Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1898-08-31
MS Of THE MINING CAMPS

us Of THE MINING CAMPS
E EXCITEMENT IN IDAHO
falo Hump the Latest Attraction
Miners Rushing There-klOn-
like Output Is smaIl-Montana's
coal Production-A CaribOO Div
dend-Nfning Notes.
here is the widest time in Florence
D, in Idaho, l ever saw in the west"
a travelling man who came in from
e. 1.-THE town is deserted by every
bodied man who can possibly leave
Everybody has gone to Buffalo
MP. l was in Florence several weeks
and it was quiet. Times were dull
here than in any other Idaho town l
ed. It's different now. It's a
adike rush, and no mistake. People
fairly running over each other in the
chase fol. a piece of the rich lodges
are being found on the Hump.
haven't heard a word that indicates
ppointment on the part of anyone
has located ON the big Buffalo ledge.
nv man who clinic, back to Florence
the new discovery while was
had the same good story to tell.
ore is rich. Some of it is enormous
ieh. They can't assay the ore in
enee any more. All the assayers
closed up shop and gone to the new
p to look for bonanzas them
IS. The ore is free mill
however, and they crush
and pan it and thus estimate the
.es. saw some fine look
coarse gold crushed out of some Of the
'ersons going should be well sup
| with blankets and warm clothing.
season is short up in that country
it will not be many days now until
snow will be flying, and it gets very
in that region. 1t looks like I a
line find of an immense zone of rich
l heard it freely commented upon
the miners were acting fairly in
new district and that few were TAX
more than .6ne or two claims. The
iation is said to be quite hard, re-
ing drills, powder and fuse as part
he prospector's equipment"
The LIE Roi Suits.
had been thought that since the
ner- faction in the lie Roi company
won its injunction fight against the
ION faction and the British America
,oration, the suit for damages in the
of $7S0,000 might be dropped. Such
OF the case. The suit was filed in
superior court. 1t will be remem-
d that the suit is for an alleged de-
iation Of the price of the stock held
he plaintiffs which they allege is due
he troubles from the time the sale of
property was first considered, up to
time of w. A. Carlyle's appointment
eceiver.
addition to the complaint an aft
t was filed by the plaintiffs setting
1 that the defendants have been sum-
ed to appear in Rossland Friday be-
: the court of British Columbia in
case involving the appointment of a
liver for the property, and it is alleg-
hat immediate examination of the
ndants is therefore necessary. Judge
her granted an order requiring the
'sitions of the defendants to be given
re j. w. Graves.
Refused Forty Thousand.
,hn A. Finch of Spokane offered to
| the John Bull claim for $4,000 and
5 per cent, or $4,000, down. The
was refused. The John Bull is
ed by w. R. Forrest, Angus Gamer
md others and is on McRae creek
Christian lake, B. C. The claim
located about six weeks ago and no
K has been done on it.
,ech's Victoria shows, in a shaft but
feet deep, ore the full width of the
t, four and one-half feet, with an av-
e assay of $24.60 in gold and "copper"
Coal of Montana.
iward w. Parker's official report ON
production of the United States for
geological survey, shows Montana's
luct last year was l,647, 1882 short
!, as against l,543,445 in 1896, and
4,l93 in 1895, gratifying increase.
average price per ton rose from $l.47
500 to $l.76. Montana ranks sixth
he states in the Union in production
machine, as Al per cent. of her pro-
+, was SO secured. During 1897, 1887
were employed, on the average, in
ltana's coal mines, as against 1895 in
and 2l48 in 1895.
The Klondike Output.
I. Z. Leech, superintendent of the
s. mint at San Francisco, esi-
es that the gold output of the Klon-
/, this year has been only about S.
900. The receipts at the mint have
,unted to $l,75O,OO0 since the first
val of Yukon gold few weeks ago.
receipts of the Seattle assay Office
been about the same. The larg-
single deposit at the mint was $780,
Mr.. Leech estimates that about
1000 in dust and nuggets has gone
and that there is about $l,0O0,00O
e of this seasons output yet to
h this country. 1t is stated that
dust brought out by the North
erican Trading and transportation
lpany was sent east and not included
Mr.. Leech's figures. This amount
hit possibly reach 100000.