The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-10-28
Mining Notes.

Mining Notes.
The steamer City of Seattle arrived |
Saturday from Skagway. She brought
$3.50 600 in gold and 204 passengers.
miners report that the water is low
ering rapidly in the Yukon, and in
parts the ice is already sollu.
Barry N. Hillard, the mining man
who shot and killed himself at the |
home of his friend, ST Donnelly, at |
Lakeview, Idaho, recently, was buried
at Spokane in the Elks rest, under
the auspices of the Elks' lodge.
H. l.. Gray, who has spent nearly |
~ years prospecting and mining near
Pierce City and in central Idaho, re-
ports that the outlook for the Pierce
City district next year is me, and he
expects many properties to be work
ing.
Ralph X. Green of Spokane has
bonded the Silver Queen group, two
miles south of Kettle Falls, Wash, on
the east side of the Columbia river,
and will at once start work with the
view of making a carload shipment
within so days.
Chelan, Wash.-G. A. Head, superin-
tendent of the union tunnel to crosscut
the big Davenport galena ledge at
upper Horseshoe basin, returned to-
Chelan a couple of days ago. He said:
THE work will be pushed all winter
on the tunnel"
In the Esmeralda group, Cracker
Creek district, Ore. rich gold ore is
encountered in the main tunnel, where
development work has been carried on
this summer. The ore is being sack
ed for smelling here. The Esmeralda
has been owned for years by one fam
lily.
Mullan, Idaho.-The new compress
sor for the Morning mine has arrived
and will be installed Immediately. 1t
will be operated by electric power.
San Diego, Cal-Katherine Tingley
and others have filed claims on the
beach at Point Iona, claiming to
have discovered gold and indications
of oil
The litigation between George Over
field and his brother, John Overfeld,
over 10000 shares of stock in the
Jumbo Mining & Milling company of
Buffalo Hump has been settled out OF
court and dismissed, the stipulation
reciting that the defendant gave plain
tiff, George Overfield, a valuable con-
federation.
The fire in the Beaver Hill mine,
near Marshfeld, Ore, which it was
thought was extinguished, broke out
again two days after the bulkheads
were removed in a narrow chute in
the No. gangway. Before the mine
was bulkheaded two weeks ago it was
flooded to a point 1900 feet from the
entrance of the slope. Pumps have
been started again, and will food the
mine 900 feet more, or sufficiently to
embrace the whole fire zone. 1t will
require at least a week to do this.
Work on the dam being constructed
by the Keller & Indiana Consolidated
Smelling company, a mile above Kel-
Ter, Wash, is progressing nicely. The
work has been in course of construc-
ton for the past 10 days, and is near
{ ing completion. The penstock and
} headgate for the fume have already
I been built, and other flume work is
: being pushed. About 100000 feet of
logs have been cut and are being haul
ed to the mill, which has been running
constantly, cutting out lumber for the
big fiume.
= Although the Northport smelter
operated only its two smallest fur
, naces during September, the report of
5 the local management to the London
directorate shows that the company
) cleared $4,000 on 1896 tons of ore,
: also paying $4,000 for development
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