, 1889-12-26

IL known to the party as the Lost
Tent mine and they feel confident
that one of these days 1t will yield
UP fabulous fortunes.
IN THE OKANOGAN.
The Okanogap outlook of the 7th
Inst. has the following to say re-
garding the incorporating of the
Idaho mines near Ruby City:
Geo. Pfunder has lust returned from
Spokane Falls, where he succeeded
in incorporating the famous Idaho
mine, on Ruby Hill, In which he is
n part owner. MIR. Pfunder has been
elected as manager for the company,
which Is composed of some of the
best men of Spokane Falls. He Is u
thorough and practical miner, and
the work will be conducted in a
systematic manner, although not,
10 yet, on very large scale.
, A sixty-foot shaft has been sunk on
{the property and n crosscut at that
depth exposes a ledge about twenty
feet wide and well mineralized
throughout. This has always been
classed among the best prospects on
Ruby hill, and 1t is n matter of
much satisfaction to know that
those possessed of the requisite
means and energy have taken hold
of it and its merits are in fair way
to be appreciated. Thus one more
stepping-stone TO the future great
ness of Okanogan county has been
placed. One more step has been
taken on the royal road to wealth
and unless we sadly mistake the
signs of the times, next spring will
witness the Inauguration of an era
of prosperity In this district such as
has seldom been experienced in q
mining camp.
THE DEADLY AVALANCHE.
Between II and l2 o'clock of last
Tuesday night, the 10th inst, says
the HALEY Times, while Isaac New
man and j. II. ("BobD Mcdonald
were eating their lunch in the
Z boiler-house of the Buttercup mine,
, ut the head of Willow creek, on the
Smoky divide, snowslide caved In
the side and front of the house,
causing the roof to fall in. Nc
Donald, who had mined in the
mountains for years and heard and
seen hundreds of snOwslides, was
warned by the premonitoryl"sw swish''
OF the deadly slide, and jumped from
the side of the boiler to the entrance
of the tunnel. He was struck in the
back by the slide, and shot into the
tunnel about ten feet and wedged
In, but his head and hands being
free he eXtricated himself and
thought of his partner. But seeing
that he could not gain much head
way alone, he crawled through the
tunnel and up the shaft to the
bOarding-house, where he alarmed
the ten or twelve men who were
sleeping there. All hands turned
out at once and under the lead OF
Foreman Bryan Rossiter, hastened
VIC. the tunnel where, with pick and
(shovels, they carefully felt theil
way through, making the snow fly
ID as rapidly as possible. In just about
thirty minutes they discovered Isaac
Newman, who was pinned to the
ground, entangled In lot of half
Inch pipe and covered with snow
timbers and debris, and dead.
PLENTY OF WATER.
Rocky Bar Bulletin: For several
weeks the weather has been un.
settled and at intervals slight snow
storms have visited us. Monday
and Tuesday the heavens let go In
earnest, and by Tuesday evening
fully five feet of the "beautiful," on
a level, was piled up in and around
Rocky Bar, and from weather indi.
cations the end IL not yet. This
amount of snow with u surety fol
fully as much more before spring
time, insures plenty of water fol
mining purposes and means mill.
ions Of dollars worth of benefit to
the people generally of Idaho.
FOREIGN NEWS AND GOSSIP
Genoa was offered $4,000 fol
Paganini's violin.
Italy's 1900, 900 trees give 1000,
OO0, 900 lemons yearly.
A detected clerical imposter ha.
strangled himself In his prison eel
In Rome.
The Immigration of Germans into
Russia is to be checked by the czar',
order.
It IL officially denied that France