Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-09-24
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First Buffalo Hump Deal.

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A Spokane man took the first bond on
one of the promising claims in the Buff
falo Hump district of Idaho, where the
recent exciting stampede took place. The
claim is the Hobson's Choice, and II. NJ.
Glidden gets the property for 500, 1888. The
deal was consummated in Florence last
week. j. C. Moore, L. r. Yates and Billy
Palmer were the vendors.
The Hobson's Choice is one of the first
locations in the cana and lies about
mile and half southeast of the Big Buff
falo The ledge is large and crops for
nearly 1000 feet. 1t is a contact vein be-
tween granite and schist. 1t is reported
in Florence that an average sample of
eight feet of the ledge gave gold values
of Sl74.35. 1t is said that Mr.. Glidden
will at once put force of men to work
on the property.
News comes from Florence that other
mining capitalists are investigating the
prospects on Buffalo Hump, and that
several deals are in prospect.
The Iron Crown of NewsOme.
DR.. A. J. Lauterman of the Iron Crown
mine at Newsome. Idaho. is one of the
principal owners of the Vindicator mine
at Cripple Creek, Colorado, which yields
$50 900 monthly and he said he regarded
the Iron Crown as the best mine in which
he is interested. Two kincaid mills have
been installed upon it and are crushing
twenty tons of ore per day. DR.. Lauter
ho infnrInoH hXy thn
manager, w. H. Wolf. that the output
would be $1,000 per day as long as ore
like that now being crushed can be sup
piled. The supply seems to be beyond
estimate from present developments.
Large Mineral Patent.
Jacob Goetz appeared last week and
filed at the land office final proof for prob
ably the largest contiguous body of min
eral land ever patented in the state OF
Washington. The property is the Lame
Foot group, sometimes called the Frank
furt, comprising II claims as follows:
Lame Foot, Iron Mountain, Holyoke,
Miners Delight, Lake Shore, Curlew, En-
terprise, w. J. Bryan, Sunset, Portland
and Lucky Boy. The claims are on the
west side of Curlew lake ON the reserya-
ton. They include Isl acres and the
cash paid for the land alone was 500.
The cost of the surveyor generals plats
alone was $500.
The property is low grade proposition.
On the Lame Foot a solid body of ore
100 feet wide has been opened up. Over
$4,000 has been expended in develop
ment. A compressor plant is on the prop
erty. Transportation is necessary before
the mine can become profitable.
Strikes in Montana.
c. II. kenney from Saltese, Montana,
reports two good strikes on the property
of the Eclipse Mining and Milling Com
pany, between Saltese and BoraX. The
most important is on the kearsarge,
where in the bottom of 40-foot shaft
they have three feet of ore which runs
25 per cent lead and l40 ounces in silver.
They have about four carloads of it out
ready for shipment and will send it to the
smeter in a few days. The other is on
the Shakespeare, where they have already
crosscut through five and one-half feet
of ore and are not yet through it. 1t is
lower grade than the Kearsarge and en-
tirely different ore, running only 20 to
25 ounces in silver, So to s. in gold, a
little copper and no lead. The two lodges
are running nearly at right angles with
each other, crossing in the ground owned
by the Eclipse Company.
First Dividend Paid.
The Republic Mining Company declared
its first dividend yesterday. The amount
is $4,000, or three cents per share, and it
will be paid October 10, transfer books
closing October /. The dividend has been
anticipated for some time. as it was
known that the mine had shipped enough
ore to pay all Indebtedness and to leave
a handsome surplus in the treasury.
1t is the intention of the company to
pay dividend regularly each month and
the amount is not expected to fall below
three cents per share. 1t is more prob
able that it will be considerably above
that sum in the near future. 1t is the
intention to set the figure at a sum which
the management feels confident can be
kept up regularly.
In the Chelnn District.
In a letter received from William II.
Burns of Chelan Falls, Wash, he tells VI
Il strike recently made in that vicinity
as follows -Four miles from Chelan Falls,
and directly above the falls, large body
of free milling quartz has been discovered.
1t has been developed by trench 270
feet long which has cut 81 feet of honey
combed quartz. Sixteen assays have
l..o., .,,nln 4hn hicrhns4 orn,.n Go 81 In