Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-09-24
LATE MINING NEWS
Matarana in Ore

Matarana in Ore
Sam Smith, Spokane, presidon.
Matarana Mining & Develonmareo tne
pany, Ltd, received word from 4 sOn'
Harsh, manager of the propert,, !. +
ing that they had struck a leS.. s'at.
feet wide which assays $1,000 =. .
in gold and silver. This nron IT, 'on
located in Jalisco county, Moyiaa Is
has produced over $5,OOo,O 900 4 aIG
and silver ore. soiu
Kaslo (B. o. Mines
The ore shipments throuob -,
B. c., over the K. & S. railroad fa
month of August were the lo y, sne
known for any single month for a so''
years past, The output was 100 cars
compiling total of 1922 tons. az s tS;
amount, zinc ore formed the bulL IN '
1910 tons, and 4S2 tons of silve,laaa
ore. The largest shipper was tIa
Whitewater, with total combinaa ~.
put of 1910 tons of both classes of 49,
zinc predominating, and the Lucky III
was close second with 900 tons -
zinc ore only.
Mining Man Arrested.
Jafet Lindeberg, the California nj,
lionaire, mine owner and discoyerer 80
Nome, has been arrested in the Al.,ra
city on two indictments charging nar
jury in connection with the trial -
the Bear Cub mining case, Tindoho,a
was released under $4,000 bonds.
Blacktail Sold.
The Blacktail Mining comnanv,,
property, located in the Republic dis.
trict, has been sold to Spokane peonla
F. E. Pritchard of Rosalia is at the
head of the new organization.
Boundary (B. CO. Mines.
The ore shipments from Boundary
(B. CO. mines last week show another
small increase, 81, 1862 tons being sent
to the different smelters. There were
only three shippers. The Hedley Gold
Mining company has taken over the
Nickel Plate, which is credited with be-
ing the largest gold property operat
ing in Canada, and has now bright
prospects for greater possibilities.
Nuggets at Grass Roots
The Innoko and Iditarod stampedes
have been the feature of the summer
in Alaska gold mining circles, but the
Koyoku district is also making an un
usual showing. M. E. Beatty, who ar
rived recently in Seattle from Nome,
says there is much doing on Wiseman,
Nolan and other creeks, and he est.
mates the output as 100000, which,
according to population, is about $4,000
per man. Many claims on Nolan are
showing up big pay, especially on Pin.
giles Bench, where big nuggets can be
picked up in the grass roots, but Ow.
ing to lack of water little could be
done this season.
In the Occur d'Alenes.
, Members of the mining institute,
: which holds a convention at Spokane
the week of September 81, will arrive
in Wallace on Sunday, September 26
They will be given every opportunity
;, to see the district that the limited time
: affords.
:. Since the destruction by fire of the
e mill at the Hercules mine the property
t has been closed down. 1t is now anil
nounced that the company is making
f preparations to reopen the mine next
}, week, employing at the start $50 men
= or less than half the regular force
f Work on the raise in the Monarch
o mine, east of Murray, has been SuS
s pended until immense ore bins can pei
o constructed.
f Good progress is being made in drl'
t ing the lower erosscut tunnel at 'nSI
Turino group near Mullan.
A six drill compressor plant is VI
be installed at the Caledonia properly
!, which adioins the Bunker Hill SUM-
d van.
r Development operations at the Plt''l
/: burg Lead property have been su'I
y pended and the mill shut down follow
ing the inability of the management
II to find the ore at depth.
Mining operations have been SUI
g pended at the st-Powell cOpp'l
property on the North Fork tolio"il
e the closing of deal to bond the PiOY|
erty.
l. CONSCIENCE MONEY, $4,000