Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-03-12

that capital was at once interested, and
on February % the group was sold to the
English syndicate operating in that, see
ton for $40 900. The terms of the agree
ment are 10 per cent down, the balance IN
one, year.. 1t is'understood 30 or 40 men
| will be Pit to work on the property as
soon as arrangements can be made.
The TriIby Group.
The Trilby group of seven mines, sit
uated in the Swauk district, Kittitas
county, Wash, has been sold to Phila-
delphia syndicate for $4,000. The money
has been paid, and Robert Engels, who
came out to manage the property, has left
for the mines to push work on them.
Better Times In Eagle Camp.
The news comes from Eagle, Idaho,
that the scheme now in process of devei-
opment to dredge the deep placers of that
part of the Occur d'Alenes promises to
make a decided difference in conditions
around Eagle this summer. Not that the
old town will ever again assume the po-
sition that it held during the first rush,
when it was the great center of the
camp, but there will be decided increase
in the number of men working around
there, the past few years having seen
most of the claims in the vicinity lying
idle, although in both quartz and placer
there is plenty to work on.
The machinery for the dredging plant
:. L.. g..
the necessary lumber has been let to the
Raven saw mill, to be delivered as soon
as the condition of the roads will permit.
While the placer days are past except
for the miner. working in a small way
for grub stake or the big company who
yards, as a quartz camp its history is
yet to be written. There are as good
lodges around Eagle as around Murray
the gold ribbed bands running through
the country i'll all directions. either UNI
touched or simply located and held by
men who run 10 feet per annum upon
them as assessment work, Nothing is de-
veloped yet, but the gold shows at the
surface, and the placer gold is here to
show that it was here in considerable
quantities. Beside the gold, it is only
some half dozen miles to where fine ga
lena has been discovered, and beyond that
nobody knows what may be in store for
the prospector, as the country is almost
terra incognita.
Stir in Pierce District.
There is already evidence of stir in
the Pierce district for the season of 1898.
Placer miners are preparing for work,
which will soon commence, as the snow is
melting rapidly. Most of those going in
now are men who have been working
claims for years past succeeding in clean
ing up enough in the fall to make them
good wages.
The western portion of the camp APP
pears to be the most active part of the
district, while most encouraging reports
come from the Musselshell district, 20
latter district is mostly confined to
quartz, since the discovery &f a rich ledge
last summer by some miners who We're
pracer mining. The rock assayed 5000 to
the ton, and occasioned much excitement
at the time. Work has been kept up on
the Pioneer mine, and with the aid of an
arasta some ore has been crushed, which
even with this crude method paid the
men well. A shaft is being sunk and ar
are being made to put a five
stamp mill on the property this spring,
Palmer Mountain District.
The past season has been record
breaker for the Palmer Mountain mining
district i'll advancement and development.
In fact all the Okanogan county with its
diversified resources has enjoyed pros
perity in a high degree. The ranchers
have received good prices for their abund
ant crops; the stockmen have disposed
of large number of horses that were driv-
en- to points across the line in British Co
lumbia: the price of beef cattle has been
higher than since 1888, and more money
has been spent in mining development
than in any one year since the first min
eral discoveries were made i'll the district.
Daddy Mil VIII Start Again.
Murray, Idaho, reports that the Daddy
mill is expected to start up again soon.
For some weeks it has been idle or only
running part time, owing to a scarcity
of ore, the development work not hav-
ing kept pace with the miners. The lower
tunnel is now almost into the ore chute,
and when it is cut it will not be long un-
til stamps viii be dropping regularly
again. The Daddy runs more steadily
than any other mill in the gold belt, and
it probably pays the most dividends.
She sighted the Bessie A.
Seattle, March l0.--An doubts as to