The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-27
MINING NOTES,

The Bill Nye mine, in jackson coun.
ty, Oregon, owned by Spokane men, is
proving world beaten in the bringing
forth of rich gold deposits.
News has reached Baker City. Ore.
that John James remains had been
found in the mountains by a searching
party. He was lost in a storm last De.
cember.
Over 100000 miners are required to
produce the worlds supply of coal. OF
this number 693.66O are employed in
Great Britain and 4O1, 23O ere employed
in the United States.
At Dixie, Idaho, the Mammoth Great
Eastern Mining company have made ar.
rangements for the use of the Comstock
mill and is stopping 100 tons of ore with
which to make mill test.
BY far the best rock which has come
to light in the Myers Creek mining dis
trict has recently been unearthed on
the Lord Kitchener mine. situated on
the northern spur Of Copper mountain.
Robert Wagner of Pierce City. Idaho,
says that rich strike has been made
near the Crescent mine at Pierce City,
and that ledge one foot in width has
been found in the prospect shaft that
is enormously rich.
J. c. Cowen of Pierce City, Idaho, re-
ports several strikes Of Importance in
that section. 1t Is now known that
they have eight inches of rich free gold
ore in porphyry dyke IL feet wide on
the Wild Rose claim. y
The recent visit of Henry M. Rich.
ards and w. A. White to the Occur
d'Alenes has given rise to the rumor
that they are planning to extend an
electric power service from Spokane to
the mines of the district.
General activity prevails in Santa,
Idaho, camp since the heavy rains,
which have brought sufficient water for
rocking on most Of the placer claims
under development. Sufficient work
has now been done to assure the success
Of the camp.
The first gold shipments Of the sea-
son are now on the way from the Klon-
dixie. Sums aggregating $1.500,000
were started from Dawson on June IA
on the river steamers Canadian and
Zealandia. according to telegraphic ad.
vices received in Skagway.
1t looks as II Prince Of Wales Island
will prove to be the biggest mineral
belt that has yet been discovered, said
Sam I. Silverman last week at Spo-
kane. Mr.. Silverman, who has just
returned from trip to the Alaskan
island in the interests of Spokane min
ing men. is much pleased with the pros
poets.
The Hercules, at Wallace. Idaho, con-
tinues to grow richer as the ore shoot
is drifted on. Contrary to the first in
tention, men were set to drifting both
ways from where the ore shoot was cut.
To the east the shoot has widened to
seven feet, all high grade carbonate
ore. except for an occasional bunch of
waste.
Henry Fish, the youngest son Of Col.
]. M. Fish of Kettle Falls. and James
Alldredge, a brother of William ALL
dredge, q we'll known mining man Of
the same place, were almost literally
blown to atoms by the explosion of a
charge Of dynamite in the Acme mine
Is miles west Of Colville and near Ket'
tie Falls, WASH, last week.
The Engineering and Mining Journal
publishes a complete estimate Of the
gold output in the United States and In
| the world at large last year. The flg
ures, $118,435.562. for the United
States, and $255,954,654 for the world
at large compared with $99,158.71
and $311 .505,9 4S in 1897, do not differ
materially from the estimates Of sew
/ eral months ago.
Stories of a remarkable placer dis
covery come from the Great Bend o.
/ the Snake river, near Ontario. Oregon
i A shaft IS feet deep has passed through
rs feet Of conglomerate that carries
gold in large quantities. 1t is said thu
gravel carries $27 per cubic yard, bu
that is no doubt greatly exaggerated
People In the vicinity are much excited
over the discovery and the ground Il
being staked rapidly.
/ No agreement was reached at tn
protracted conference in New York cit,
between Occur d,Alene mine owners
the American Smelling Z Refining com
pany (known as the trust) and tn
/ representatives Of other lead PRODUCING
districts. For the present, at least, tn
! Occur d'Alene mines will be operates
under the present plan Of restricts
output. This Is the report OF John A
Finch, who has returned to Spokan
, from the New York conferences.
Metal Report.
j, New York.-Metal quotations:
. Silver. 69Xc.