Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-05-04
MINES Of THE NORTHWEST
A BIG HYDRAULIC ENTERPRISE
Montana Company to BE ReincOr-
porated in New YOrk-In and
Around Ymir--PrOgress i'm Stew
ems County-News From ROssland.

The Cariboo hydraulic mine, one OF the
largest on the coast has commenced op
erations for the season of 1898. They
turned on the water April for the first
time this season, and are now running
night and day with good head of water
From the report of Manager j. b. Hobson
for 1897, the following summary of the
seasons work is taken: Total time occu-
pied in washing, Ill days II hours;
quantity of water used, 223,4l6 miners
inches; quantity of gravel washed, S4O,-
100 cubic yards gold product for season
sO7s ounces; value of gold, $l3s.559.70;
total expense of operating, SOL ,3ll.0; re-
ceipts for seasons profits OIL stores, board
ing house, lumber, etc, $4622Ol. The
water supply is from ditch IL miles
long, with capacity of about 5000 min
ers inches. The ditch connects with Pol
ley's and Bootjack lakes. The former
holds 3O4, ,000, 600 cubic feet, equal to l40.-
TAI miners inches, and the latter l02,-
100000 cubic feet, equal to $4,000 min
ers inches. AS those lakes do not give
sufficient water for a seasons work, they
are now bringing in another ditch from
Moorehead, at a cost of over 100000. The
reservoir site on Moorehead lake is eX-
tremely favorable for storing large guam
titles of water. An earthen dam 485 feet
long, or so feet extreme height, and con-
tanning $4,000 cubic yards of embank-
nlent, will retain reservoir of water 35
feet in depth, covering an area of 620
acres, and will hold $50, 100000 cubic feet
of water, equal to 254,6 miners inches
Or l27 days water Of 1000 miners inches
daily. The drainage area is sufficient to
fill the reservoir. The water from the res
ervOir will be delivered at the mine by a
ditch 10! miles long, the dimensions of
which are IL feet top, feet bottom, 8
feet depth, grade feet per mile, capacity
25OO miners inches of water.
boston and Montana.
The directors have decided to change
the state of incorporation for the Boston
& Montana Copper Company from Mon
tana to New York, says the Commercial
Bulletin. The new company has the same
capital stock and par value and has
chosen this temp rary board of directors:
Charles w. Welch, w. C. Taylor, Wilson
p. Marchbank, John j. Roach, Brooklyn;
Edgar Dufram, Newark; James Barker.
Jr., Jersey City; Edward j. Dwyer, New
York.
This change has excited no end of com
ment on the street and opinions as to the
reason are divergent. One theory is that
it means merging with the Butte & Bos
ton, the latter being New York com
pany. Those who hold this opinion are
strengthened in it by the statement that
Charles p. Welch is a large holder of
Butte stock. Some other people incline
to the belief that the Montana insiders
believe that they can make more money
by having large share capital, say Civ
ing four shares of new stock for one of
old Still others claim that the change
has been made SO that the legal battles OF
the company shall be fought in New York
courts rather than in those of Montana
where the judges are too deep in politics.
in which also the Anaconda money cuts q
wide swath.
At Ymir, n. C.
The mining boom has taken great
spurt in Ymir during the past few days
and the town is full of experts anxious to
get hoid OF properties. Inc great major
ity of these men represent large capital
both from the United States and Europe,
lhere are several large deals on ioot tna'
the npokesman-keview Is not now at I'D
erty 10 make public' but VIII De able 70
do so by the middle OF last of the week
Building continues IN fmir at a RAPID
rate, and all buildings are occupied by
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The Santa Rosa.
The tunnel in the Santa Rosa a prom
Using property on Santa Rosa mountain
in the Rosxland district, has come into q
fipe hodv of white ouartz that has haar