The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-12-17
MINES AND MINING NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST GATHERED
DURING THE PAST WEEK.
Mine Owners Are Preparing for the
Winters Work on Their Properties
In Idaho, Montana and Oregon
Mine Operations Of British Column
bla Are Brisk-Many Accidents and
Personal Events.

William Appleby, discoverer of the
famous Daly-w est mine in Utah, is
said to have duplicated his discovery
in finding a wonderfully rich gold VEN
in his mine in Big gulcn, west of Ana
conda, Mont Mr. Appleby brought a
rough sample of the ore to the city
for test, and according to report IT
goes several thousand dollars a ton.
The Big gulch strike has caused much
excitement among mining men, and
numbers have gone out rnere to pros
pect A first class copper strike is also
said to have been made there, ana
samples from the strike have been
proven rich in that metal The site of
the discoveries is not far from this city
and easy of access.
Five bodies have been recovered
from the Burnett, Wash, coal mine,
and now all of the 10 victims of the
recent explosion have been accounted
for.
One hundred thousand dollars viii
be paid into the treasury of Shoshone
county, Idaho, before Janaury l by the
mining companies of the Occur d'Ai-
enes for their 1904 taxes.
Sumpter, Ore.-A. L. McEwen, who
has been retained as manager of the
Imperial by the new company verifies
the reported sale of the group.
Wallace, Idaho.-Conunued low wa
ter had the effect of sui further re-
ducing the output of the Occur Al
enes last month, but Notwithstanding
this fact the output was far ahead OF
the average monthly production of last
year and former years. 1t is estimated
that output for November was between
10000 and 10000 tons, which is over
1000 tons less than for October
Sumpter, Ore.-The Golden Chariot
company has purchased all the outside
mining and milling plants of the Gold
en- Wizard company.
Beginning last Monday the child la
Dor law of Illinois was enforced in all
the coal mines of the state. Under the
Interpretation of the law made by
t Factory Inspector Davis and sustained
! by the courts, no boys under 16 years
of age will be permitted to work in
the mines. 1t is estimated the enforce
ment of the statute will take 250U
3 boys away from employment under
ground.
, Rossland-At the 1450 foot level OF
the lie Roi the work shows the recent
ore find is of considerable extent. Val
ues are the best yet found in the camp
at depth, running about $25 to the ton,
and of this 500 is gold.
Ore shipments for the week were:
: lie Roi, 1862 tons; Center Star, 1896
. tons; Center Star, milled, $50 tons,
War Eagle, 72O tons; War Eagle, mill
ed, $50 tons; lie Roi No. 2, $50 tons;
Jumbo, 324 tons.
Rossland.-The large concentration
= and reduction plant of the Rosslans
. Power company at Trail will close mex
week. The mill company has been en-
; gagged for several weeks in it's tria
run. The process comprises the tw'
"a standard operations of coarse concen
tration on jigs and tables and a cy
n anide treatment of the tailings.
p Phoenix-The record breaking out
ia put of low grade mines in the Boun
Diary for November is $4,000 tons, o
l. about 5000 tons in excess of the rec
4. ord for October. At an average valua
20 tion of IS per ton this would give
total value for the months outpu
g of about $350,000.