Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-04-15
Mining I
commencing this YeeR

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ming mine near Wardner,
Idaho, which is being worked
under lease by o. R Young Of Wal,
lace Idaho. Hauling, from the mine
to the mill was begun last week, but
the condition of the road has prevented
the transportation of large loads. About
20 tons a day are now being hauled,
and this will be increased to 40 tons
a day when the condition of the roads
| improves.
Headed by a brass band, striking
miners of the Loyal Sauna Coal &
Coke company marched to the various
plants about Latrobe, Pa, recently, and
gurated on Monday general. 1t is con-
servatively estimated that $500 men
are out and operations at a majority
of the plants have been stopped pend
ing a settlement of the differences.
R. P. Stoddard has arrived at Re-
public from Bellingham to examine the
coal property in the camp belonging
to Tim Connors. ]. r. Sinclair, a con-
ductor on the Washington & Great
Northern railway, sent some of the
coal to st. Paul to be tested. and it
was found to be of excellent quality
and of the same character as that used
on the Great Northern road.
| Goldfield, Nev-The lessees on the
Sandstone are doing good work and
getting encouraging results. In an
open cut which was made by ]. G.
Ralston's men the ledge was uncov-
cred for width of 10 feet, and of three
assays one returned values of 5000
and the other two 500 each per ton.
Dougherty & Beckley are down Is feet
on their lease, and although they do
not figure they are in the ledge proper,
they found rock showing free gold.
At the Standard mill at Wallace,
Superintendent George Ruggles has
completed the installation of the IA
new Wiley slime tables which have
supplanted the old canvas plant that
had been in operation at the mill for
number of years. There are eight
Frue vanners and six Standard Will
fieys. The former were the first in
stalled, and they have been treating
the shines for some time. while the
Wilfieys have just been made ready
for operation.
The Lucky Lad Mining company of
the Hump expects to resume opera
lions within a few days. Manager
Geo. L. Hedges, who has returned from
an extended trip to coast points and
the east, says that three shifts will be
put on.
G. M. Fassett of Spokane has left
for the Bodie mine. west of Republic,
Wash. He will be accompanied by
manage the cyanide plant at the new
mill. The frame for the plant is up
and the mill should be running by
July 1.
The Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining
company has just paid $4,000 April
dividend. 1t has paid to date $1,673,-
900.
The geological survey has received
a report of an extensive deposit of
Alaskan coal, accessible to the Pacific
ocean, located from IL to 25 miles
inland from Controller bay, Alaska.
The coal fields lie behind the Controll-
er bay oil fields. at the foot of the
Chugashi mountains. The coal and oil
were found to be in two distinctly
separate formations that lie in rough
ly parallel belts. The coal area, as at
present recognized, includes about IS
square miles. The coal resembles the
harder bituminous Goals of the east
more than it does anthracite.
w. E. Harris, manager of the Review
Mining company, came to Northport
jubilant over a strike this afternoon
in the 140 foot crosscut tunnel. While
some of the specimens were principally
gangue, others were solid galena mixed
with gray copper, iron and zinc. This
property consists of five claims and
lies on the west side of the Columbia
river and in plain view of nearly every
house in Northport, two and a half
miles away The ore just uncovered
greatly resembles the surface pockets
which assayed over 800 per ton in
gold, silver, copper and lead.
Vincente Estrada, a millionaire
miner, has sold one of his properties,
the Santa Lucretia, to an American
company for $3,0OO,O00 The Santa
Lucretia is one of the great gold pro-
ducing mines of Durango. The pur-
chasers intend to exploit the property
on a very large scale and to this end
machinery is being ordered from the
United States.
A. L. Wood, an employee at the Stand
ard mine, at Mace, Idaho, was cut
about the face and sustained bruises
to his body by being caught in the hoist
at the mine. He will recover.