The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-07-05
MINING NOTES.

For the present the new company
will centralize its work in Alaska.
The rich strike in Malheur district,
in eastern Oregon, which has caused
considerable excitement lately, is prov
ing as good as first reported.
At Wallace, Idaho, The Chloride
Queen Mining & Milling company has
let contract to continue the lower tun-
mel 500 feet farther. 1t has already
been run in 100 feet this year. The
new contract will keep four men busy
for the greater part of a year.
An assay on some of the ore from the
new strike in the Hercules, at Wallace.
Idaho, has yielded 66.2 per cent lead
and 94.7 ounces in silver.
The famous Father Lode, near Sun
set peak, in the Occur d'Alenes, has
been sold to a syndicate of eastern men,
who will push development.
A strike that promises to be of con-
siderable Importance has been made in
the Buckhorn group on Flat creek, be-
low Northport, Wash. At a depth of
10 feet in the tunnel the miners have
met an 1S-inch pay streak of copper
lldl SlNcS vel ni6n lClui ho.
The placer grounds at Mormon basin.
in Malheur county, Oregon, are attract
ing much attention, though no concert
ed action has been taken to get water
on the ground. The gravel is exceed
At Wallace, Idaho, the directors of
| the Amador have decided that the prop
erty is developed to point where ship
ments can be made. 1t was decided to
employ the whole force on the construc
ton of a wagon road to the railroad.
AS soon as it is completed, in two or
three weeks, regular shipments will be-
! gin.
Interest in Tyson, Idaho, camp is
still at a high tension. Out of some de-
composed quartz that could be placed
in an ordinary sewing thimble over 10
cents of gold was extracted. The quartz
came from the Richmond. Many beau
tiful specimens have been secured and
most of the prospectors have their
pockets full.
A. NJ Halter of Helena has taken a
bond on a controlling interest in the
Alice group, near Wallace, Idaho, and
will put from IL to Is men to sinking
on the ore. The group consists of "a
claims midway between here and Null
Ian and about a mile north from the
South Fork, running nearly parallel
with that stream.
Patrick Clark, of Spokane. who has
made half a dozen fortunes in mining
is completing plans for strong new
development company. 1t will be in
corporated in the next few weeks. II
promises to be the most important flo
tation that has been made recently in
the northwest. Mr.. Clark will make il
a development company pure and sim
pie.
With pardonable pride in his home
town, Mr.. Clark has decided to name
his new corporation the Spokane De
velopment company. 1t will be con
trolled almost altogether by local min
ing men. Among those heavily inter
ested are Mr. Clark, Major B. G. Kings
bury and w. J. c. Wakefield. The only
outsider largely concerned is H. L
Frank, the millionaire mining man Of
Butte, who has been allied with Mr.
Clark in the operations of the latter
for many years.
} The returns from the trial shipmen
of ore from the Horn Silver mine il
Okanogan county, Wash, have been re
ceived. and the ore nets the compan!
r over 500 to the ton. The ore was sen
to the Puget Sound reduction works
and the amount received by the com
pany after deducting the SO for treat
: ment was s117.S3 to the ton. The orr
: shipped was taken from the first pros
: pect shaft, and not from the working
) shaft. There are few mines that cal
: net 500 to the ton from the grass root
and the company hopes to be able t.
: ship a carload of the same characte
: in the near future to aid in the furthe
: development work on the property.
Metal Report.
New York.-Metal quotations:
Silver. $3.50.
Silver certificates. Coo.
CASTING ponnar S16 62M