The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1902-05-17
MIscEILANEous MINING NEWS.

MISCEIl.ANEOUs MINING NEWS.
Doors and other wooden articles
are now actually eleetroplated with
copper or other metals. They are first
treated in such a way as to make them
waterproof to prevent from warping
and shrinkage by filling the pores with
a proper varnish. They are then bound
with strips OF metal and covered with
a metallic leaf that will take the cleo
troplate. The articles are then put into
the electroplating vat. and one pole OF
the current is attached to the binding
metal strips and the other to the cleo
| troiyte used. So "bronZed" doors are
made of wood.
William Douglas of Keller. Wash.
has three claims on the dixie. for which
he was offered bond OF 100000 by
Willard Kirkpatrick of Boise before he
had completed his location. The new
porphyry is crystalized. and has the
appearance OF onyx. The new forma.
ton has been overlooked by all the
old prospectors. The pan tests of the
samples indicate good values In free
gold.
At Republic. Wash. William Rags
| dale. engineer at the Trade Dollar
mine. was seriously wounded last week
by being shot by his son. The boy,
who is years Of age, had purchased
m old pistol He was flourishing the
weapon when an older brother attempt
ed to take 1t from him. In the scufie
| rho piStof vau dtcharraa III. huuat
struck the father in the back near the
spinal column.
| The Dixie Queen mine, in Central
| Idaho. is to resume operations after
an idleness of several months. Ths
mill was shut down on account OF the
short water supply. but the company
IS now constructing a large ditch so
that in future there will be plenty OF
water to run continuously. This Is the
statement made by William Hye chief
engineer and machinist OF the Dixie
Queen.
An important strike is reported or
the west fork of Monumental creek.
Thunder mountain district. I'ae frs,
locations were made April Is. Abou;
A1NaNACa9 IAFC DCCn Andut 10 udLh.
The formation is blue porphyry. diff
'erent from any found at any other
place in the district. The dixie Is one
and a half miles wide. "Curley'
Brewer, Jake" Bebbendorf and George
8ebbendorf are the disc overers.
At Anaconda nine men were severe
" injured, one fatally, In an explosion
recently Of a ladle containing five tons
Of molten copper in the converter OF
he WashOe smelter. The accident
occurred at the noon hour. when the
big ladle was being emptied. and Is
supposed to have been caused by cold
water coming in contact with the
metal. The molten copper was hurled
with terrific force and had the acct
dent occurred during the working
hours the list of casualties would have
been considerable. Larry Dowrie.
whom 1t Is believed win die. was fright
fully mangled.
In a telegram from London Henry
A. Buffers Of San Francisco reports
that. together with John Hayes Ham
mond OF San Francisco and London
and F. w. Baker OF the Venture Cor
poration, Ltd. Of London, he has sue.
ceeded In floating the Empire mine Of
Colorado for the sum Of 5000. 900.
The shoot Of ore recently encount-
cred in the North Pole on the upper
level has proven the richest ever open
ed In the Sumpter. Ore, district. ri
was SIS feet long and from 3 to ri
inches in width. The ore runs from
50 to $40 per pound. running up TO
100000 for what ore was taken out
and treated. Very little Stopping was
lone. only what could be done with
out putting in a floor. The interme.
date tunnel will have to be driven
from 200 to 300 feet before the shoot
is encountered on that level. The ore
was black sulphide similar in char
aeteF to the rich ore found in the
Columbia and the Golconda mines
which are located on the same vein.
known as the mother lode Of the slate
belt. The E. & F., recently sold. lies
between the North Pole and the Co
lumbia. At the Black Hawk mine. at
Robinsonville. the miners are cleaning
up an average Of 800 a day with a
Tremain mill. The property was pur
chased last fall from J. Tracey, who
was in the habit Of mortering out some
gold whenever he needed little spend
ing money. for $50 900 cash and the
mill was erected at once. The prom
eTty Is owned by F. w. Wheeler and
associates, Of Detroit. Mich. Report
comes from Rabbit creek. near Law
ton, OF a strike Of rich ore by n.
Dourty, owner Of the Yellow Daisy
group. The vein is only ten 10 fifteen
inches wide. but the ore Is worth sew
eral hundred dollars a pound. The
owners are erecting an arrastra on the
ground and have an excellent water
power to operate 1t. They have sui
acient TO keep the arrastra busy for
several weeks. Nearly every piece Of
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