Lewiston. Idaho. ha,
some samples Of asbestos from claim
which he located January /. abou,
three miles from the railroad on Bsl
Rock creek. The fibre which he e.
hibited is very fine in texture and coll
oring. though it was secured very near
the surface Mr.. Barton says there 4
quite an extensive deposit of this min.
eral on the ground which he has -
cured.
Capital from Denver and other larm
mining centers is gradually being n
tracted toward the possibilities Of tn
mining industries in the Baker CITY
(Ore.) section. The latest property "a
be secured by Colorado spectators i
the Turner oliver group at Eagletoa
about 80 miles northeast of this city.
+. J. Hill of st. Paul has bought one
third of the capital stock of the Grow,
Nest British Columbia) coal mins
amounting to $2.5O0.O00. He also "a
tered into an agreement with the rail-
road companies who have built andl
are to build to parallel the CanadIsa
Pacific Hill also agrees to build 1
spur line from the Great Northern b
the Crows Nest coal mines and guar
antees to purchase 5000 tons Of cod
per day. The whole scheme contenI
plates gigantic struggle with the CaS
adian Pacific, for which J. j. Hill n
cpives valuable government cones
sions.
The Walter Scott mine at NorthponI
Wn.. shows the widening of stringa|
of ore that practically amounts to d
strike, and which has caused consider
able excitement at Northport. The lel
ter stated that the stringer of ore III
the face of the tunnel had widened hl
IL inches and was rapidly gaining III
width.
A wonderful ore body was recentlJ|
opened in the Bonanza mine. 1t is sal
to be the most marvelously rich and
extensive strike that has ever bed
Another new 10-stamp mill has beei|
made in the eastern Oregon gold feldi|
purchased. Another producing mine
to be added to the growing list Of III
Sumpter. Ore, gold fields.
J. c. Jansen, one of the directors
the Orc Elmo Quartz Mining and Mn
ing Company, now operating on N
Klondike mine near Pierce City, Idaha
reports the completion Of the build
ings for the mill on the KlondihI
mine. All the machinery has arrived
excepting the concentration and will NJ
installed in the spring.
The latest news from the Leslie, neai
Wallace, Idaho, is that there is four
feet of ore in the face Of the tunnel
ii being a good grade of copper. All
though the tunnel is in 400 feet 1t his|
attained but so feet of depth. The neyt
200 feet will, however, increase ths
depth $50 feet.
The directors of the Boston & Mon
tana Mining Company have declared !
quarterly dividend of IS per share and
S. extra.
At Beaumont, Texas, the owners |
the Lucas oil geyser, which has been
shooting oil so feet high for week
have succeeded in controlling the well
Oscar Bates, ex-sheriff of Steven
county. was fatally injured at TIE
Drummers' mine, near Curlew, VASE
Having set three shots in the 1250.fo0
level. he started to climb the laddd.
m ic ti,,D SprM |
landing and fell back 20 feet. ~
shots exploded before he could regaA
the ladder.
The report on the gas and oil nela'
OF eastern Washington in the counu'
near Rosalia maze by Professor SAM
uel Aughey of Alabama has been cou
pleted. Prof Auhey's conclusions ais
as predicted. most favorable He stA'e
with confidence that the gas found
petroleum gas and his conclusion ~
From all these considerations my on.
deliberate judgment is that the oil ans
gas prospects are sufficiently strong
the Pine Greek district to warlsn
drilling half dozen prospect WeIa
The Spokane Stock Exchange M
adopted its new constitution ana
laws.
Although the output of the Coea'
d'Alenes for the last year. detailed
to the different mines. or by mon1p,
has not yet been made public, the wv
shipments of crude ore and conc
trates for the past year are known
have been $4,000 tons. In 1898,
last previous year for which nsuIs
were obtained, the amount was ll-,"
tons, showing an increase of $500 70.
or So per cent over the output OF '"
years before
An explosion In the Koenig Luo.sI
mine at Reeklinghausen. Westpna'-
has caused the death Of 10 persons.
report from Delta, Idaho, IS ~
the old paystreak on Trail gulcn
been discovered just above Myrtle
Jerry Savage. Ben Hammitt, Georss
Wood and others. who have been our
Ing for 1t for years, and that the! :. :.
taking out all kinds of money from y
gravel there.
Strong indications of oil have