Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-11-18
Dredging the Yukon.

IL Is reported here Is Planning 10 ouiiu
mill.
Dredging the Yukon.
Dredging for gold ON the Yukon river
and its larger branches has so far proven
II failure. Many thousand dollars have
been invested in one dredging scheme and
another, but Ito apparatus has yet been
found that will save the flour gold OF the
river beds in quantities that pay. Several
steamers fitted with elaborate machinery
for dredging have tried all the rivers from
koyukuk to the Hootalinqua. The result
has been practically the same. In all oi
the river bars flour gold was found, but
the machinery Oh the steamers would no,
save 1t. The Iiootalinqua and Lewis nv,
er> have been worked to a greater extent
than the branches lower down. Some o
the companies still have hopes of making
the dredging proposition pay after mor'
experiment, but the outlook is poor.
ng Mining Suit.
| The formal arrangements for the trans
fer of $29l 900 by Alvinza Haywards an,
| the Hobart estate to j. j. Groom, recciv
er, in the suit of NJ. W. Fox against thu
Hale l. Norcross Silver Mining Compan.
was perfected in Judge Hubbard's court
il developed that the Grayson board o
directors of the Hale 4 Norcross Silve
Mining Company would resist the pay
nient Of Mr.. Groom to the stakeholder
OF the Hale & Norcross company of an.
part of the judgment. A suit will b
brought immediately to prevent any dis
position OF the Judgment money on TIL
ground that it should be paid into tn
treasury of the company and not be di'
tnbutei among the stockholders
Columbia F'Incers.
Considerable prospecting is being don
On some placer locations on the ives
banks of the Columbia river about eigh
miles below Kettle Falls. The black san
and gravel runs well in colors and an 9
tort is being made TO save n large amour
OF the very fine gold which is readil
: washed away in the banning process IT
ground is rich enough 50 that prepar'
tons are being made to work the pro-
!, erty all winter.
Mining Notes.
Word has been received that a strike
six feet OF ore averaging SIS in gold h
been made in the Evening Star, lm
camp, at a depth of SO feet.
\ good strike is reported in tine Dou
n last, - miles south OF Drummond, Mon
{ near the Sunrise, and eight miles west
I Stone station. The ore is white quar-
= and runs rich in gold, The property
e owned by Cleveland parties. who eXpe
: to erect mill soon, Assays OF the q
l. run AS high as $75 per ton.
l. The Red Lodge Miners Union clus
e circulars to be issued notifying all mi
o ers who come to that city 10 procu
II work i'll the mines that il they are II
IS in possession of transfer or travelling car
J. from the Western Federation they are 4
d pected to apply for membership in the
. cal union within 80 days after securi
Ne employment.
re 1t is runored that machinery OF sol
st new invention i'll the shape OF IL deH
p Tor catching and saving the flour e,
II in the Clark's Fork river in Montana "
lie shortly be set up near there, The pro
r ised experiment will be watched with 90
r slider, bic interest, and if ii proves 81
y cessful the silver men hereabouts viii
Id pudatc the doctrine of the white me
n and become gold bugs, pure and UNI
filed.
Last month there were seven caIloa
he of concentrates shipped from mines of
IN Nermilon Mining Company, of Nilsson
" county. Montana, 10 the East Hell,
III smcltcr, from which good returns are
ported This month double that NUM-
in OF cars will be shipped, and before Il
cr the Vel1nilon district will have pl
H. in the list of good producers. W.
Is stephens mine, the Hidden Treasury,
he Clinton, has been developed 10 such
Il stage that shipping will be eommenc
% The ore will be shipped to Butte for tire
". ment With the Nermilion prVpeI1
II and the Hidden Treasury making mon
al Mi,soula will have two new and ex'
ch lent feeders.