Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-10-16
NEWS Of THE MINES
DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT
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c,aa,ow scotland, from the ho"I
- ,bo diamond Hill mines, time
Oh tis 90 the entire plant 1or Z" IN
tn 1n. rooson oiyen is that the pow 1T
nc ,e ON Crow creek is Tar S,oa'
v. tha omnmnt necessary to run tne ~
stamp mill recently comple'.u ;neufB.
property. The discovery Oh III tbo
cheney of power was made ai'ei ta
machinery had been put IN, anu 'n III, ~,
II ia announced, the surprising result mas
baen that at no time has there peeh Po"
er enough to run as many stamps 90 '"O
mill contains The owners DeileNe '"oy
can not work economically on nan ga
pacitv, and will endeavor to make other
arrangements for power before contlnu-
ing TO develop power by steam would
be out of the question, so it is SAID, Tor
it would cost eight times as much per
horse power as the water power was eS-
timated to cost. The Diamond Hill plant
is one of the largest in the state, and the
fact that the discovery OF insutiielency
of power was not made until the entire
machinery was in place is regarded as
OF Ine ScIlSdJIOllS VI tllt AtN9 ~ iiiiii
ing circles 1t is said arrangements will
be made to secure electrical power from
the Missouri River Dam Company and
transmit it 80 miles.
On Hunter Creek.
Among the passengers arriving at Be-
attic on the steamer Rosalle the other
dav were six from Dawson City, who
came out over the Dalton tran. Ihey
were Pat Calvin and wife, Charles Thebo,
c. f. Garrish, G. H. Davis and man
named Bede. They had about $4,000 III
nuggets between them. They left DaW-
son August 20 and arrived at Haines'
mission September %. They report that
rich strikes have been made on Hunter
creek, which is as rich as Bonanza or FL
Dorado. The total output this year will
exceed any estimate ever made. The
Rosalie reports everything quiet at
Skaguay. Many of the miners have com
pleted building cabins in which to winter,
and Others are caching their supplies pre-
paratory to leaving tlll next spring, when
they will again try the pass.
Mineral Output OF Montana.
Eugene b. Braden, assayer in charge of
the Unitd States assay office at Helena,
has begun the work of gathering Stats
tics for his annual report to the director
of the mint of the metal output of Mon
tana. Mr.. Braden said that he thought
the total mineral production of Montana
would be greater this year than last. The
increase would be mainly in copper. From
what information he has obtained he be-
lieves there will be less gold silver and
lead than was produced last year, al
though the decrease may not be great.
Several silver lead producers in Montana
have closed down during the year, owing
to the low price of the white metal. |
There is little douD~ that the copper pro
ductiOn will be greater than ever before.
Willow Creek.
Recent developments in the east fork OF .
Willow creek are of such a character as
to suggest that the mother lode of that |
camp has been found. The developments
are on the Tiptop claim, five miles from
Pearl. There are two lodges on the prop
erty, each % feet wide. One is developed
by l7O-foot shaft. The value of the ore
averages from $40 to $45, mainly in gold.
A second ledge has been found five feet
down the hill from the one first opened.
1t is also 20 feet wide, but the ore is
richer, running from $25 to $50 per ton.
Going to the kIondike.
One hundred and twenty miners have
arrived at Victoria, B. c., on their way to
the Klondile. All obstacles in the way
of a direct steamer service between Vie
toria and Dawson have been removed, the
Canadian Pacific transportation company
have obtained permission from the United
States to build steamer at ST. Mich
aels of Canadian material, which has al
ready been sent up, and when completed
will be placed on the Yukon river to
connect with the steamer from Victoria
There will be no difficulty in the way of
transferring freight from one steamer to
another there being United States Of
ficer at st. Michaels.
Shelter at Twin Bridges.
An important event in the history Of
Twin Bridges, Mont, was the blowing
in" of the Montana Smelling and Mining
company's smeter the other day.
Amid great cheering, Mr.. Davis,
president, and |. NJ. Jacobs, gen
eral manager of the company.
wheeled out the first pot of Stag. Three
cheers were given for Sewell Davis, l..
Hartzell, T. Graves and /. NJ. Jacobs. As
the Stag was running three cheers and a
tiger were given by the large crowd for
the company. In the neighborhood of 80
people from Butte witnessed the blow
ing in.
Nearing the 14OO-FOOt Level.
Burke, Idaho, reports that the Tiger
has commenced sinking again, after hav-
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