Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-06-04

The celebrated Blackjack -Niagara case
has been decided in the supreme court at
Washington, the decision of the lower
in thecourt being sustained, he case was
tried in the district court of Silver Bow
county, Mont, in July, 1892. The plain
tifTs were William y. Forbis, James w.
Forbis. Meyer Genzberger and W. /. tltz-
gerald, who owned two-thirds of the Nj
agara. W. 4. Clark owning the other
third The defendants were w y Clark
and }. X Clark, owners of the Blackjack.
The two claims adjoint, the south side
line of the Niagara being also the north
side line of the Blackjack. The apex OF
the vein in controversy passes through
the west end line of the Blackjack and
crosses the common side line 5l3 feet
westerly from the east end line OF the
Blackjack and continues across the Nj
agara, passing out of the east end line
thereof The vein dipped TO the south.
IL was alleged that the owners OF the
Blackjack had extracted ore from that
vein on its dip at a point under the apex
which was on the Niagara, and plaintiffs
were given Judgment for $27 ,24240 the
alleged amount of ore extracted. A mo
ton for new trial was denied and in
November, 1895, the supreme court OF
Montana affirmed the Judgment OF the
lower court in denying IA new trial The
case was then taken to the supreme court,
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j. W. Forbis appearing for the plaintiffs
and Governor X. b. Smith for the defend
ants. The decision of the district court
in this case followed the principle laid
down in the King AmySilversmith case,
holding that the Niagara owners were
entitled to an accounting against the
Blackjack for the ore taken from the
dip of the vein under the apex, which was
on Niagara ground and east of the point
where the apex passed wholly within the
Niagara premises. This case differed
from the Amy -Silversmth in this: In
the Amy -Silversmith the vein passed
through two side lines, crossing the loca-
ton diagonally. In the Blackjack Ma
CARA case the apex passes through an end
line and a side line. The amount of the
judgments with interest to date is over
$40, 900.
The Priest Lake Placers.
Prospectors have recently staked out a
large amount of placer ground ON the
bar between Boulder and Gold Creeks, i'll
the Priest lake district of Idaho. 1t IS
claimed by the parties who did the work
that they were employed by a syndicate
of Spokane and eastern capitalists. 1t is
said that the syndicate will put in Il large
hydraulic plant. They will take the
water from Boulder creek, where a good
head can be obtained high above the bars. /
There can be little doubt of the success /
OF the enterprise if properly conducted as
gold can be found in many places in this
bar. In some places it has been found i'll
sufficient quantity to warrant working
with sluices in small way. Work of this
nature will probably be done on Gold
creek this season. Considerable coarse
gold has been taken out of Gold creek
in the immediate vicinity of the falls.
Claims were staked on Gold creek many
years ago when Idaho was a territory. No
one here nows who the early prospectors
were but there are indications that they
met with encouraging results.
ON Mount ChNpaccn.
At the Golden Zone on Mount Cha
pacca, i'll Okanogan county, Washington,
work Is steadily progressing on the tun-
mel which has penetrated the mountain
over 400 feet, giving vertical depth of
900 feet, the greatest depth in Okanogan.
The present workings disclose six feet of
beautiful high grade honey combed white
quartz, absolutely free milling, much of
it showing free gold to the naked eye
1t has been estimated that 80 per cent of
the values can be saved ON the tables
The work done has developed mine of
great value. Manager Kingsbury has
shippe quantities of ore to Fraser, Chal
mers and Others for mill tests and states
that complete milling plant with a daily
capacity of IS to 40 tons, with free van
ners, will be ordered shipped to johnson
creek during high water in the Okanogan
river and will be set in position and run
ming early the coming fall
The company also has several desirable
mill sites and valuable water right with
fall OF 200 feet to furnish power for the
new plant.
Preparing for Dredging.
The Basic Mining Company Is building
a dredge to operate at Placerville is the
report from Boise, Idaho. The boat for
the dredge has been built and the ma
chinery is arriving. The boat is 100 feet
long, 40 feet wide and draws 81 feet of
water. The stream will be damned to