Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-10-16

was developed on NTOW cIeeN 10 80
of the amount necessary to run the Nv
stamp mill recently completed on tnlS
property. The discovery of the msufh-
cheney of power was made after ali the
machinery had been put IN, ana thus iar'
it is announced, the surprising result mas
been that at no time has there been pow
er enough to run as many stamps us inc
mill contains The owners believe they
can not work economically on hali ca
pacity, and will endeavor to make other
arrangements for power before cohtihu-
ing. TO develop power by steam would
be out of the question, so 1t IS salu' lor
it would cost eight times as much per
horse power as the water power was eS'
timated to cost. The Diamond lilll plant
is one of the largest in the state, ana the
fact that the discovery of insutiiclency
of power was not made until the entire
machinery was in place is regarded as
/ one of the sensations of the day In MN
! inc circles. 1t is said arrangements VIII
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 De
attic on the steamer Resale the other
dav were six from Dawson City, who
came out over the Dalton tran. They
were Pat Calvin and wife, Charles Ihebo,
! c. +. Garrish, c. II. 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 Inc
Resale reports everything quiet at
Skaouay. Many of the miners have com
pleted building cabins in which to winter,
and others are caching their supplies pre-
paratory to leaving TIL 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 70 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 silverlead producers in Montana
have closed down during the year, owing
to the low price of the white metal.
There is little dou.- 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 rs
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 25 feet wide. One is developed
by l70-foot shaft. The value of the ore
averages from $40 to $40, 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 Klondike All obstacles in the way
of direct steamer service between Vic
toria and Dawson have been removed, the
/ Canadian Pacific Transportation company
have obtained permission from the United
! States to build a 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.
smeIter 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 smelter 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 l. M. Jacobs As
the Stag was running three cheers and a
tiger were given by the large crowd for
the company. In the neighborhood of so
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-
ing suspended work on the shaft for a
month. 1t is not necessary to keep sink
ing all the time, for the ore chute is 1900
feet long, and the shaft can be sunk much