Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-12-16

ton through the mill in free gold. The
ore carries from to Is per cent of tellu-
rum, which assays $509.72 per ton. The
tellurium concentrates assay over $1,000
per ton.
The Paisley District.
About four miles south OF Sylvanite Is
the Paisley district in Montana, one OF
the most extensive of the many districts
surrounding and in which there are over
a hundred claims, many having been ex-
tensively developed. The character of the
ore is the same as that found in the Key,
stone and is supposed to be continuation
of the same vein. The prospect on which
the most development work has been done
is the Buchanan, owned by William Keel
er and Kalispell parties. There are over
500 feet of tunnels and considerable other
work has been done in running open cuts.
1t is not being worked at present.
A Legal Decision.
The supreme court of Montana decided
the case of James Forester and John Mac
ginnis VS.. the Boston & Montana Consoli-
dated Copper and Silver Mining Company
ct al, on appeal from the district court
of Silver Bow in granting the plaintiffs
an injunction restraining the defendant
from voting the stock OF the company in
favor of transferring the property OF the
company to a new company organized I'M
der the laws of the state OF New York. In
an exhaustive opinion by Justice Pigott,
the court atfirms the ruling of the lower
court, holding in substance that the pro-
posed transfer can not be accomplished
without the consent of every stockholder
Mining Briefs.
The Hecla mine on Canyon creek, Ida.
no, shows up body of ore that is seven
feet in width, of clean shipping ore. 1t
averages IS per cent lead and so ounces
in silver
AS has been stated, part of the War
ton claim in Camp Mckinney will be laid
out as townsite. The claim lies between
the Cariboo and Waterloo, and is said to
have the same ledge as both. The prop
erty will be surveyed shortly.
The Fortune mine in Buffalo Hump
camp, which was examined a short time
ago by Lane Gillian and Sam l. Silver
man of Spokane has been sold by the
owners, Ezra Baird, G. E. Rice and j. N.
Rice, to Spokane parties for good price.
which is reported to be $25,OOO.
Secretary Bliss signed a lease with the
Raven Mining Company, giving the latter
| a lease-hold right to large quantity OF
! gilsonite land in Uintah, the Ute reser-
walton in Utah. The company is allow.
ed to prospect over large territory, com.
prising perhaps 23O,OO0 acres.
The last dredge boat to shut down on
Grasshopper creek, Montana, was the "a
+. Graeter," which completed its run for
'9S the first of the week. The Maggie
A. Gibson" also closed down Sunday morn
ing. This has been a very profitable sea-
son for the big gold saving machines.
The development work on the You Lake
mine near Mullan, Idaho, which has beer
in progress for several months, is about
completed, and in few days the mint
will again commence shipping ore to th'
concentration.
The Lexington, property on Elk creek
near Wardner, Idaho, which was incorpor
3 ated last summer, has been showing som,
galena for the last 10 or Is feet, bu
more recently it has changed, running
+ more to carbonates. Rock from Their
e shows considerable copper stain.