, 1889-01-24

winin iEsss sbs F.yis %ias sDeaysr claim located
ledge S-Mouth OF Eagle shaft. t-Claim
stakes.
1--WE concluded that we could make
more out OF It by working together and in
harmony. So we formed a partnership.
Our claim was christened the Jumbo lode.
part Of the Eagle and will be known BY
that name hereafter. We propose to 20 to
work in the spriue, and have
every reason to suppose that We have az
rich thing as the Weber lode. recently
bonded for 9l50.000. That cross ledge
contains the finest ore, and plenty OF it.
Our claim is now divided a. follows:
Jac'b Goetz. Harry Baer and myself each
ter is owned bv Shosrer and Mentier
brothers together"
A correspondent writing about the
mines are doing very we'll this winter.
Riebold never mad 30 mpch rich ore In
sight as now. The Mayaower Company
are also taking out extremely rich rock.
Frank Williams and Bert Smith are work.
ing on the Greenhorn. McLane aud Miles
mountain. Washburn and Ludwig are
taking out some ore left in the Tramp in
former times, and are also making prep
arations to sink below the lower iavel
Frank Smith and George Brown are rum
ming tunnel on the Cornucopia, and find
some spots Of rich rock, but they have con-
siderable distance to run yet before they
expect to reach the proper chimney of the
ledge.
Orcutt Il Helm are working a double
shift on the Silver King. Their rock is
extraordi inarily good: soft enough to work
easy and hard enough to stand without
timbering. Their tunnel will be about
257 feet long and will strike the ledge 157
feet deep. They expect to have it through
in March. .Only q little ore 10 coming ont
Of the w. Il. Knott. The mine is bonded
not to do much on tit looks we'll enough
as 1t is. The Wolverine is also silent now
but the giant powder will echo in March.
The Sultan was new ledge located by
Washburn u Ludwig and some rich rock
taken out. but the cold weather put stop
to it. The failing flume is likely to prove
success. Altogether Warrens has not
presented such cheerful look for fifteen
years
Robert s. Turner died Thursday night
ll:45 at the residence Of Il. NJ. Pond,
on Front street. He had been confined to
his room for eleven days with sever,
cold and fever, but his illness was not CEN
sidered critical, and his many friends and
acquaintance we're astonished to hear of
his death yesterday morning.
Mr.. Turner WAS married and for long
time has lived with his wife and two
small boys in the Arlington. He was 90
much better ON Thursday that he was re.
moved to Mr.. Pounds residence IN the
afternoon. but shortly after his arrival
there was taken With a choking spell from
which he did not rally. The funeral ser
vices wall be held in the Catholic church
this morning ut II O'Clock.
Bob" Turner, rs the deceased WAS fa-
mi'iarly called by his friends, was we'll
known throughout the territory and in
Portland. He attended school in Portland,
| from whence he moved to Walla Walla,
where he was steward of the Slime house,
in which capacity he served until 1886,
| when he went 10 Colville, where he
| owned a restaurant until he came to Spo-
kane about eighteen months ago. Shortly
after mis- arrival here he started a restaur-
anton Main street. just east of the Arling-
ton hotel, which be conducted until his
death. Mr.. Turner was probably the
largest and heaviest man in the territory,
was 32 years old, and numbered among
host of friends. some of the most promi-
nent men of the territory.
The school board met yesterday after.
noon at the central school house for the
purpose Of adopting code OF rules and
regulations and classifying the various
grades For the city schools. The subjects
under discussion were quite lengthy and
the work was not finished when the board
adjourned.