The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-08
STOCK BOON IS IBlT|I6.
Company and Others Take Inter-
esss In RepaAuc PPoperues-The
work In the Diaerent Camps.

Special Dispatch 20 the Po~7-1at e.lEgencer
| SPOKANE. Jan. The prevailing cold
weather of the past week together wish
an unprecedented snowfall, and the fur
Their fact that for the past four days
the telephone nae 20 Rep1. bic has teerl
down. cutting OF ali communication from
The camp. has cCaspired 10 pat a tam
poEary check on the present mining ae-
ay5iy. and consequent duliness IN the
state market lie and around Spokane.
While the cold snap serves to keep the
/ hundred or more mining brokers OF Spo-
kane huggtng pretty close 10 their Of
ices. with more consuming desire 10
keep warm than Ia sell stocks, il has no
effect in retardlng the development work
going On in Republic and other mining
camps. especially where the development
work Is underground, or where the work
snss have been housed To protect the
miners from the weather.
New Companies Floated.
The latest and most important Rotation
is the Trou baeour Gold Mining Company,
organized TO develop Troubadour claim
tn Repuoiic. George Il. kittinger, OF Sc
attic. aoated this property in less than
al hour, the stock Being about equally
divided between Seattle and Spokane
parties Tae company was Organized
thursday with the election OF these GA
GERS; President. A b. Campbell. vice
president. George B. Kittinger; secre-
tary, Ii * Gaiusha. and trea Irer. r
h AcBroom. all OF whom are trustees
except Dir AcBroom, and the additional
members OF the board are Frank man
ford. Seattle. Harry Kaufman. Repu9.
nc; and {. y. Chamberlain and e.
Eliinge. OF Spokane. The principal Seat
Tie stockholders are Frank Hanford, Will
IAN stewart. w. J. tsramps George y
Mltiingsrs George w. Dickinson, Cyrus
Walker. NJ. H. Young and Or kloeter.
me company is incorporated upea a strict
" assessaoie basis. there being 100 80
shaFes OF par value OF 10 cents paid ug,
rs cents. and assessabIe for the balance
Inc hrst assessment OF one mill has been
levied, with which work will be com
p.,.,, lhe frst Of the week. ", II.
OF the San Poll and BIacksail mines has
been secured to direct the works
I me claim is one OF the west belt. and
is the south extension OF the Hit or Miss
and adjoins the Golden Lilly ledge. one of
the remarkable quartz showings Of the
camp. and Is also said 10 have the HI,
or MISS ledge which is another famous
been done on the Troubadour. ii shows a
ledge about fifteen feet in width which
has been stripped for some distance. and
rom wnleh values as high as so have
been taken.
The EIdorado Sold.
H. r.. Ellsworth assayer at lsees,slie
TINS Week purchased the Eidorado claim
which lies one mile west OF the Mount
ain Lion. NJ II Shinn the owne.. re-
ceived s.ero cash and l59ooo shares in The
company formed Ia operate the claim. IN
two days Mr.. Ellsworth formed q com
pany OF Paiouse City people. who took
majority OF the promoters stock. This
stock was pooled FOR six months TIE
company Is Incorporated at / -. 20
shares. 1ho,Vo OF which has been set astt,n
far treasury purposes, The Eldoralo is
of sample ore taken near The surface
Of the ledge which Mr.. Ellsworth brought
to Spokane with him. he nad four assays
the surface, sI2.9i: from cut No /. s2Je 70:
Cut No. = Ss4; cut No. 8 sl45S
Work on the Dora
force OF men was put to work on the
Dora claim this week. Buildings viii be
etestea nfs'. IN order to be prepared to
As me snow viii prevent surface pros
iecting at this time, il is proposed for
me lresent TO work on the strong show
sag OF quartz opened while doing assess
rient WORK.
The summit RepubIic.
The summit-Republl Geld Mining Com
pdny has been organized this week, with
me following officers: President. G. A.
manager Of the Bunker fllll ard Sullivan
nine, at Wardner. Idaho: secretary. w.
c. Dice. The Summit property lies al the
I"rtAeast corner Of the Republic mine. and
Republic ledge where II passed out Of the
no'thMost corner of the Republic claim. II
= also 70 direct line with the Number SIX
ledge. The claim IS n0w being surveyed 10
determine the best place for starting the
tunnel 70 tap the Republic ledge
sale of Blue BIRD and snow Drop.
The mlst important dea: made In the
camp during the week was the sale of the
,s1ue hrd and snew Drop claims by Capt.
j. N HaTgrave and Harry Underhll 70
}. +. Nj N8Ugh:. OF Seattle The propertv
les about two miles south OF Republic ard
Is HsaF the Republic No. group There
has been no development work done on the
props Tty 20 speak ef, biIt surface work has
deTe,"ped tcuT-fe1t quartz ledge ASSAYS
from which ran about the average value
Of other claims n the camp al like daDth
Tbs rarcaas - price OF the property il not
gwen. bat the former owners retain a large
amount Of TIE stock in the rev company
and hy the terms OF the sale Mr. Nc
Naught 0Aiigates himself 70 spend .argo
amount az money IN developmea: work
steam Hoist for the Lake View.
steam hoist was Skipped from Spokane
te ne l-ske View property this seek the
shaft having reached a depth where this
iTact iUfry vas absolutely needed. There
"a plenty os money N the treasury and
as soon - the machinery IS in place the
work Of development viii be pushed with
all speed The Lake View Is a free r,,sfs-
tng proposition. and Bids far 10 become
enc II the leading properties in the camp
Claim Jumping Excitement Ends.
The excitement al Republic caussa nv
ih@ ,tsHg 0f 81 aims 0n the first az the
year has ROW subsidized. All vacant ground
for mics aTa&nd had new stakes hAt so
gar as kacwn there was ra property re-
lasate& that has any Yaias or aseu arv
perspective value. Several attempts were
o.Aae O. PUMP we'll kn3sr cl9'fr4s bur the
1H9&ys eeTe pre pared 81 pretert tbrfr in
tsTcsts a1t d~lve tne iniru6ers OF az the
sacjgt az firearms
Maps az Republic Issa..f
lie &-@s eonie& e. tAe larr expected map
- !sefUalir faGsa 8srs ISSUED In Spokane
sfSgse- but a. yet oa.y Il few are 70 s.e
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s.o- 81 Spokane and T Il Hammond
- kfpio5-e sr.l wss complied iron, actual
SGEfsHs Nae N7-ue errors are found he
ns&G - t} f3r ter racs8 accurate ~ y~:nt
u sae@r 50 claims ia Requisite cams
.rFaer- - - ftoa TgrnfeT is9 have been s4.r.
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