The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-28
Mining Notes.

Articles of incorporation of the In
dependence Mining and Milling COM
pany. Ketchum, were fled with the
secretary at Boise Monday, with B. f.
Towndrow, Joseph Clark, r. r. War
rem and H a Barnard as directors.
which, is subscribed. = keystone,
Ketchuln, Idaho.
j. c. Hill, the original locator of the
famous Friday mine, on Willow creek,
and at present part owner OF the
same. is in the city. Mr.. Hill has al
ways had unbounded faith in the claim
and says the improvements which have
been made there in the past three
months are simply astonishing.-Mail,
Boise City, Idaho.
The Gold Ring Consolidated Mining
company, of Baker county, has HE'D
articles of incorporation with the
secretary of state to do general min
Ing business Capital $1,000,00o, divided
into shares of 81 each; principal place
OF business and office, Baker City; in
corporators, J. S. Wallace, P. Basche
and ]. H. Parker.-Democrat, Baker
City, Oregon.
Mr.. John NJ. Bland, who has three
claims located on Second creek, east OF
Baker City, has just finished his as
sesslnent work for 1896. He claims to
have a blanket ledge from four to SIX
feet in width, and assays of the ore
give a return of SIT to the ton and IS
free milling. Mr.. Bland thinks he is
on the road to riches.-Democfat,
Baker City, Oregon.
B. D. Brown, of the Silver Spray
mine. on Willow creek, is in the city.
Mr.. Brown states that the camp IS
looking better and better every day,
and that its future as one of the great
mining regions of the west is assured.
The ore shipments from the camp now
seem TO be about equally divided be
tween Boise and Caldwell, but MI
Brown thinks if proper measures We're
taken this place would get all Of them.
Mail, Boise City, Idaho.
n. B. Robertson is back from War
rem after a short seasons work on his
ledge up there, resulting in his striking
some new ore of a very rich character.
Mr.. Robertson had specimens with him
from the new strike in the Rescue CT a
10-inch vein of $1,000 rock. It IS
beautiful bluish-white quartz, full OF
free god, easily seen with the naked
eye. H. had also some specimens from
Chicks rt3h strike in the GoOdenorish.
Mr.. Scwartz, of Colorado, who last fall
bonded the Rescue. Idaho and Good
enough mines, paying good sum
down, has just made a thorough in
spection of all three and run six tons
OF ore through Reibolds mill. He is
so well pleased that he has decided to
take them without more ado. The fu-
ture of Warren is evidently all right.
Signal. Weiser, Idaho.
The Butte Mining and Milling com
pany has begun an action against W.
r. Kenyon, H. L. Frank, William Nc
Dermott. William NJ. Tuohy, George
Tong, Patrick Clark and Theodore
Schweitzer to recover S17.770. This Is
the outcome CT the old Kittie O'Brien
property, in the Homestake district.
II will be remembered that about two
years ago the defendants had a lease
on this property, including the mill,
the latter being burned during the pos
session of the defendants. The Butte
Mining company now brings suit to re-
cover the above amount, Gained to be
the value of the MILL claiming that
while they were in possession, that by
reason Of a defective fire box in the
furnace and the placing OF a. damper
IN the sqnokestack, at the instigation of
the defendants, the mill caught fire
and was destroyed. The complaint
further alleges that when the mil was
turned over to the defendants the fur