The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-01-09

ger of the Trade Dollar mines at Sill
yer City, Idaho, died recently, having
been stricken with apoplexy. Mr..
Hutchinson was ,sixty-fve years OF
age.
Since the rich body of ore has been
uncovered in the Cracker-Oregon mine
at Bourne, Oregon there has been
active development work in other near
by properties. A large body of ore
is being blocked out in the Golconda
mine since the recent strikes.
The Bryan & Sewall company's prop |
erty, situated on Copper hill, over a
mile west of Republic, was jumped
New Years morning by party of men
under circumstances that may create
no little sensation.
From ali accounts Kettle River Wn.
is to have a smelter next year and
lanes Breen is to be the man to erect
it. This statement is made by e. G.
Wood Of Boston, consulting engineer
for a number of Companies, operating
in western states.
At Buffalo Hump, Idaho, the Jumbo
Mining company has struck the ledge
in the lower tunnel and has driven 100
feet on the ledge. 1t has a full face
of very rich ore about 10 feet wide
that averages $40. 1t is still 400 feet
to run to reach a point under the rich
Ipayshoot in the upper tunnel.
John Dawson, an aged miner, was
blown to atoms at the King & Queen
mine in the Occur d'Alsne district
while thawing dynamite recently. Daw-
son had gone from the shaft to thaw
several sticks and in few minutes his
companions heard the explosion. Com
ing to the surface they found the
cabin a wreck and Dawson, dismember-
ed, many feet away.
The mining industry of the Occur
, d'Alenes may be divided into three de
from the ground, or actual mining
CD the concentration of milling which
at every property in the district, with
: two exceptions, includes transporta
ton of several miles from mine tC
mill; and (9) the shipment and sale
= of the concentrated ore.
The Lexington mine hoist on tbs
; hill at Butte burned to the ground
+ recently. The building and mach
inery are a total loss. No one
t knows how the fire originated. The
q loss is estimated by General Manager
}. Rueger at $4,000. There is M
p insurance.
d The Atlas Mining company oper
e ating a group of claims on Stevens
S peak, near Wallace Idaho. has let
; contract to drive the prospect TUNE
+ a distance of 500 feet About So
d feet of work has Oeen done on tn
n property. The lead was encountere
5, by a crosscut tunnel at a depth of
v feet, but although the lead matter wa
s. mineralized no payshoot was encouI
If tered.
The total production of preciou
metals in Colorado in 1902 is estimate
at $44,S71, AGA, a decrease of $2,799,7
e from the mint total for 1901, du
e principally to the decreased value {
is silver. The gold output is estimate
at 1,422,764 ounces; silver, 16,092,S7
is ounces; lead, 20 S97 tons; cope
n $3.50, 223 pounds; zinc concentrate
IN los, 400 tons.
Of Twenty of the 40 stamps in the b
nanza mill are now dropping, says tn
rs Sumpter (Ore) American. Five wei
e, put into commission the first of Las
A week, and it is understood about til
III camp that others will be droppin
soon. The date for getting the entiI
p mill to operating will not be distan
n judging from the progress of the woI
e. the past two weeks.