NORTHERN    IDAHO    AND    NORTHWESTERN    MONTANA. 
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Production. — The  following  table  shows  the  estimated  amount  and  value  of  ore  shipped 
from  the  district: 
Table  of  ore  shipped  from  the  Lakeview  district.^ 
Name. 
Webber  group. 
Keep  Cool 
Conjecture 
Vulcan 
Hidden  Treasure 
Tons  shipped. 
Value  per  ton. 
Lead,    $2;  gold,    $1.50; 
silver,  24  to  50  ounces. 
Conce ntrates,  2,000; 
crude  ore,  11,000;  now 
on  dump,  6,000. 
To  the  value  of  about  $15,000 
To  the  value  of  about  $70,000 
50 
50;  on  dump,  50. 
Average  assay,  $40. 
Remarks. 
Idle  for  some  time;  hope  to  re- 
sume work  when  new  smelt- 
er is  built  at  Sandpoint. 
Not  working. 
Do. 
Do. 
One  man  getting  out  ore. 
a  This  table  is  based  on  data  kindly  furnished  by  Mr.  F.  A.  Webber. 
Outlook. — This  district  has  been  proved  to  contain  considerable  low-grade  silver-lead 
ore.  Under  present  conditions  the  operation  of  the  many  small  properties  of  the  district 
would  be  expensive.  Cheap  production  is  the  question  to  be  solved  in  this  field.  Con- 
solidation of  interests  and  work  on  a  large  scale  would  seem  to  be  productive  of  the  best 
results  here  and  would  very  probably  produce  some  good  dividend-paying  properties. 
The  new  smelter  at  Sandpoint  will  doubtless  furnish  a  better  market  for  the  ores  than  has 
hitherto  been  available  and  will  materially  encourage  further  work. 
Lime. — Most  of  the  properties  of  the  Washington  Brick  and  Lime  Company,  of  Spokane, 
are  situated  within  the  Lakeview  district.  A  plant  of  four  kilns  at  Squaw  Bay,  a  few  miles 
from  Lakeview,  is  owned  by  this  company.  It  has  been  running  fifteen  months  and  has 
turned  out  about  75  barrels  of  lime  per  day.  This  product  is  shipped  on  scows  to  Hope 
and  thence  to  its  destination  by  rail. 
A  large  deposit  of  very  pure  gray  limestone  of  uncertain  age  occurs  close  by.     This 
deposit,  together  with  others  of  the  same  nature  which  are  found  in  the  vicinity,  can 
never  be  exhausted  by  lime-manufacturing  plants. 
BLACKTAIL    MINE. 
This  property  is  on  the  northeastern  slope  of  Blacktail  Mountain,  a  high  peak  in  the 
ridge  which  forms  the  southwestern  shore  of  Lake  Pend  Oreille. 
The  vein  is  in  Wallace  shale,  near  to  the  large  Blacktail  fault,  but  is  not  very  clearly 
defined.  A  good  deal  of  development  work  has  been  done  and  considerable  ore  shipped 
in  the  past.  No  recent  shipments  have  been  made,  however.  It  was  reported  that  the  ore 
was  found  in  a  narrow  fissure  and  was  quite  rich  in  silver.  Neither  assays  nor  data  regard- 
ing shipments  were  available  at  the  time  of  visit. 
EASTERN    SHORE. 
As  the  Lakeview  district  began  to  decline,  the  many  prospectors  it  had  attracted  gradu- 
ally scattered  over  the  surrounding  mountains.  The  result  was  that  a  great  number  of 
claims  were  staked  on  the  eastern  shore  of  Lake  Pend  Oreille.  Many  of  these  were  aban- 
doned, but  a  few  are  still  being  developed  for  their  gold  content;  others  are  held  as  future 
producers  of  silver  and  lead.  Perhaps  the  greatest  promise,  however,  is  attached  to  those 
being  slowly  developed  for  their  copper  values.  In  spite  of  the  lack  of  concentrated  develop- 
ment work,  the  district  has  some  promise  as  a  prospecting  field  and  may  yet  develop  shipping 
properties. 
Prospects.—  The  June  Bug  is  a  claim  on  the  east  end  of  Lake  Pend  Oreille.  It  is  situated 
a  few  miles  southeast  of  the  point  where  the  Clark  Fork  empties  into  the  lake.  The  country 
rock  is  green  and  purple  shale.     The  vein  is  of  white  quartz  running  N.  75°  W.,  with  a  dip  of 
