Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-07-26

MINES AND MINING.

Word has been received in Council,
Idaho, that rich ledge Of ore has
been struck in the North Star mine,
near Pollock. The company in charge
will erect mill at the mine as soon
as it can be put on the ground
Development will start this week
on the copper prospect known as the
old Anderson mine, nine miles east
of Troy, Idaho, the new owners,
Steelswith & Broman, pushing the
work. Some fine ore showings have
already been encountered at a $50
foot level.
Kingdom Gould, the youngest son
of George ]. Gould, is one of a party
of half dozen Columbia university
students who are now studying min
eralogy at first hand and doing some
prospecting in southern Arizona.
S. Spaulding is developing the Red
Bird mine at Florence, Idaho. He has
tunnel on the ledge 200 feet, obtain
ing depth of $50 feet. The pay shoot
is two feet wide and carries $25 in
gold.
]. L. Harper has resigned the man
agement of the Belcher. property in
the Belcher camp near Republic,
Wash, and will devote his entire time
to the interests of the Bortle Copper
Gold company.
Owing to the united opposition of
property owners south along the pc
ninsula and the prospects of long and
annoying litigation against them, the
Guggenheims have finally abandoned
their proposition of building a $5,000,-
600 smelter at San Bruno point, eight
miles down the bay from San Fran
cisco.
The treasury department purchased
on Saturday 100000 ounces of silver
for delivery at New Orleans at 68,707
per fine ounce.
The developments in the Copper
Key mine are among the most inter
esting of the Belcher mountain prop
critics, ana the same is true of the
Oversight, it's southerly neighbor,
which, however, has not been opened
to as great depth.
The Mizpah Copper Mining COM
pany, operating in the Hoodoo dis
trict in Idaho, is working three shifts
on the tunnels on the property.
The Lokal Anzeiger of Berlin has
received a report from German South
west Africa of the discovery near the
coast of Luderitz bay Of rich deposits
of copper ore. An expedition will soor
leave Luderitz to continue prospect
ing. The newly found ore lies in 6
waterless region. The coast is with
/ out harbors, and there are but few
r places where the ore could be trans
{ shipped out in steamers and barges
t George L. Walker, editor of tn
' Boston Commercial, a financial week
r ly,9 has left Phoenix, B. c., for Cal
t fornia and Nevada, having spent
s week in the Boundary inspecting an
examining the three district smelteT
|. and the large copper mines. M
n Walker is now on a trip through tn
e west, during which he has visited tn
# copper producers of Butte, Uath an
s British Columbia, and will also TAX
d in those in California, Nevada, AT
e iona and Colorado before he return
a In the Occur d'AIenes.
IS The Surprise Mining company hf
4 begun to install the machinery at til
d new concentration which has just bee
Ie finished on their property at PHI
ID Greek.
Ig An important strike on the b
Il Eight group on Pine creek is reporte
r The group is the property OF the l
ID ternational Mining & Exploratic
d company.
IN A big strike in the Missoula copp
lie mine is reported from Wallace.
rs A contract has been let to ]. B. Str
s. der of Warder to extend the ma
IN tunnel in the Samson property d
RI lance of at least SO feet. The Sams'
tn ia located on Big creek, near Wardne
is A strike of ore in the Trapper gro'
ad is reported by James L. Batterlou'
st charge of development work on q
property. which is located on Hunt
creek. It is stated vein OF go
ed shipping ore has been cut.
er ore from the Tamarack & Ches
Al peake mine is now being hauled TO I
no railroad by the teams lately hauli
yn ore from the Hercules, the instai
to tion of the Hercules tramWay reno
.or ing hauling by teams unnecessary
ily A strike in the Reliance is report
by John M. Scrafford, manager
ms Eastern oregon Mines.
nd The new electrical compressor piS
srs for the Red Boy mine has arrived
ag- Sumter and will soon be install
cir and in working order.
nd George R. Wiegand will at once
in open the Royal White property NJ
ur- Greenhorn. A quantity OF high grs
gh- ore has been shipped from the mi
lin and much milling ore As still IN
Fps Slopes.
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