The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-05-30
MINING NOTES.

NSaA iNfOlfiuB inc ONnrfhulp u
the Flagstaff mine. six miles northeast
Of Baker City. Ore. is being nego-
tiated.
Fred Burbidge and A. Burch Of Spo-
kane ars developing a gold prospect
at Winston. Mont. is miles east OF
nelenA. They will sink a shaft.
A man named Murphy sustained a
bad strain at the Standard mine re-
Gently and had to be brought to the
hospital His injuries are not thought
TO be serious.
Frank Walters, an employe Of the
Hercules mines al Burke. Idaho. had
a massive piece OF rock fall upon him
while be was in the stope. The leg
will have 20 be amputated
! The Gerber mine al Sand COulee,
Mont. is making preparations 10 large
~ increase its production Of coal. for
which II finds a ready market with the
Boston q Montana sneiters al Great
7 Falls.
John BOYD. general manager Of the
Palmer Mountain Tunnel company,
has returned 10 Ioomis. Wash. from
I New YorA, He is accompanied by
A. 81. Welles. q mining engineer Of
I Denver Col.
Senator Clark recently inspected his
extensive plant at the United Verde
miue al Jerome. AriE.. and gave final
instructions for the completion Of a
smel:er at the Iron King mine, three
miles south Of Jerome.
TIE original boiler plate mills Of the
Central Iron a Steel company were
destroyed by IRE recently. entailing a
loes Of $500. 600. and throwing a large
number o. men out OF work. The loss
ts fully covered by insurance.
Since the strike made in the GlAs-
gov tunnel 81 the Highland group. in
the Rock Greek district. Oregon. a still
better grade Of ore has been encoun-
tered and this week the assays made
gave vslues Of from $40 to SIS per ton.
Several feet Of ore averaging about
s25 ton has been encountered in a
crosscut from the 500 foot level Of the
pAly mine at wlckes. Mont II is pro
! roeod 10 concentrate much Of the ore
this summer. and the old mill al Cor.
bin. several miles down the valley. will
he utilized for that purpose.
1ne coal companies Of the Lehigh,
Pennsylvania. region have commenced
the enforcement Of the new age limit
law regulating the employment Of
boys In and about the mines. II Is
estimated tha; nearly SOC boys viii be
ineligible. The discharge will in some
cases work hardships on families de
pendent almost exclusively upon their
minors
Excitement is intense at Pocatello
Idaho. over a new strike Of copper ore
In the Moonlight claim OF the Pocaiel'
10 Gold q Copper Mining company 10
Gated nine miles east A foot OF "a
per cent copper has been uncovered
The Bis Four Mining 4 Milling
company at Butte. which was incor
lors;ed in March, has been carrying
ON the development Of its properties
and the latest assays show very rich
values in silver. The claims Of the
company are situated about six miles
west Of Ferguson. and within a few
miles of several other valuable silver
and gold bearing properties.
Rodcrick Cameron, thought 90 be
from Inverness county. \. s. and
Charles Lesigates. Greek. were
drowned May 10 I'm the Pelly river. II
miles below the mouth Of Ross river
Alaska John Mcconnell. a miner, en-
route from Vancouver 10 Dawson. was
also drowned in the Yukon after saw
ing two companions. None Of the
bodies we're recovered This makes
nine men drowned in the upper Yukon
within a week.
The recent strike in the California
near Sumpter. Ore has proven to be-
the richest find made in that mine
ssays from $50 to $50: the balance
Of the vein. which is over six feet wide
goes S22. The strike was made in ar
upper crosscut which was started lSC
feet above the mouth OF tunnel No
l. Since then No ! has been driver
TO a point Of intersection with the vein
At a meeting Of the Mil & Smelter
n ems union held recently in Anaconda
I, Is reported TO have been decided e
ask the permission OF the American
Labor union TO strike unless the mel
recently discharged at the washos
smelter be reinstated. II is the opin
ion OF a majority OF the labor leaders
that there will be no strike.
phenomenally rich strike has beer
made In the Sunnyside at Thunder
Mountain. In drifting on the ore body
AZ 400 feet from the point where tn,
| tunrel cut the deposit, the Level came
Into very rich ore. Superintendent Alb
hott has sent Manager Purdum sam
pies. which are estimated to carr
$4,000 q ton. He writes that the Ell
tire face OF the level is N a rich or,
and that the assays run from $50 t
$4,000 q ton. He had run into IN,
ore only three feet when he wrote
! his discovery was made in develop
, Ing the original ore body. and was onl,
/ lsb feet vertical from surface. Tn,
long tunnel TO catch the ore 400 fee
Deeper has not reached the ledge Thi,