The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1905-02-17
|kOOtenQi's Mineral Industry.
From Inspector Bells Report For
the Year 1904.
(CONTINUED FROM LAST wEEK.)
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK.

| (CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK.
A commendable enterprise IS be-
lug inaugurated at Sand Point, Idaho,
whose consumination will greatly
stimulate the development of koore-
mai County's extensive mineral re-
sources, and deserves all possible
encouragement.
| This is the Panhandle Smelling &
Refining Company, who have made
considerable progress towards the
installation of 200 ton custom smell.
ter at this point which is very cen.
trally located for such an enterprise,
and ought to develop good bust
ness as the Immediately surrounding
and tributary country to the north,
south, east and west would afford a
conlbinaticn of ores that would make
a very desirable smelling mixture,
and the coal fields to the north
arp und Fernie, B. c., could be drawn
on for fuel.
The building for this plant, includ.
ing ample ore bins, sampler and fur.
ma cc rooms are all completed, and i,
IS expected that the machinery vii
be installed and ready to blow il
early next season.
| lnter-related with the above com
pany, and under the same manage
ment, is the Pend d Oreillc Trans
portation 4 Development Company
whose steamboat barges, docks ane
warehouses already handle an i'm
pdrtant shipping business, and one
that is capable Of being extensivcl,
increased. Another affiliated con
Germ Is the Panhandle Development
Company, organized for the pur
pose OF buying mines and ore ane
the exploitation of new townsitt
ne ar Standpoint.
/ The assets of this last mentioned
col npany consist OF a fine water pow
or, equipped with 4x4 foot flumt
$500 feet long, for carrying a vol
lunie OF water to drop or head O
~ feet. This is shortly to be e
qulpped with an electric light ane
power plant capable Of developing
30Q horsepower at the lowest water
stagc. This company also own ane
are now developing some very prom
isihg mining properties; one of these
the Venzuela group Of four claims
is situated near the Keep Cool anc
w eber mines, in the Lake View dis
tritt at the south end of Lake Pcne
d Oreille. They also own a 80 foo,
v'in OF fine fiuxing iron ore near the
Lake.
| The Venezuela group carries ;
wide assured vein or zone, 40 fee,
between walls, that samples II
ounces silver and 81 gold per tor
across its full width. The countr,
rock of thfs district is limestone ane
quartzitc. The Weber mine is a sim.
liar great zone of siliceous ore to the
Vehzuela that carries 50 average
val ues in gold and silver and is more
ext ensively developed. This proper.
ty has been subject to close invest.
CATION and sampling by a well known
and capable expert who foun the
ore susceptible to treatment with the
cyanide process and promising high
results Of extraction.
III sharp contrast with the Weber
the Keep Cool mine, Oh the same
great vein or zone. and also extern
sively developed, carries galena
silve r-lead concentrating ore of fair
grade. The Lake View district con-
tain some remarkably promising
and extensive deposits of mineral and
is Ii kelly, in time, to become a ship
ping point for large tonnage Of pay
orc.
he Idaho Continental mine near
the north end Of Kootenai County
shipped several hundred tons Of
lead ore to the smeltcrs at Tacoma
and East Helena during the past
year This company was working a
force Of twenty men on development
recently.
I his property carries a monster
assure of fine concentrations la,j -,