Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-03-12

on February 26 the group was sold to the
English syndicate operating in that sec
ton for $4,000 The terms of the agree
ment are 10 per cent down, the balance in
one wear. 1t is understood 30 or 40 men
will be put to work on the property as
~oon as arrangements can be made.
The TrIIby Group.
The Trlby group of seven mines, sit
uated in the Swauk district, Kittitas
county. Wash. has been sold to a Phila-
delpha syndicate for $4,000. The money
has been paid. and Robert Enges, who
came out to manage the property, has left
ior the mines to push work on them.
BETTER Times I'm Eagle Camp.
The news comes from Eagle, Idaho
that the scheme now in process of deveY
opment TO dredge the deep placers of tha,
part of the Occur d'Alenes promises t.
make decided difference in conditions
around Eagle this summer. Not that thf
old town will ever again assume the po'
,tion that it held during the first rush
when IL was the great center of tn.
camp. but there will be decided increase
there, the past few years having see
most of the claims in the vicinity lyin
idle. although in both quartz and place
there is plenty to work on.
The machinery for the dredging plan
., all on the ground. and the contract f,
the necessary lumber has been let to til
Raven saw mill. TO be delivered as 500
a. the condition of the roads will perni'
While the placer days are past excep
for the miner working in small wa
for grub stake or the big company VIII.
can handle gravel by the thousands c,
yards. a a quartz camp its history i
vet 10 be written There are as GOOD
lodges around Eagle as around Murray
the gold ribbed bands running through
the country in all directions. either un4
touched or simply located and held by
men who run 10 feet per annum upon
them a. assessment work. Nothing is de
yeloped yet. but the gold shows at the
surface. aud the placer gold is here ts
show that it was here in considerable
quantities Beside the gold, it is only
some half dozen miles to where fine ga.
lena has been discovered. and beyond tina
nobody knows what may be in store TO
the pIo~pector as the country is almost
terra incognita.
stir in Pierce District.
There j. already evidence Of IA stir II
the Pierce district for the season of 1893
Placer miners are preparing for work
which will soon commence, as the snow i
melting rapidly. Most of those going !
now are men who have been workinl
claims for years past, succeeding i'll clean
ing up enough in the fall to make thels
good wages.
The western portion of the camp app
pears 10 be the most active part of the
district. while most encouraging reports
come from the Musselshell district. 81
mile, east of Pierce The work in thu
latter district is mostly confined t.
quartz. since the discovery of Il rich ledge
last summer by some miners who wei
pIacer mining. The rock assaycd 5000 t
the.ton. and occasioned much cNcitemen
~ the time Work has been kept up On
the Pioneer mine. and with the aid of al
5ra~ta some ore has been crushed. which
even with this crude method paid tbs
men we'll \ shaft is being sunk and ar
engagements are being made to put a five
stamp mill on the property this spring.
Palmer Mountain District.
The past season has been record
breaker for the Palmer Mountain mining
district in advancement and development.
In fact all the Okanogan county with its
diversified resources has enjoyed pros
perity in high degree The ranchers
have received good prices for their abund-
ant crops: the stockmen have disposed
uf "a large number of horses that were driv-
en- TO points across the line in British Co
lumbia: the price of beef cattle has been
higher than since 1888. and more money
has been spent in mining development
than in any one year since the first min
eral discoveries were made in the district.
Daddy Mil VIII Start Again.
Murray, Idaho. reports that the Daddy
mill Is expected to start up again soon.
For some weeks it has been idle or only
running part time, owing to a scarcity
Of ore. the development work not hav-
ing kept pace with the miners. The lower
tunnel Is now almost into the ore chute.
and when it is cut it will not be long UNI
til stamps will be dropping regularly
again. The Daddy runs more steadily
than any other mill in the gold belt, and
it probably pays the most dividends.