The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-06-20


a trip to California. where be was
looking after his mining interests.
Bristol, England, il the latest mar
ket for green marble, produced at the
quarries In Stevens county, Washing
ton.
W. T. Smith has half a dozen men
at work on the Bell mineral claim, on
Wallace mountain. near BeaverdeII.
west fork Of the Kettle river.
Il is stated that on January /, 1903,
there were 1874 bituminous coal mines
In operation in Pennsy lvania, as com
pared with 94s on December 81, 1900.
The output Of copper at the new
Washoe smelter at Anaconda, Mont.
for May is the largest ever made, eth
er by this smelter or any other in the
world. and 1t is so far In excess OF
any other records made that Manager
Matthewson distributed cigars to all
the employees Of the works.
After the books had been gone over
for the month IL was found that the
output Of the red metal was 1850, 900
pounds.
II is estimated that nearly 1000 men
are employed at the new works, while
200 more are employed in the construe-
ton Of mammoth stack, which viii be
built to height Of 800 feet. The men
employed in the mines at Butte owned
and operated by the same company
will increase the number of persons
employed several thousand. and as
most Of the men are married and have
families. it is estimated that in the
neighborhood Ct 10000 people are de-
pendent upon the Amalgamated Cop
per company for their daily livelihood.
The ore reduced at the Washoe smell
ter also carries considerable silver and
| some gold. all OF which is saved as a
byproduct. 4 large quantity Of silver
bullion is shipped east twice a month
from this plant
The Montana Mining company, limit
ed tRothschilds Of London). has bond
ed for $4,000 the Barton & Jones
group Of mines. at the head Of Warm
Springs creek, in Granite county. The
lead is "a feet wide with free milling
tore averaging 81 a ton Fifty feet
from the main shaft Of the Barton &
Jones group is a parallel vein two feet
wide. the ore assaying $50 q ton in
gold.
The Cataract Mining company,
which is operating near Basin. has let
the contract for a 200 ton smelter, TO
be completed within FIVE months. The
mine being worked by the company has
developed into a splendid property.
Henry McCabe. representing Denver
capitalists, among whom is DAVID Moi
fit, the banker and railroad magnate,
has located 80 claims in the Corbin-
Wickes district. 20 miles south Of Hell
ena. Two will he developed by 500
foot shafts. Mr.. McCabe believes that
after going through the iron cap which
exists on the surface, and attaining
a depth Of from 800 TO 500 feet, large
copper bodies will be found
Charles P. Richardson. manager
and principal owner Of the Moose
creek placer mines, in the Elk City
section, Idaho. has brought from the
mine two bars Of gold bullion, the
second partial cleanup this year. The
bars contained s2407 in gold and rep
resented the returns Of 400 hours
piping.
The Simmons property, located in
Bear gulch. about eight miles from
Murray, Idaho. has been bonded to
Toledo. Ohio. people for $25o.00o. A
big payment was made down and the
rest will follow in close payments The
deal was made through J. c. Feehan
of Murray. The owners are A. +.
Simmons, NJ. S. Simmons and David
Avery. Each Of them owns q third.
They discovered the property three
years ago and have done considerable
Development work.