Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-12-14
The deepest vertical shaft in Montana

2l00 feet, and Is being driven still deeper
Work has been resumed on the Scotia
mine on Toulou mountain. The Scots
has IS feet Of shaft and 260 feet of tun
neling, the latter being in full face Of
shipping ore. The property now has q
good wagon road leading up to the camp
The East Pacific mine, near Winston
is producing more wealth than ever be
fore. At the present time it is proposed
to construct a fume preparatory to put
ting in 400-horse power electric plan,
with which to illuminate Winston and ad
jacent towns.
DR.. s. H. Manly has purchased full
half interest in the American Flag mine
at Sheridan camp, and his friends now
consider him to be one OF the solid mining
men of the reservation. The ledge is fouI
feet wide and it's values in gold alone rur
from $40 to $3.50 per ton.
A public meeting of the citizens OF Slo
can City was held last week in the Ar
lington Hotel, to discuss the advisability
OF forming an organization TO further the
mining interests of the town and district
Mr.. Gething was appointed chairman, and
George Nichols secretary Of the meeting
1t was moved by Mr.. Gilland that an or.
ganization be formed to be known as the
SLOGAN City Miners Exchange, which mo
tion was carried.
There have been more men at work on
the placer mines of Libby Creek, in Mon,
tana, this year and less gold taken out
than in any previous season. The cause
Of this is that most Of the men who were
working this year were doing develop
ment work, opening up claims in better
shape than ever before and preparing to
take out the yellow metal in increased
quantities.
The incorporated companies of the
Cripple Creek district will disburse $3lS,.
250 among shareholders this month which
places November in the lead in this re-
spect of any month Of the year. The to.
tai dividends for the eleven months
reaches the big sum Of s2,485,9l0. This
does not include the earnings of several
big properties which are either owned BY
private parties OF close corporations, moi
the profits Of lessees.
Boston, New York and New Haven
capitalists have associated themselves
with California men in developing new
copper district, lying about 25 miles east
of Randsburg, Cal. The deepest shaft in
the district is 1853 feet, and that, as well
as nearly forty Others from 80 to 40 feet
deep, show an improvement In quantity
and quality Of ore as work proceeds The
ores are red and black oxides, with few
shafts showing green carbonates.
The new stamp mills the Treadwell and
allied companies have been erecting on
Douglas Island, Alaska, are completed
and after being tested will be turned over
to the companies by the engineers now In
charge. These mills give Douglas Island
a total Of $50 stamps. with a capacity for
crushing $500 tons of ore daily. This
win be q greater amount Of ore than Is
crushed on an equal area anywhere else
in the world.
The Denver, Colo, Republican says that
the mixture for preventing fumes in min.
ing powder which has been patented by
R. Grove, Of Georgetown, Colo, consists
Of so per cent unbolted wheat flour, 25
per cent common salt finely ground, and
rs per cent pulverized bicarbonate OF soda.
The eight Lake Superior producing cop.
per mines in Houghton county, Mich, are
the Calumet 4 Hecla, Quincy, Osceola,
Tamarack, Wolverine, Centennial, Frank.
lin, and Atlantic; In these there are 026t
shareholders The aggregate market val