The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-04-18

ton.
The Empire State-Idaho company
has declared its April dividend OF 5
cents a share on it's capital of sos, 542
shares, or $25,277. The total divi
dends to date have been s1,S59, 446.
At a meeting of the stockholders of
the Clackamas Gold Mining company
at Republic recently, it was decided to
remove the Office of the company to
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 19O0-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 OF the
4th, having been on the trail three
days In speaking of the camp, Mr..
McCibbon said: There are about
500 men there now and many are wait
ing at Dixie and Chamberlain basin
for the trails to be open for pack an
imals.
The consolidation of the Stands~d
and Hccla, two of the biggest silver
lead mines in the Occur d'Alenes, will
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 capital of $4,000, 900. OF
the capital stock, 100000 will be
paid for the Standard and $1,000,00
for the Hecla
No coal is mined in Idaho on large
/ scale. The BOise district. in front OF
the Boise mountains and between the
Boise and l'ayette rivers, extending
/ north 80 miles from a point six miles
north of Boise includes the Horseshoe
Rend district. with one three-foot
/ hiehgrade Ignite bed, and the Jeru
salem district, with four beds, from
three to eight feet thick, of Ignite
Tho largest consolidation ever put
! through in the Cripple Creek district
is announced. The deal embraces al
the properties of eight large mining
companies along the line Of the United
Mines tunnel. which penetrates the
/ hills q Cripple Creek a distance o
/ 1862 feet. A new company is being
I incorporated under the laws OF Colo
redo. with a capitalization Of $4,000.
600. The consolidating companies are
the Consolidated Mines. New Zealand
Damon. COMMUNICATIONS Battle
Mountain Consolidated. Columbin'
Cold Bonanza Queen and the United
Mires Transportation companies.
Il PANIED dirt along Monumental
creek for % miles above its mouth
and never failed to get cOlors from
each pan of dirt" is the strong state
ments of the wealth Of Thunder noun
tain as made by S. w. Kundaker
mining expert of San Francisco anC
o0e"tor Of Idaho. who has arrived on
formerly state boiler and engine in
from the mountain after three week
devoted to examining properties in thu
camp.
or the three Pacific coast states
WashinetO on easily ranks first as a Goa
producer with California second. al
though in 1896 and 1897 Oregon's out
put exceeded that of California. Il
the San Francisco market the coal
Of the world compete. Foreign Goa
enters that port chiefly as ballast il
tramp steamers seeking grain cargoe'
, so that the condition OF the wheat eS
rort trade has a direct bearing upol
the coal imports.
The coming Of two railroads to Re
public has had the effect OF creatin
a better feeling in mining circles. an
T active preparations are now going o.
, for the renewal of work on many pror
critics that have been partially or who
) ~ idle during the past Is month:
The active 1Iorerties now are tn
5 Trade Dollar, the Princess Maud. tn
Butte & -'oston the Pacific Reef:
I the Mountain Lion No 2 and the TOT
S Thumb. Those about to start up ar
2 the Silver Polar and the Flag Hill
within a month the QuilD, the Blac
+ Tail, the San Poll. the Ben Hur. tn
r Mountain Ion the Oregonian and POI
j. sibly some others, will be in operi
. ton. Preparations are in progress t
J. organize a number OF new mimi
/. prOneriies.
1 MT. Kincaid of Pierce, Idaho, r
e pors a rich strike of free milling gol
ore beig made in the Pioneer la:
Z week The strike was made in tn
l. 192foot drift. The vein is % inche
f mide and ASSAYS range from S35
Z 60 SOO = ton Tho Pioneer is nrii