The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-09-03
NEWS OF THE MIXING CAMPS
TIE EXCITEMENT N IDAHO
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there Is the widest time In Florence
camp, IN Idaho, / ever saw in the west
said q travelling man who came In from
there The town Ii deserted BY every
able-bodied man who can possibly leave
IT. Everybody has gone to Buffalo
Hump. l was in Florence several weeks
ago. and II was quiet. Timee were dull
er there than In any other Idaho town
visited. lis different now. It's .
klondike flush, and no mistake. People
are fairly running over each other in the
mad chase for piece Of the rich hedges
that are being found on the Hump.
II haven't heard word that indicates
disappointment on the part Of anyone
who has located on the big Buffalo ledge.
Every man who came back 10 Florence
from the new discovery while was
theFe bad the same good story to tell
The ore l. rich. Some Of IL Il enormous
~ rich. They can't assay the ore in
Florence any more. All the assayers
have closed up shop and gone to the new
camp 10 look for bonanxas them
selves The ore 10 free mill
ing, however, and they crush
Il and pan II and thus estimate the
values. saw some fine look
ing coarse gold crushed out Of some Of the
rock.
persons going should be well snip
piled with blankets and warm clothing.
The season il short up in that country
and II will not be many days now until
the snow will be flying, nnd Il gets very
deep in that region. II looks like q
genuine find Of nm immense zone OF rich
orc. heard II freely commented upon
that the miners were acting fairly Ia
the new district and that few were tax
ing nors than one or two claims. The
formation i said 10 be quite hard. re-
quiring drills, powder and fuse as part
Of the prospector's equipment"
The lie mes salts.
II had been thought that since the
Turner faction in the lie Roi company
bad won its injunction fight against the
Peytoa faction and the British America
Corporation. the suit for damages in the
sum Of &TsosOO0 might be dropped Such
10 not the case. The suit was fiied in
the superior court. II will be remem.
bercd that the suit Is for an alleged de.
probation Of the pricc Of the stock held
BY the plaintiffs which they aliege is due
10 the troubles from the time the sale Of
the property was first considered, up to
The time Of w. A. CaEiyleis appointment
a. receiyeT.
In addition 10 the complaint an aft
dAvis was fled by the plaintiffs setting
forth that the defendants have been sum.
usoned 10 appear in Rosaland Friday be-
fore the court Of British Columbia In
the case involving the appointment Of 4
receiver for the property, and Il Is alleg-
ed that immediate examination Of the
defendants l. therefore necessary. Judge
Pnther granted an order requiring the
depoeitIons Of the defendants TO be given
before J. W. Graves
Released Ferry Theaaaaa.
John A. Finch Of Spokane offered TO
bond the John Bull claim for $4,000 and
pay per cent, or 5000, down. The
offer wAs refused. The John Ball IL
owned by w. r. Forrest, Angus Gamer.
on and others and IL on McRae creek
near Christian lake, h c. The claim
was located about six weeks ago and no
work has been done on IL
BcechS Victoria shows, In q shaft but
four feet deep, orc the full width Of the
shaft, four and one-half feet. with an av.
erage assay Of $2A0O in gold and copper.
csal Of Msntana.
Edward w. parkers official report on
coal production Of the United States for
the geological survey, shows Montana's
product last year was Loaf $50 short
tons, a. against l,543,445 In 1895, and
so, le3 in lSaS, q gratifying increase.
The average price per ton rose from sl.a5
in lsp6 TO sl.76. Montana ranks sixth
Of the states in the Union in production
by machine, As a per cent Of her pro
duct was 20 secured. During 1897, 2337
men were employed, on the average, in
MontanAs coal mines, as against 233s in
1899 and 2l4s In 1895.
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X y Leech, superintendent of the
U. s. mint ct San Francisco, esli.
mates that the gold output Of the Klon.
dixie this year has been only about s..
100000. The receipts at the mint have
amounted to sl,750,0O0 since the frat
arrival Of Yukon gold few weeks ago.
The receipts Of the Seattle assay ofIice
have been about the same. The larg-
eat single deposit at the mint was $780,
600. Mr.. Lecch estimates that about
se60,OO0 in dust and nuggets has gone
east and that there IL about 81 100000
more OF this seasons output vet TO
reach this country. Il b stated that
the dust brought out by the North
American Trading and Transportation
Company was sent east and not included
In Mr.. Leechs figures. This amount
might possibly reach 5000
silver Key Gives oat.
The Silver Key Mining Company, a
Washington concern, met at Spokane
this week and decided 10 dislncorporate
This b the company organized TO work
the Silver Key on Granite creek, near
Libby, Mont. The location Of the
Silver Key conflicted with the Silver
Crown mining claim, and the owners Il
the latter effected compromise with
the Silver Key people which resulted IN
the action taken. This leaves the titl,
Of the Silver Crown perfect and avoids
all litigation. The Silver Key peopl,
received $1,000 ON the compromise.
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