The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-09-10
NEWS OF MINING CAMPS
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE WEEK
the Turner Party scores i'm the lie
ROf TroubIe-The Receiver Dis
charEed-PIacers Near Nelson and
Boise-CoaI on the sound-Mining
Notes.


won a decided victory in the courts OF
British Columbia last week. Judge Irv
ing, of the supreme court of the prov
ince, discharged Receiver Carlyle, who
had been appointed by County Judge
Spinks on petition of the British America
Corporation, and declined to appoint an
other receiver.
The following telegram, received from
Senator Turner, brought the first news OF
the decisions:
Vancouver, B. c., Aug. 3l.-The court
discharged the receiver, on the ground
that the county court judge was without
power to appoint. DAILY, solicitor for
the b. A. c., then filed new suit, with
the lie Roi company and five trustees as
plaintiffs, and four trustees as defendants,
and asked for an injunction and receiver.
The court declined to appoint a receiver,
saying that he had nothing to do with
the internal management of the company,
but granted a temporary injunction, un-
til Wednesday, against making the out
put more than 100 tons daily. Plaintiff
is taxed with all the costs.
GEORGE TURNER.
This decision throws the legal battle
over the lie Roi mine into the courts OF
the state of Washington. Two suits are
now pending in these courts. One is 20
restrain the b. A. c., w. b. Hepburn,
Mcintosh, Carlyle and Durant from vot-
ing stock standing in their names, from
purchasing any more stock on account Of
the b. A. c., from taking any part what
ever in the affairs of the LIE Roi company,
either as stockholders or otherwise, and
from completing the purchase OF the
stock contracted for by the B. A. G. This
injunction has been granted until the
final hearing of the case. The petition
further prays for a sequestration OF the
stock now alleged to be held and owned
by them, for its cancellation on the books
of the lie Roi Company, and its retire
ment from circulation.
The other case is an action against the
B. A. c., Whitaker Wright, Mcintosh,
the two Peytons, w. j. c. Wakefield,
and d. w. Henley for $4,000 damages
by reason of an alleged conspiracy to re-
duce the value OF the stock.
Coal on Puget sound.
The recent coal discoveries on Cornell
Creek, near Whatcom, promise great le'
velopments. The vein which has been
uncovered for number of feet shows IL
feet inches minimum width. Already
negotiations for its sale to a syndicate
which will develop it are going on. The
site of the find is near where Glacier
creek empties into Nooksack and where
the Hannegan trail begins to make Its
way into the heart of the Cascade noun
tains, and directly in the path OF The
gold seeker making his way into the
Mount Baker mining country. The VEN
itself was first discovered while the rust
into the region was at its height last fail
but it was gold not coal that was the
all-alluring prospect then and 1t was al
, lowed to stand until this summer, wher
the original discoveries, Thomas lyle
and c. c. Cornell, together with Henry
Virgins, who had been taken into part
nership, commenced to develop it, will
the results above stated. Now it is sale
that men are deserving the gold region
to come down and join in the search 10
coal veins.
PIacers Near Nelson.
Last week a report gained currenc,
around Nelson to the effect that ric
strike of placer gold had been made 81
Rover creek, which flows into the koo
tenay river near SLOGAN Junction, abou
Is miles from the city. Several partie
went out to Investigate and returne
with reports of rich finds. The Spokes
i man Review correspondent visited tn
scene of operations yesterday and foun
the creek alive with prospectors and tn
q ground staked for fully four miles III
There are over 200 locations of 100 fee
n, square already made. The Discover
. claim was located on the west fork {
. Rover creek August % by Martin Al
derson, George w. Madden and Wash.
Miller, three prospectors who had bee
%, over the ground dozens of times befor
. While going along the river bed the
% found a small nugget. They began
pan and succeeded at a depth of tw
q feet in getting values to the extent OF
= per pan. On almost every claim locate
i good colors have been found.
l. Is All as Was Represented.
It r. j. Mclean, the well known Floren;
? mining man, has just returned from IL
Al new Buffalo Hump quartz district
n. Idaho and informs the Grangeville Fr'