Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-05-03
MINING NOTES.

new Oil district has been found at
Palouse City. Wash. and 1t gives spien-
did showings OF gas and oil.
The Mountain View group, two miles
west OF Northport. Wash. which has
been In continuous litigation since
1896. will soon resume.
II is reported from the Keep Cool on
Lake Pend d'Oreille that a crosscut
from the No. S tunnel has exposed 20
feet OF ore. The grade of the ore can
not be learned.
The Jumbo. at Buffalo Hump. Is to
have stamp mill and concentration
The mill will be OF ten stamps and the
plant will be rushed In as soon as 1t can
be got over the roads.
The tunnel being run to tap the Sim
mons claim on Bear gulch. near Muir
ray, Idaho. is in over 200 feet and good
progress Ia reported. The group is I'M
der bond TO the Murray Development
company.
! The Cedar Canyon district Is active
1 and looking well. A visit TO the camp
proves a revelation Of great possibili-
ties. Large quantities OF high grade
for shipment.
No. 5 shaft at the Tamarack mine,
In the copper region Of Lake Superior,
Is one of the most notable pieces Of
mining work ever undertaken. 1t Is
1850 feet deep. and the work OF sink
Ing 1t occupied four and one-half years.
Although active operations can not
la n nh aria II an fnr
count OF snow, there is every indica-
ton that the coming summer will see
great deal OF life In the copper belt
that extends from Wallace, Idaho. east
ward TO Iron Mountain, Montana.
Seven hundred and fifty employees at
the East Helena plant OF the American
Smelling and Refining company have
gone on strike. 1t Is supposed the men
are dissatisfied because OF a slight re-
duction made In their wages with the
introduction OF the compulsory eight
hour law, passed by the recent legis.
lature.
The Rosebud mine Mt Aurora, Mo,
caved recently and buried five men at
a depth OF 10 feet and 20 feet from the
/ main shaft. The sounds or tapping on
the steel rails gave their friends assur-
ance OF life. Several hundred men,
working In relays. are striving to res
cue the entombed men but II will take
at least three days to reach them.
Ray Waylett. a miner employed at
the Tiger Poorman mine at Wallace,
Idaho, was killed recently by falling
about so feet down an ore shoot, strik-
Ing on his head. He was single man
about % years old. His parents live
at Victor. Mont. to which place his
body was shipped.
As consequence Of the recent terri
BILE disaster In the coal mine at Cum
berland. b. c.. the miners In Nanaimo
are circulating a petition. addressed to
the legislative assembly OF British Co
lumbia. asking that new law be pass
cd providing for the examination Of
| persons who wish to work In coal
mines.
meeting OF all silver-lead produc-
Ing mineowners of the west has been
called In Denver. Colo, to decide what
shall DO done about an irOnclad con-
tract submitted by the American
Smelling 4 Refining Company. Every
mining district In the state except
where the product may be treated by
mills. cyanide and ehlorination works.
as Is largely the case at Cripple Greek.
Will be at the mercy of the trusts. The
trusts will have the mines producing
lead ores by the throat. The price Of
gold Is tixed ut SO per ounce. whereas
h.,
for 1t. The rates are based partly on
the railway freight charges. and as the
railways are going into the hands of
the same financial kings the smelter
trust will DO In a position to make re-
bates on freight to itself. while charg-
ing full tariff to the miner. An ore con.
tanning $40 worth Of mineral and pay
Ing $40 per ton freight will pay $17
per ton treatment charges. thus leav-
ing tho miner SO net out Of which to
pay the cost OF operating his mine and
profit for himself. Such mine must
close down at once. A $50 ore, paying
$il per ton freight will pay $3.50
treatment charges. leaving $20.50 per
ton for the miner. The treatment
charges are an increase on prevailing
rates. Owners OF the two leading
chemical gold reduction plants. with n
capacity OF 1900 tons daily. will go to
New York to complete the sale to the
smeltor trust. They have been frozen
out by low rates.
Four million dollars worth OF orc Is
In sight in the Kendall gold mines near
Lowtstown. 100 miles northeast OF
Helena. Mont This deposit OF gold is
the largest in the northwest.
The figures given are those OF ex
perts, made for Finch 4 Campbell OF
Spokane. who a few months ago took
a bond on this property for $i5o.0
To he paid on May next.
They put a large force OF men to
work and drove tunnel 400 feet into
the deposit. Crcsscuts made Mt various
| intervals show the deposIt to he 40