The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-08-13
AMONG THE MINING CAMPS
MORE TROUBLE IN THE LIE ROI.
lie Roi Conffct-The Republic Out
of Debt and Ready for Dividends
New Town of kellnr--Mining
Notes and Briefs.

week. The IS. "A. =. furnished IL. Inc
minority would not accede to the wishes
of the parties who had lately acquired
control of a majority OF the stock, and
the managers Of the big syndicate APP
piled to the court at Rossland for an in
junction taking control of the property
out of the hands of the trustees, who
were working at cross purposes with the
Rossland syndicate and placing it in the
hands of w. a. Carlyle, who was APP
pointed by the court to take charge of the
mine.
The regular monthly meeting of the lie
Roi trustees was held last Tuesday even
ing The gentlemen were unanimous in
asserting after the session was over that
nothing had been done. I'VE Just met
and adjourned" they said
In a strictly parliamentary sense, the
meeting did nothing, and thereby hangs
tale. Judge Hepburn was present at
the meeting as the legal representative of
the British American corporation which
bought the Peyton interests few weeks
since. At his suggestion a motion was
introduced providing for the appointment
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the b. A. c., as manager of the mine.
1t was understood that this was done at
the request of the holders of the majority
of the stock. The motion was made by
members of the Peyton faction, who are
still on the board, Notwithstanding they
have disposed of their holdings in the
company. Colonel Turner was in the
chair, and he ruled the motion out of or
der. A row ensued and the threat was
! made to put the motion and carry with
out regard to the man in the chair. There
! were votes enough to do it, but one OF
the muscular members OF the minority
asserted just at this juncture that he
would throw the first man out of the win
dow who undertook such a step. 1t i:
said that the threat caused Judge Hey
burn to smile. At any rate it had it:
r effect with the members of the board
and the meeting adjourned at once with
out further ceremony.
l That was not the end of the matter
The Wednesday morning train took Judg
: Hepburn to Rossland, and within a few
:. hours after his arrival he obtained
}. through a Canadian. court the thin
e which he could not obtain from the boar
: of directors, while Colonel Turner pre-
I sided Judge Spinks granted the injunC
S ton prayed for, and at late hour tn
e sheriff accompanied representatives c
$ the b. A. c. to the mine, and placed W
: A. Carlyle i'll control of the property.
Woodbury. Creek Trail.
Il Among the many improvements t
y roads and trails being made by the gov
eminent this year in the Kootenays, non
will give more general satisfaction
-, those interested than the trail now
I, course of construction up WOodbur
creek This stream empties into KoC
:, tenay lake from the west about II mile
!, below Kaslo and three miles above Ain
!. worth, and has some exceedingly prom
=, ising claims located all along its tribl
!: taries up to the headwaters of I'll
creek. The work now going on has bee
in progress about four weeks and wi
:, take two or three weeks longer to con
a =, plete, when the facilities for getting
y and out of this rich mineral section wi
i be greatly improved.
- The trail building is being done und'
. veteran in this section, who has II me
=. employed on the work. 1t is being col
a structed in a thorough manner, on
"a wagon road grade, and will extend abol
~ Is miles up the creek. In many plac
- there has been much rock work, but thi
=, part is pretty well done and the balan
=, is plain sailing
One of the first results of the buildir
of this important artery is a shipment
- carload of high grade galena ore no
being made from the Pontiac and TecuI
- sch mines on this creek. These are Il
properties on which L. A. Scowden spe
;" some 10000 last winter and then aba.
= doned, and in which the original owner
- to whom it reverted, afterwards stru'
- it rich. The present shipment is the fir
10 one made from the property and is for
3, smelter test.
no New Town of kellar.
as The young busy mining camp on t
San Poll in the recently organized mi
b. ing district is finally definitely name
MS 1t is called Kellar in honor OF the iii
elk merchant who opened a general store
re. the place A variety of names have be
nc suggested but it is said to be definite
to settled by the people most interested, t
cd inhabitants of the camp itself, that *
.ly lar is the proper name. b. X. Short h
Oh been in that vicinity since June 81, W
he one of the sooners, in fact, though he h
nv not so extended an experience dodgi
,al Indian police as had some of the Spoka