The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1902-04-19
muscELLANEoUs MINING NEWS.


Lodge, Mont, last week the miners 1
went out on strike. The whole force
is cut. Over 800 men are involved.
The Goals Of Wyoming. lying large /
ly in the plains region, are Of lower /
grade. on the whole. than the noun. /
tain Goals Of Colorado and Montana.
II Is rEimored that the celebrated z. |
& Z. mine. IL the sumpter. Oregon. |
gold fields, is soon TO be transferred |
to new owners. who will soon resume |
development work.
Frank d. Howe, superintendent Of /
the Waterloo mine in Camp McKin. |
ney. B. C.. and formerly a resident of 1
Spokane. was killed in an accident at /
the mine last Friday.
The bursting Of a steampipe In the /
Farrell No. shaft Of the Farrell Cop
per Mining company at Butte killed
William Williams and badly scalded
Neil Gillies and Richard Tryhall
Andrew Anderson, an employe OF the
NOrthport smelter, was killed in the
yards Of the Spokane Falls & North
crn railway by being run over by an
engine and 10 empty ore cars last
week.
The coal fields Of Montana fern q
nearly continuous belt extending In .
noIthwest-aCuthwe direction entire
ly across The state; but most Of the
fields have not been Investigated In
detail
Food is Tery scarce in the camp
aud -four Is selling for SIS a hundred
and everything else in proportion"
Sixteen tons Of ore recently shipped
from the Nancy Hanks mine al Gar
net, Montsna, Melted $40 In gold per
ton.
The Empire State-Idaho company
has declared its April dividend Of
cents q share on its capital Of sos. 542
f shares. or $a5, PIT. The total diVi-
1 dends 20 date have been 1884,
At meeting Of the stockholders Of
F the Clackamas Gold Mining company
at Republic recently. ii was decided To
I remove the ONCE Of the company 10
Seattle. Work will be resumed on
the tunnel this month. Money has
been provided with which to drive the
tunnel another 100 feet
Timbers in the I30O-foot level of the
Tiger mine. at Burke. were burning
Sunday. The fire originated from a
candle. The damage is light The
men on the lower level were in danger
at no time. as they could get out
through the workings Of the Poorman
mine
Sherwood McGibbon came in Hump,
Idaho. from Thunder mountain on the
4th. having been on the trail three
days In Speaking OF the camp, Mr..
( McGibbon said: There are about
500 men there now and many are wait
ing at Dixie and Chamberlain's basin
for the trails TO be open for pack an
finals.
The consolidation Of the STANDARD
and Hecla. two of the biggest silver
lead mines in the Occur d'Alenes. viii
be perfected within the next 60 or 90
days. The new company. which will
} probably be known as the Standard
Hecla Consolidated Mining company
viii have a capital OF 5000 600. OF
! the capital stock. $4,000. 900 viii be
, paid for the Standard and 81 600 .o0C
, for the Hecla.
OF the thee Pacific coast states
Washington easily ranks first as a Goa
; producer. with California second. al
} though in 1896 and 1897 Oregon's out
, put exceeded that OF California II
. the San Francisco market the Goals
: Of the world compete. Foreign Goa
enters that port chiefly as ballast in
( tramp steamers seeking grain cargoes
so that the condition OF the wheat ex
port trade has q direct bearing upoI
the coal imports.
No coal is mined in Idaho on large
scale. The Boise district in front o
. the Roise mountains and between tht
!. Boise and i'ayette rivers. extending
a north 80 miles from a point six mile
: north Of Boise. includes the Horsesho,
!. Bend district. with one three-foot
hlgh-grade Ignite bed. and the Jeru
g salem district. with four beds. from
three to eleht feet thick. of Ignite
The largest consolidation ever pu
q through in the Cripple Creek distric
: is announced. The deal embraces Al
:, the Properties of eight large minip
: companies along the line OF the Unite
Mines tunnel. which penetrates tn
!. hills Of Cripple Creek a distance c
!, e.s62 feet. A new company is bein
, incorporated under the laws Of Colt
:. rsdo. with a capitalization of $1,000
a 600, The consolidating companies ar
= the Consolidated Mines. New Zealan'
Damon. COMMUNICATIONS. Batt
: Mountain Consolidated, Columbin
a Cold. Bonanza Queen and the Unite
. Mires Transportation companies.
Il panned dirt along Monument
- creek for Is miles above its moutl
!, and never failed TO get colors frol
! each pan Of dirt" is the strong stat
y ments of the wealth OF Thunder mou
4, tain as made by s W. Kundaker.
mining expert OF San Francisco an
- spector Of Idaho. who has arrived OF
formerly state boiler and engine 4
g, from the mountain after three weel
y devoted to examining properties in Il
camp.
The coming Of two railroads to r
4, public has had the effect Of creatiI
better feeling in mining circles, Al
a active preparations are now going
for the renewal Of work on many pro
critics that have been partially or WHIT
IL idle during the past l5 month
=. The active properties now are q
x Trade Dollar. the Princess Maud, Z
Butte & ,'oston. the Pacific Rec
e0 the Mountain Lion No. ? and the To
" Thumb. Those about TO start up a
me- the silver PnIlar and the Flag III
Within a month the Quilp. the Bla