The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1904-03-04
Kootenai County Mineraloey.
From State Mine Inspector Bell
NJ Annual Report.

This county occupies the extreme
northern pau handle end Of the State.
It extends from the British Columbia
line one hundred and thirty.eight
miles south by forty-elght miles wide
for half of its depth from the north,
and thirty-thrce miles wide through
1.-The southern half OF the county.
Kootenai County contains many
beautiful lakes, rivers and streams,
1t is richly timbered ovei good part
of its area, with sunle good agricul-
|tural land. It's formation comprises
great areas Of granite, gneiss, bosses
and terraces Of lava, mountain up
llifts OF quartzite, limestone and
schist. 1t has rapidly growing i'm
Iortance ia mining way which is
destined to add largely to the States
total production OF gold, silver and
lead. Rathdrum. situated on the
main line of the Northern Pacific
railway, is the county seat.
| Among the most important mining
properties Of this county the Idaho
Continental mine stands high and Ia
| the dimensions OF its ore showings
l'savors Of some OF the monster depos-
its 1f Shoshone County.
This embryo bonanza is situated
near Port Hill aud is being opened on
/ a wide flssure vein or zone 10 schist
which is thirty feet wide, Of ten PEI
cent lead concentrating ore contain
ing half an ounce Of silver to the unit
of lead.
/ The development on this property
/ consists of u six hundred and fifty
foat tunnel driven on the vein, which
has gained Il face depth Of five hun
dred feet. which gives an idea of the
ahrnptness of that section OF The
county. There is alsa shaft twt
hundred feet deep tapped at the bot
tom by cross cut tunnel.
! This great vein or Zone carries :
| pay streak OF high grade shipping or.
one to three feet wide that average,
sixty per cent lead aud thirty ounce:
silver per tnn. or this first class or,
the company had out aud ON th,
dump in December, 1908, sixteel
hundred tons ready for shipment and
expected to get fully twice that mucl
| to market during the winter Will.
the sleis ching was good.
This remarkable deposit contain
two million tons OF ore above the tun
mel level, according to the estimate
OF the company's engineers, based oI
the showing made by the present dc
yelopMent. The vein pitches steepl.
TO the northwest and strikes abou
northeast; both walls are schist, witt
a granite country bounding the noun
tain axis on either hand. The vel
can be worked by adit or cross-cu
tunnels to depth Of eleven hundre
feet and is surrounded with very nat
ural advantages in the water fo
power, timber and opportunities 70
, handling the ore by gravity which In
!, sures economical mining costs an
promises to make q producer of yer
considerable caliber.
This company is figuring on tn
construction Of large concentratin
. plant in the spring and u branch raj
way fren, the Great Northern to con
meet with the mines, which. are .
mfles back from the main line Th
survey has already been made for th
new branch and very feasible rout
and grade has .Oeen obtained, and !
the present plans arc carried OF
: there will. be something doing IN u
lead l-silyer industry of Kootcu;
/ County by the close Of 1901. 4
The Blacktail Mining District, sit
nated len miles south Of Sand Poln