Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-12-17

$l,146.90. They claim there is large
amount of this ore in sight in the mine.
The lead is wide one, and the width of
the pay streak from which the above sam
pie was taken is fully one foot. The First
Shot mine is located about three miles
north of the Eva May property.
| Notes.
The final payment of $4,000 on the
! $4,000 bond on the Mollie Gibson, near
SLOGAN City, was made few days ago.
| 1t is reported that smelter proposition
for Grand Forks, in the Boundary district,
has been over-subscribed in Montreal
The deepest vertical shaft in Montana
is the Green Mountain at Butte. 1t is
POO feet, and is being driven still deeper.
Work has been resumed on the Scotia
mine on Toulou mountain. The Scotia
has 55 feet of shaft and 260 feet of tun-
neling, the latter being in a full face of
shipping ore. The property now has a
good wagon road leading up to the camp.
The East Pacific mine near Winston,
is producing more wealth than ever be-
fore. At the present time it is proposed
to construct a flume preparatory to put
ting in a 400-hOrse power electric plant
with which to illuminate Winston and adj
jacent towns.
DIR. S. II. Manly has purchased a full
half interest in the American Flag mine
at Sheridan camp, and his friends now
consider him to be one of the solid mining
men of the reservation. The ledge is four
feet wide and its values in gold alone run
from $40 to $3.50 per ton.
A public meeting of the citizens of Slo-
can City was held last week in the Ar
lington Hotel, to discuss the ACCESSIBILITY
of forming an organization to further the
mining interests of the town and district.
Mr.. Gething was appointed chairman, and
George Nichols secretary of the meeting.
1t was moved by Mr. Gilland that an or
ganization be formed to be known as the
SLOGAN City Miners Exchange, which mo-
ton was carried.
There have been more men at work on
the placer mines of Libby Creek, in Mon
tana, this year and less gold taken out
than in any previous season. The cause
of this is that most of the men who We're
working this year were doing develop
ment work, opening up claims in better
shape than ever before and preparing to
take out the yellow metal in increased
quantities.
The incorporated companies of the
Cripple Creek district will disburse $3l8,-
ESQ among shareholders this month which
places November in the lead in this re-
spect of any month of the year. The to-
tai dividends for the eleven months
reaches the big sum of 81, 1856, $40. This
does not include the earnings of several
big properties which are either owned by
private parties or close corporations, nor
the profits of lessees.
Boston, New York and New Haven
capitalists have associated themselves
with California men in developing a new
copper district, lying about 25 miles east
of Randsburg, Cal. The deepest shaft in
the district is 1853 feet, and that, az well
as nearly forty others from 30 to 40 feet
deep, show an improvement in quantity
and quality OF ore az work proceeds. The
ores are red and black oxides, with few
shafts showing green carbonates
l nc ne" stamp HILLS LnS lltRtuNtll tlId
allied companies have been erecting on
Douglas Island, Alaska, are completed
and after being tested will be turned over
to the companies by the engineers now in
charge. These mills give Douglas Island
a total of $50 stamps, with capacity for
crushing $500 tons of ore daily. This
will be a greater amount of ore than is
crushed on an equal area anywhere else
in the world.
The Denver, Colo, Republican says that
the mixture for preventing fumes in min
ing powder which has been patented by
Il. Grove, of Georgetown, Colo, consists
of so per cent unbOlted wheat flour, %
per cent common salt finely ground, and
25 per cent pulverized bicarbonate of soda
The eight Lake Superior producing cop
per mines in Houghton county, Mich, are
the Calumet Il Hecla, Quincy, Osceola,
Tamarack, Wolverine, Centennial, Frank |
lin, and Atlantic; in these there are 1856 |
shareholders. The aggregate market val
lie OF these eight mines is about 85,000,-
900; to date the total dividend disburse-
ments amount to $73782OOO; with the
present rate of distribution about S., $780,
600 per annum.