The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1901-06-22
NINING NOTES.

The fine new drill rig which has been
secured by the Home Oil Company, Is
fairly at work on the promising oil
fields al Wild Rose prairie. 20 miles
north Of Spokane
For the month Of May the mill OF
the Great Northern Mining Z Develop
msnt company at Gilt Edge crushed
400 tons. and the bullion shipments
for the month aggregated a little more
than $4,000.
John Hayes Hammond, well known
through his operations In the Occur
d'Alenes, Is in Del Monte. Cal. He viii
leave soon for London On the road
he will examine the Independence at
Cripple Greek.
News has reached here OF a rich
quartz strike on Connell guleh. near
Pierce City. Idaho. An eiEht-ineh
ledge OF free milling ore has been IN
covered for 50 feet. It carries values
Of $4,000 a ton.
The bullion production Of the mill
Of the Central Montana Mines com
pany at Lewiston. Montana. for the
month Of May was 1913 ounces. having
a valuation OF &1s.227. Average values
were little more than IS per ton.
The HuntIey OIL & Rsdning com
pany. with a capital Of s.. 5O0. 900, was
chartered in Texas recently. Il Ia
to prospect In IS Texas counties for
oil. The board Of directors includes
Charles A. Towne OF Minnesota and
Governor Benton AcMlllen Of Ten.
nessee.
During the nine days which ended
last Saturday the Standard mined
1903 tons Of crude ore. The total
produce for the year to date has been
1857 tons. and the Bunker Hin a
Sullivan company produced 5000 tons
OF ore. The shipments were 500 tons
OF concentrates.
A strike has been made on the Her.
cules at Wallace. Idaho. and while It's
extent Is not determined. there il
enough ore in sight to show that IL Il
OF great Importance The ledge was
being crosscut when a round OF hoIes
were fired, showing two and a half
feet OF pure carbonate ore.
An assay on some Of the ore from
the new strike In the Hercules at
Wallace has yielded 66.2 per cent
lead and 94.7 ounces In silver. That
n a little below the average ASSAYS
In lead. but Is unusually high in sill
yer. In the little ore which has been
taken out since the strike was made
here a number Of samples OF wire
silver have been found.
The big legal fight under way be-
tween Patrick Clark ct al. and Charles
SWeeny for property In the Coeur
dAlenes. said TO be worth a million |
dollars. promises TO be the biggest suit
Of It's kind in the history Of the north.
west. There are giants on each side
1f the battle. and there seems no doubt
hat they will carry the fight up To the
tribunals Of last resort.
The smelling trust has suddenly
tinened its demands upon the mine
'Wners OF the Occur d'Alenes. The
onference that has been held in New
'ork has been marked by deveIop.
nents that have surprised the mine
Wners considerably. Their surpriae
mixed with Indignation. Relations
etween them and the smelling trust
re not OF the most cordial nature.
The report Of the United States IA.
ay office at Boise. on the mineral out.
mt OF Idaho for 1900. has Just been
ssued. 1t shows a much greater IN.
rease over the previous year than had
generally been supposed. The Increase
mounts to over so per cent. The To-
ais are: Gold. t2.O76. O56; silver. g..
$3.50; lead, 37.6s9.974. Total. ala.
S6.S4O. For 1899 the figures were.
old. t2,119.71s; silver, S5.2s3.413:
'ad, S4.713,6Ol. Total, S12.1O7 .7s5.
lcrease Of 1900 over 1899. Ss.129 .O75.
The Butte Boston smelter at Butte,
ont. which has been closed for some
eeks on account OF the refusal Of the