Lookout Mountain tramway near operation and ore outlook
Lookout Mountain Mining company reports the Lookout Mountain tramway at Pine Creek should begin operation by week’s end. A 2200 foot gravity tram links the tunnel ore bin to loading bins, with 1000 pound buckets and an eight minute round trip. Ore bodies, including cerussite and galena, show strong lead and silver values, and multiple parallel veins suggest growing mineral potential with a planned deeper tunnel. The operation employs 12 workers across two shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lookout Mountain
Pine Creek
W. L. Penny
Kellogg
Bunker Hill
Penny
Oscar Hershey
Lookout Mountain Company
Famous mining engineer Searls visits Coeur d'Alenes
Fred Searls Jr of San Francisco has spent the past week in the city on professional business. A widely known mining engineer, he has visited the district before, including a year ago for an examination and report on the Hecla mine in the Coeur d'Alenes. He leaves for home today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Searls
Fred Searls
San Francisco
Mr. Searls
United States
Coeur d’Alenes
Hecla
Searles
Hecla Signs Five Year Ore Contract With Bunker Hill
James F. McCarthy of Hecla Mining announces a contract with Bunker Hill & Sullivan to ship the entire Hecla mine product to the Bunker Hill smelter at Kellogg for five years beginning about July 1. Competing bids from outside smelters were received, but Bunker Hill offered the most attractive terms in the Coeur d Alene district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. McCarthy
Hecla Mining Company
Bunker Hill & Sullivan Company
Hecla
Bunker Hill
Kellogg
Coeur d'Alene
Brooks to form Blue Grouse Mining near Pine Creek
Frank Brooks, famed for balloon displays at Wallace, shifts to mining on twelve West Fork Pine Creek claims near Kellogg. He reports a 35 foot wide ore outcrop with silver and lead content, a 760 foot tunnel exposing an 18 inch ore shoot, and plans to raise 1.5 million shares at 10 cents with 1 mill monthly assessments to fund development and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Brooks
Brooks
West Fork
Pine Creek
Forks
Incorporate Company
Bunker Hill & Sullivan Company
Kellogg
Blue Grouse Mining Company
Mr. Brooks
D. W. Price
D. R. Harlan
Ho H. Rhodes
Benjamin O. Praham
Price
Success Mining Shows Lead-Silver Prospect at Depth
The Success Mine began work on a lead-silver showings on the 700 level with potential to widen into a commercial ore body. Initial ore is scant but drifting may expand. manual drilling continues, with machine drills if prospects improve. Earlier, rich ore was exposed on the 1400 and 1600 levels far below.
Mineral Output in 1921 Idaho and Shoshone County
Idaho’s 1921 mineral production totaled about 16.56 million dollars with Shoshone County contributing 14.59 million, roughly 85 percent of the state’s output. Coeur d’Alene district remains the top producer while Blaine County rises to second place for the first time in more than two decades.
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Shoshone County
Idaho
Inspector of Mines
Stewart Campbell
Campbell
Shoshone
Coeur d
Blaine
Custer
Boise
Lemht
Blaine County
Bunker Hill Legend of Phil O Rourke and the O W R N Rift
The article recalls the death of Phil O Rourke in Vancouver Wash and traces his rise from early Coeur d Alenes gold mining to the South Side quest for new riches. It credits him and Noah Kellogg with discovering the Bunker Hill Sullivan vein in 1885, spawning a boom town near Kellogg peak and making O Rourke one of the era’s notable figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil O'Rourke
Vancouver
Wash
Coeur d'Alenes
Prichard Creek
Jacob Geetz
Dutch Jake
Harry Baer
Spokane
Don Sullivan
Alaska
Noah S. Kellogs
Oregon
South Fork
Mile Creek
Wardner
Bunker Hill & Sullivan
Burro
Milo Gulch
Kellogg Peak
Phil
Hoar mucking machine showcased at Morning mine
Captain Samuel Hoar inventor of the Hoar Underground Loader has been in the district promoting the mucking machine. Ajax Mining uses one unit at Coeur d Alene, while Federal Mining & Smelting placed an order for an immediate delivery at the Morning mine. Captain Hoar is uncle to James fond, a noted miner and merchant of Mace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Hoar
Ajax Mining Company
Coeurs Alenes
How
Thos I. Owens
Federal Mining & Smelting Company
Captain Hour
James Fond
Mace
Pearson Mining Co Develops Veins and Plans
The Pearson Mining Company reports for the year end details expenditures and development progress including crosscuts and new vein discoveries. A Minnesota tour by manager Harry P. Pearson aims to discuss finances with stockholders as the firm receives state approval for its development under blue sky law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Ferguson
Julius K. Hall
Harry P. Pearson
Pearson Company
Hall
Pearson
Minnesota
American-Commander power plans linked to compressor
Washington Water Power extended an electric transmission line to the American-Commander compressor plant last week. When accessories arrive, underground work will resume, with air line extending to tunnel No 1 where a vein 140 feet below the shaft shows silver and lead values. Plans include supplying power for the Independence Lead from the compressor via a roughly 3000 foot pipe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Water Power Company
American-Commander Company
H. B. Kingsbury
Ophir Mountain 1 Oil?illagh in Gold
Ophir Mountain stories describe early mining activity along the Ophir base from Leaver Creek to Teicha Creek. It details tunnels, a 100 foot shaft by Barry N. Hillard, a vein of four to six inches with free gold, and expensive sinking with limited deeper exploration. Nearby Yosemite and Daddy groups produced but ultimately paused due to complex quartz and overlap with adjacent claims.
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Adam Aulbach
Murray
Idaho
Phi Mountain
Noth Tom Oplar Canyon
Kiger Gulch
Murray Uke
Barry N. Hillard
Moller Lode
James Murphy
The
Hercules
Burke
Hillard
Hite Ulmnent Due Emst
Ue West
Yosemite
William W. Hart
Coeur d'Ale
Charles Hussey
Spokane
John A. Finch
Ophir Mountain
Mother Lode
George W. Coplen
Robert T. Horn
Horn
Therrett Towles
Wallace
Coplen
Golden Chest
Whitman County
Washington
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HECIA
West Fork Pine Creek
Board OF Trade
O.W. Promises
O.W. R. & N. Company
Walter J. Sullivan
Herman J. Rossi
F. L. Quigley
H. J. Arnett
Plummer
Wallach
Arnett
State Utilities Commission
Toole
Commission
Interstate Utilities Company
Federal Company
Comprehensive Report OF
Pearson Mining CO
Otillagh
Gold
Sky
Denver Clain
the Yosemite
Daddy
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