The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-12-06

two years and large reserves of ore
have been blocked out.
The mines of the northern part of
Idaho. or what is known as the Pan
handle of the state, are in a fair way
to place KooJenai county in the honor
roll as a producer of gold, silver and
lead. with some good showings of cop
per.
PrOspectOrs and others are returning
from the upper end of the HoOdoo min
ing district, Idaho, where snow has
fallen to a depth of Is inches ana work
in many of the claims has been sus
pended for the winter. There was con- |
siderable snow on the river bottom two |
weeks ago, but recent rains have taken
this away and given water sufficient to
permit placer mining to be carried on
successfully. A number Of the placer
miners are making good wages.
Both quartz and placer claims are be-
ing developed and considerable pros
pecting is in progress, especially in the
placer diggngs, at Tyson camp, near
st. Mary's river. The recent rains have
given sufficient water for prospecting
purposes in most of the gulches.
w. H. Reed of Tacoma has discovered
fine quarry of marble near Lewiston,
Idaho, and Spokane men are now'con-
sidering taking up the proposition and
developing the property. The quarry is
located about 80 miles south of Lewis
ton, but on the Washington side.
Professor w. Wynee, who recently
created a sensation in mining circles by
the announcement that he had dscov-
cred a process by which he could re-
cover enough gold values from what
have been regarded as low grade ores,
died recently of sTangulated hernia at
Denver, Col.
/ Jacob Bender a miner employed in
Flat Greek district, near Marcus,
Wash, met with a serious accident. He
was getting out ore when a loaded car
jumped the track and capsized. Bender
was caught under the falling car. Both
arms were badly smashed and he sus-
tanned other injuries.
Brougher brothers. who at one time
were interested in mining properties in
the Occur d'Alene country, have made
a rich hit in the Tonopah mining DIS
trict, the newly discovered Nevada Ell
dorado They are the owners of lease
No. SO of the Butler group of prop
critics, the original locations, from
which they are taking from $500 10
$4,000 in ore a day. This lease has un-
til January 1, 1902, to run, and the in
come they are receiving from it impels
them to work it to the greatest capacity
possible with the men to be had.
Beaver creek, over ON the north side
of the Occur d'Alene district, is at last
to be worked by a dredge. Montana
people have secured the major portion
of four miles of the creek and they eX-
pect by the end of the week to have a
bond on all property from the mouth
of Pony creek to the North Fork. Up
erations will be commenced right away
, The ground viii be cleared and the
trees and logs made into wood to be
4 used by the dredger company. Bed
, rock has never been reached in Uhl;
) locality, owing to the vast amount
+ OF underground water which flows
T. through a gravel bed.
, State Commissioner of Mines Harry
= A. Lee of Colorado has received the re
2 port of the two inspectors, f. H. Ny;
and p. H. Clifford, who were sent tC
! Telluride to investigate the recent &C
D cident at the Smuggler Union mine by
which % men lost their lives. The re
port fully eXonerates the company from
any blame in the matter and says thu
! fatalities appear to have resulted from
e a failure on the part of those presen
f to realize the danger until it was TOT
t late to avoid it, The opinion is eX
o pressed that had the door at che mOutl
of the Bullion tunnel been close
promptly few if any deaths would nav
resulted.
At the Lambert mine, near Mason
: town, Pa, eight men, after dropping
Il 700 feet down the mine shaft wer
brought to the surface living, but witt
. three dying and the others prObabl.
9 fatally hurt. Just as they got aboar
- the cage the cable parted and the Gag
u dropped. The cage on the opposite sid
{ was Immediately loaded with a rescu
4 party, who found the men lying uncon
{ scious on the floor of the cage, wit
crushed chests. broken arms and legs
. and in some cases the bone prOtrudin
= out through the flesh One mans skull
was fractured.
Patrick Clark, whose mining opera
\ tons have made him famous all owe
a the nOrthw est, is negotiating now TO
,e the purchase of the Hercules mine, i
l. the Occur d'Alene. He is immensel
r pleased with the outlook for the mine
20 Thus far negotiations are still in tn
II prospective stage.
The latest development in the figh
which Kennedy Hanley is maxim
against the Empire State-Idaho Mimi
= company is his application for a r