Show NEWS FROM THE NORTHWEST SPECIAL correspondence I 1 spokane wash feb 11 the coeur dalene district will add several dividend payers to the list before 1907 shall have ended the monitor mine a copper gold property has declared its first dividend of I 1 cent a share and is getting its property in shape to increase its output this mine has in copper ore in sight the stewart is shaping its tremendous ore body and gives promise of being a great producer before long A report said to come from authora tive sources has it that F augustus heinze of butte mont will take up his final option on shares stewart stock the latter part of this month when it is given out he will select his own management and shipping will begin as soon as the concentrator is erected the terms of the option are that no ore can be shipped before the options on the stock shall have been taken up tamarack and chesapeake mine has completed its ore bin and is in shape to ship as high grade silver lead ore as is found in the district oom paul has a large amount of development work yet to be done to get in the class but the property has the earmarks of a mine and is steadily pushing development aside from these prominent properties there are a score of others which will show up in their class with development john dockton and his associates who own the pilot mine near murray idaho announce that they will start a new tunnel on the property from a little above the level of golden creek feet below the portal of the present lowest tunnel the tunnel will have to be run about 1200 feet to get under the present showing there is from to worth of ore on the dump besides the gold values the ore carries from to ounces of silver to the ton W W jones of sandpoint standpoint Sand point idaho has taken an option on the snowstorm mining claim on garfield bay for leadville colo parties it calls for a payment of in sixty days the second year the third year and a flat royalty of 15 per cen on all ore shipped the option was given by B D E G H hipke D M garrison and antony van hemert joint owners the snowstorm lies next to the american id an eagle which is owned by jones and taylor and it is said that a big strike made in the latter property prompted quick action in taking the bond the claim taken over by option is patented and has been opened in three places with excellent showing work on this and the adjoining claim shows that the main leads in the garfield bay district run in a northerly and southerly direction and not in an easterly and westerly course as formerly supposed J S danforth has sold his group of claims near dixie idaho for the purchasers are new york capitalists who have put mr danforth in charge of the claims as general manager A ten stamp mill has been ordered and a sawmill will be taken in next spring the claims are on crooked creek the group consists of seven placer claims and five quartz claim locations on which considerable development work has been done A concentrator of tons daily capacity will be erected on the tarbox mine near sal tese the coming summer when the capital stock will be increased to the tarbox is already a big mine but a concentrator is necessary to handle the ore at a profit the from the foot level is to the foot level and the vein has been drifted for 15 feet in each direction without reaching the end of the ore the ore body is from 40 to 50 feet wide and carries a filling of galena ore with zinc strikes of galena were made a few days ago in the old germany group of mines in the okanogan Oka nogan district washington in sinking the shaft a ledge was opened and the crosscut showed good shipping ore directors of the company will build a good wagon road to the mine early in the spring and they believe shipments of ore will begin when the road is completed miners from the bluffton mine two miles north of chesaw washington report that the ledge has been encountered but that its size has not yet bee determined the tunnel has a depth of feet copper and iron came heavily in every seam in the face of the tunnel several weeks ago and the strike was therefore not unexpected another strike of antimony has been made in the dixie queen mine near methow mathow wash the property is owned by the antimony queen mining company of methow mathow and during the progress of its development has shown some phenomenal antimony ore this is the second strike of importance made in this property within six months two crews are working one driving in the tunnel and the other breaking and sacking ore for shipment contracts for hauling tons of ore from the mine to pateros on the columbia river have been let and ore is being taken down on sleds the company is having plans drawn for a twenty ton antimony smelter to be built the coming summer george geo rge F mcleod has acquired controlling interest in the butcher boy mine near chesaw wash the butcher boy is one of the le leading gold properties in oka nogan county and was extensively operated until the time the present deal came up when work was suspended pending the out come it lias has the distinction of being the first steady shipper in camp the ore is taken from a four foot ledge on the loot oot level and the shipments made last summer and fall to the granby smelter netted more than 1000 a car the success mine in nine mile creek near wallace idaho has been a heavy producer during the last four months and it is said will soon enter the ranks of the dividend paying mines of the coeur calenes dA lenes during the last four months pounds of zinc ore and pounds of lead were taken out the zinc averaged 45 per cent net and the lead ore averaged 60 per cent the mill is the first in the district to handle zinc ore the property was formerly known as the old granite and it was supposed jit it was worked out |