The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-10-15
NEWS OF TUE MINING CAMPS
MINES OF THE NORTHWEST.

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Washingten-ryier- Chane.
cass-Ths suit Of the Banker Hil
and ssiiivan-asinins Notes and
General News.
Mining men and residenis Of the COeul
d'Alenes are keenly interested In tb.
suit which has just been started at Bois1
City by the banker Hill and Sullivan
Mining Company against the Last Chsnc'
company and the Empire 6tate.IdAhS
Mining and Development Company. IN.
latter Is the company organized by y
Lewis Clark and Charles Sweeney to taxi
over the property Of the old Last chanes
company.
These mines are at Wardner In tss
Occur d'AleneA. The plaintiff company
owns the Stemwinder claim. and ID o.
seFting that 1t holds. through this claim
the apex Of the great ore body Of the
defendant company.
The case was set for hearing Al Pora,
tello, Idaho. last week. The Bunker Hill
people asked for an injunction, which
vas refused by Judge Beatty after full
hearing.
Chance upon the same vein. The suit Il
for an injnncaion and an accounting. The
temporary injunction having been re.
fused, the case will now be tried upon il
merits in It's regular turn In the federal
court
II the Bunker Hill and Sullivan people
are sneressful in their suit 1t win stop
one Of the largest dividend paying CON.
Panies in the Occur d'AIenez. The com.
pany is q new one but 1t has been pay.
Ing dividends from the first month Of it,
organization last spring. The company
includes some large capitalists in New
York, where II maintains Offices in the
Stokes building. on Cedar street.
While The Lad Chance IL the best de.
vsioped claim in the compny's group, Il
u Only one Of ~ claims which lie either
upon the great wardner ledge or contig-
uons 10 H.
The case Is another Of those tedious
onns involving extra lateral rights, and
since the Contestants are both large cor.
partitions and able 20 Gght long and with
dsterninasion. Il is predicted that litiga-
ton uill Be long drawn out
Thr TYIer-Last chanee.
The October session Of the United
States court Of appeals convened at San
Francisco last week. A number Of de.
The Bunker Hill and Sullivan people
claim the Lad Chance ore body through
priority Of lOcation Of the stemwindrr
claim. which Adjoins the Last Chance
claim on the south The plaintiff a..
seTts The right 10 follow the vein within
the planes Of il end lines extended which
would include all the ore already mined
BY the Last Chance and most Of that
which the newly organized Empire State.
Idaho company Is mining and expects 10
mine in the claims beyond the Last
eisiOns were handed down. and several
applications In pending suits were made.
in the case Of the Tyler Mining CON-
Pany against the Last Chance Mining
Company IL was ordered remanded 10 the
lOseT court and Judgment for damages
modified. The companies disputed the
right 10 certain lands in the ShoAlone
mining district in IDAHO and considcrA-
be litigation followed in the state fed.
srAl and United States supreme courts.
The present action was over certain
amounts allowed for damages 70 the Last
Cl.ance Mining Company, the Tyler Com.
Pany having hled . bond, pending the
hearing Of an injunction suit TO sestrain
the Last Chance from continuing work
on the mine.
In rendering che decision Judge Beatty
aAid;
while reAliHe that the total assess
mcn,s against the Tyler company in the
tao actions seem large. yet u must be
Tcmenbcred that when the Tyler com.
mcnccd these actions. the law Of the
apex and underground rights, a. announe-
ed by the supreme court, was as 1t stands
today. and ~ shown by the county rec.
ords the Tyler location was junior 10 the
Last Uhance claim. Tie Tyler's only
hope Of snccesa was either to overthrow
the apparent priority Of the Last ChancS
location o. procure change Of the views
Of the supreme court On the contrary,
the costs and damages awarded the Last
Chance are but small portion Of lis
actual Losses suffered through this action,
hut its chief losses are Of such nature a.
think can not be included in this taxa.
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struck q VETS.
A contract was concluded recently be.
tween the Princes Maud Company AMI
the Jim Blaine Company Of Republic
camp by which the Princess Maud people
are permitted 10 start a tunnel ON Jim
Blaine ground 70 tap the Princess Maud
vein. The ledge on the Princess comes
Close 10 the Jim Blaine side line. A tun.
mel will be started on the Blaine ground
and will run 800 feet through Il. 1ts total
length will be about $50 feet and Il will
tap the Princess Maud vein at a depth Of
about 2l2 feet This tunnel will encoun.
ter the vein In about the center Of the
claim 20 that drifting both ways may
be undertaken.
News came from Republic Last week
that the Crosscut tunnel started on Jim
Blaine ground to reach the Princess Maud
vein had entered ledge on the Jim
Blaine which has never been opened be,
fore. At last accounts the tunnel was
two and a half feet In quarts with no
vail In slpht. This strike Il close TO the