Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-03-19
A GLANCE At THE MINES
PROSPECTS AND DEVELOPMENT.
The Old kIondilxers Have Not Yet
Started for AIaska-FrOm the Re-
Port of the Manager of the Alice
Mine-BIg Project on the Salmon
River in IGaho-Ore Shipments
From Nelson.

n one OF the old hIOndlkels ana AidSkd
pioneers have started on their return trip.
They will begin to leave from about the
middle of this month until the middle OF
April and will then be i'll ample time to
get into the country and get everything
ready for the spring breakup. Many OF
them are having their outfits prepared
now and when they get their stuff to-
sether it is duile different equipment to
/ that of the average tenderfoot. The old
timer will take along a good pair OF rub
/ Der boots and a pair of leather shoes
adapted to that climate. But his main
/ footwear is heavy moose hide moccasins
/ with heavy felt insoles and medium
weight wooden socks His underwear will
consist of a close woven suit of silk or
mixed cotton and silk, to be worn next
/ to the skin. Next to that he will have
/ the best quality of medium weight wooden
underwear and over that he will put
heavy suit of wooden or mackinaw; over
all he will put well made suit OF ashes
tos tanned sheep hide trousers impervious
to water and wind. This is his cold
weather rigging As spring approaches
his apparel will be removed, suit at
time, until he only wears his summer
earb Two outfits OF this kind is all he
will take.
In the place of blankets for winter use
and for use on the trail, they will take
fur robes made from the skins of the
Arctic fox or wolf These robes can be
purchased at from $50 to 800, and weigh
from Is to 20 pounds and contain more
warmth than dozen heavy blankets. In
extremely cold weather, while on the
march, it is impossible to keep warm
with only blankets. The perspiration
passes into the folds and they freeze stiff
and no amount of them will keep one
warm. In the summer, or when in per
manent camp on cabin, they are useful
and almost indispensable.
The old-timers do not use sleeping bags,
as they say they can't Jack knife" in
them, and that is one of the essentials of
keeping warm in that country.
The prevalence of cerebro spinal men
nights is due to the extreme cola weather
and careless exposure OF the body. The
body becomes heated and perspires while
tssveling, and whea camp ia struck and
fire is made the tendelfoot, instead of at
once changing his apparel, stands before
the fire, his face is heated while his back
freezes in the Arctic wind, and his clothes,
damp and cold, chill his back and brings
on the fateful disease, and in a few hours
in many eases the tolls and troubles OF the
sufferer cease forever.
The Alice Mine.
Notwithstanding the low price of silver
Manager T. w. Bu2zo has been able to
make the Alice mine i'll Butte, Mont, pay
dividends. The president of the company,
Mr.. j. V. Walker, in the annual report
issued a few days since, says; The year,
considering everything, was fairly pros
porous one for the company. We had to
deal with very low price on silver bull
lion; the average price at which silver
bars sold on the market was 50 1874 per
fine ounce, being .06l437 per fine ounce
lower than the average price in 1896. The
receipts for the sale of bullion and orc
amounted to S559,474.47. l. am pleased
to state that the company's mines and
mills are in good condition. A great deal
OF work was done in the mines to keep the
same in good condition, and the Cornish
pump was kept running continuously III
order TO keep the water down to the 1000
foot level The 60.stamp mill was run
throughout the year, except for stoppage
for necessary repairs, etc. The hosting
works of the Alice mine, also the Magma
Charta and Blue Wing, were kept in oper-
alton nearly the entire year. The Magma
Gharta Magnolia and Paymaster mines
were run only part of the time. For the
information of stock holders | have at
tached to this report statement of divi-
dends paid from the commencement.
amounting to 81 ,055, 900; also statement
showing the discount on silver, amount
ing to $3.50, 787.4S covering the same
period. In this connection ] would state
that the discount on silver for the year
1897 is the largest for any one year i'll
the history of the company. The com
pany has Il balance of cash on hand Janu-
AIRY l. 1898, of $25,ll6.l7.
A Mammoth Undertaking..
The latest news from the great horseshoe
on Salmon river. Idaho, where the Horse
shoe Placer Mining company is working,
is that they are in 100 feet with their
ditch to turn the channel of the river, and
the work is progressing to their entire
satisfaction. This is mammoth under
taking, being no less than proposition
to cut 1920 feet through the neck of the
horse shoe, turn the river through the cut
and mine not only the gravel taken from
and along side of the cut, but also the
two miles of river bed that the changing
Of ihn nhn ,,nnl will Low hnro Tho tir,no Aun