Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-09-03
NEWS OF THE MINING CAMPS
THE EXCITEMENT IN IDAHO
nuAnIO Hump the Latest Attraction
u;uers Rushing Thcre-klon-
dixie Output Is Smnll-Mon'nh"s
Coal ProductiOn-A Cnribo" DIV
idcnd-MIning Notes.


fdend-MIning Notes.
r.here is the widest time in Florence
camn in Idaho. ever saw i'll the west,
said a travelling man who came III from
there. The town is deserted by every
abIebodied man who can possibly leave
if Everybody has gone to Buffalo
Hmm. ! was in Florence several weeks
AGO. and it was quiet. Times were dun
or there than in any other Idaho town l
visited. It's different now. III
Klondi<e rush, and no mistake. People
are fairly running over each other III the
mad chase for a piece OF the rlch led8e9
that are being found on the Hump.
81 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 to Florence
from the new discovery while l was
there had the same good story to tell.
The ore is rich. Some of it is enormous
w rich. They can't assay the ore Ill
Florence any more. All the asSayef9
have closed up shop and gone to the new
camp to look for bonanzas them
selves. The ore is free mill
ing, however, and they crush
it and pan it and thus estimate the
values. saw some fine look
inc coarse gold crushed out of some OF the
rock.
persons going should be well sup
piled with blankets and warm clothing.
The season is short up in that country
and it will not be many days now until
the snow will be flying, and it gets very
deep in that region. 1t looks like
genuine find of an immense zone OF rich
ore. | heard it freely commented upon
that the miners were acting fairly IN
the new district and that few were tax
ing more than one or two claims. The
formation is said to be quite hard, re
curing drills, powder and fuse as a part
of the prospector's equipment"
The lie ROi Suits.
1t had been thought that since the
Turner faction i'll the lie Roi company
had won its injunction fight against the
Pevton faction and the British America
Corporation, the suit for damages i'll the
sum of $7S0,000 might be dropped. Such
is not the case. The suit was filed in
the superior court. 1t will be remem-
bered that the suit is for an alleged de-
probation of the price of the stock held
by the plaintiffs which they allege is due
to the troubles from the time the sale of
the property was first-aeSssioeged up to-
the time of w, ~ Caryle's appointment
rs receiver.
In addition to the complaint an at1i
davit was filed by the pi~.ntiha setting
forth that the defendants have been sum
moned to appear in Rossland Friday be
fore the court of British Columbia i'll
the case involving the appointment of
receiver for the property, and it is alleg-
ed that immediate examination OF the
defendants is therefore necessary. Judge
Prather granted an order requiring the
dispositions of the defendants to be given
before ]. w. Graves.
Refused Forty Thousand.
John A. Finch of Spokane offered to
bond the John Bull claim for $4,000 and
pay per cent, or $1,000, down. The
offer was refused. The John Bull is
owned by w. h. Forrest, Angus Gamer
on and others and is on McRae creek
near Christian lake, B. c. The claim
was located about six weeks ago and no
work has been done on it.
Beech's Victoria shows, in shaft but
four feet deep, ore the full width of the
shaft, four and one-half feet, with an av-
erage assay of $2460 in gold and copper.
Coal of Montana.
Edward w. Parkers official report on
coal production OF the United States for
the geological survey, shows Montana's
product last year was l,647,S short
TONS as against 1894 in 1896, and
l,5O4, 1913 in 1895, a gratifying increase.
The average price per ton rose from $l.47
IN 1896 to SIG. Montana ranks sixth
of the states in the Union in production
by machine, as Al per cent. of her pro-
duet was so secured. During 1897, 1887
men were employed, on the average, in
Montana's coal mines, as against 1885 in
1896 and 2l4S in 1895.
The KIondike Output.
L. L. Leech, superintendent of the
L. S. mint at San Francisco, esti-
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 $l,750,000 since the first
arrival OF Yukon gold few weeks ago
The receipts of the Seattle assay office
have been about the same. The larg-
est single deposit at the mint was $780,
900 Mr.. Leech estimates that about
S2oO'OOO in dust and nuggets has gone