Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1897-03-15
WILD WEST NOTES.

to have invented a torpedo rocket for the
aid of the Cubans. 1t travels mile and
eXplodes by conclusion or time fuse, de-
stroying all animal life within 100 feet
Of it.
-Four raccoons captured near Starkey,
in Union county, Or, have attracted con-
siderable attention from old-timers dur
ing the last few days. AS far as known
these are the first coons ever captured
in that section.
An interesting sight was to lie seen
in the John Day river near Poplar,
in Grant county, Or. during the recent
cold snap. Three otter, one of them of
large size, played up and down the river
for several days.
The Bimetallic mine il Granite coun-
ty Mont, which, in connection with the
Granite Mountain, is one of the biggest
silver mines in the world, has already
100000 in dividends in nine years.
The Lindsay lease on the Arequa
townsite is proving to be one of the great
est finds ever made in the Cripple Greek
district In four days recently 157 tons
of high-grade ore were made, and other
heavy shipments are constantly follow
ing.
The option which was in January last
secured by Capt. De La Mar upon the
property of the Mercur Mining company
was yesterday surrendered, and the con-
tract under which negotiations were be-
ing prosecuted is now in the hands of the
company.
The O. & N. tunnel OF Ouray county,
Col, which has cut the famous American
out a single car recently which netted
over $4,000 in gold, and the mineral be-
ing taken from there. every day by four
teen men is very rich.
One of the peculiar conditions that
exist in the Whitehall district, Mont, is
shown by another discovery. In the
coal vein, found right by the Mayfower
sayed So per ton in gold. The remarka-
Bile discoveries in this district continue
to puzzle mining men all over the coun-
try.
"A number of caves have been met in
the Ragged Top district, South Dakota,
among the latest being one found in a
blast at the Ballarat group, where at the
was opened which has been explored for
eighty-fve feet in length and fifty feet
in width. Its floor was covered with a
white, snowlike dust.
The American Nettie gold mine, adj
joining Ouray on the northeast, is again
in the same kind of ore which made ii
famous in the early days, and is now
IIllkIIS SlupLueuIS as u1Sn as
$4,000 to the car, says the Denver Times
Forty-ounce gold ore and $500 silver ore
come out together. and the average is
very gratifying to the management.
A J. Ross of Spokane has an inter
esting relic of the days of the fur traders
in that section. 1t is the susted lock of
an old fintlock musket, found eighteen
inches below the surface eff the ground
on his place on Mission avenue. in the
| CT Of nEnT
| by an employee of Mr.. Ross, while dig
| ging posthole in ground that had never
| been disturbed.
! The Corvallis Orr Times says that
| Dead river is the name of a slough that
cuts across from one part of the Villa
| mette river to another, among the isl
| ands near Bonneville, and in the years
gone by there was a rapid current from
west to east. OF late the water became
| sluggish ia it's movement and year age
| ceased to move at ALL This winter il
runs quite rapidly from east to west.
The great De La Mar mine at De
| La Mar, New, and the mill connected
with it have been shut down. the bullion
coach taken off and it's armed attendants
! who each month held their Winchesters
over gold bullion of the value of abou
| 100000, allowed an indefinite vacation
| The action has been taken because of tht
| recent organization of a miners union
The shutdown is for an indefinite period
| Charles Lee harvested $1,000 worth
of honey from his bees in Yakima coun-
ty, Wash, last year. AS it required but
| two and one-half months attention OF
himself and son to look after his aDia-
ries, which are scattered throughout the
various valleys Of Yakima county, aggre-
eating between 200 and 300 colonies, and
the increase of new swarms more than
paid for the work and material expended