The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-03-06

Henry Waldron, a carman in the
Bunker Hill & Sullivan mine at Ward |
ner, Idaho, was severely injured re-
Gently by being caught between two
ore cars and having his leg badly cut. |
Robert E. Talby, the assayer at the
Zala NJ. mine, at Sheridan camp, Wash.
reports the mine looking well. Since
work was resumed in the Zala M. the
shipments of ore to the smelters have
aggregated 200 tons.
The mining engineers who have
been exporting the Kendall and Barnes
King properties. near Kendall, Mont.
for the Gates-Drake syndicate, have
left. A thorough examination was
made Of the properties.
The organization of a mining ex-
change at st. Louis is perfected.
The winze of the San Poll at Re-
public is down IS feet and the vein is
somewhat broken up at the bottom.
The German consumption of foreign
copper for January and December.
1902, were: imports S0.417 tons, the
exports being 5000 tons.
A strike, in which two feet of galena
were encountered, has just been made
on the Tarbox silver-lead property,
three miles from Saltese, Mont.
There is a scarcity of coal in Wal
lace, Idaho district. and it is feared
that if relief is not soon had some Of
the mining companies will be forced
to close down.
In his Official report of the bureau
of mines for 1901 and 1902 Commits.
sioner Harry Allen Lee shows that
Colorado still leads all states and ter
ritories in precious metal production.
A carload of machinery for the Jay
Gould mine, near Chewelah, Wash,
arrived a few days ago and has been
delivered at the mine. With this ma
chinery was a so horse power boiler
and engine to be used in sinking to the
800 foot level.
James A. Cobban, one of the large
stockholders of the General Petit mine
in the Atlanta mining district of Ida
no, announces the sale of the property
to a syndicate of New York capitalists
for $4,000. A cyanide plant will be
installed in the early spring.
Because the mills can not handle the
ore, owing to the scarcity of water and
other reasons, 80 men have been re
leased at the Standard mine, at Wal
lace, Idaho, and about as many from
No 6 tunnel of the Mammoth. Pre-
gious to this a number were laid of
by both companies.
. Robert Strang and Joe Meyers o.
spokane, have sold the Noisy group Of
mining claims on Sugar creek, in the
Thunder Mountain district, for $l4,OOI
eastern parties secure the property
and will begin active development
: work on the claims as soon as thu
weather permits.
London reports say unofficial, blu
, trustworthy accounts from the Trans
l vaal say that the recent increases il
o the production of gold have brought /
= up to the rate of S60,000,000 a year
d 1t is confidently expected in Londol
i tnat South Africa will by midsumme
4 be producing at the rate of $o0,O0O,OO
year.
The, Abbey Cyanide Gold Mining
I Milling company, whose property /
) north of the Barnes. King group, nea
II Kendall, Mont, is preparing to d
: some deeper mining, and has CON
S menced work on an incline shaft
+ through which it is proposed to e'
II plore and work the great ore bod
II known to exist on the property
S Reports from the Golconda mine
near Sumpter, Ore, state that anotl
Il er strike has been made. this tim
L on the 200 foot level. The vein is 81
feet wide and is a continuation of tn
p same shoot found on the 100 and 80
S foot levels. Three feet of the ore a
E. says sips and Is inches $209.60. TIL
e rest, from two samples, went $50 an
"a S276O.
Is The Amazon-Manhattan group of 81
Id ver-lead claims, on Sunset peak in til
L. Occur d'Alenes, has been bonded to
lie London syndicate for approximate
$500, 900 and stock considerations. tn
owners are Ben Stanley Rivett, Ho
ace NJ Davenport and Barry N. Hill
s. ard The claims are believed to
on the same vein as the Hercules min
d. which has been making such a remar
c. able showing of late. The owners hay
IN been steadily developing the mines fl
n the past four years and have 1000 fe'
of workings on the various claims. tt
n vein is large and carries high value
&c in silver and lead.
Records in the office of Unite
r. States Consul Saylor, at Dawson. sho
II.