Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1899-06-14

and other preliminary work is being
done preparatory to starting up the
property. A force Of 100 men will be
put on when they can be had.
A large force of men have gone to
Ten Mile to move the hundreds Of tons
of Enterprise ore lying on the wharf
and on the dump at the mine. This
will be shipped within the next ten
days, and will realize the new Enter
prise owners about $4,000. All prep
arations are being made to open the
mine on large scale as soon as the Ia
Dor troubles are settled. One hundred
and fifty men can be worked advantag-
eously in the mine.
MINING NOTES.
The bond which Clark & Sweeny held
on the Big Buffalo has been given up.
During May the Columbia, North
Pole and May Queen mines shipped to
Baker City from Sumpter, 1S2,356
pounds of concentrates and ore.
Some assessment work Is being done
at Buffalo Hump, in spite Of the draw
back of unfavorable weather, this be-
ing among the things that cannot wait.
The Butte Boston company has
sued Heinze Brothers for $4,000 dam
ages and an injunction to restrain
work on the ore body apexing on the
Michael Davitt claim.
The Delamar Mining Company have
purchased the Big Buffalo mine for
100000, the first payment of $4,000
to be made July 18th. This mine is
the original discovery of the famous
Buffalo Hump.
A charge of perjury against George
A. Blodgett was dismissed on motion
Of the county attorney. Blodgett sub
mitted an affidavit in the supreme
court endeavoring to show collision
between District Judge Clancy and
John MacGinnis in the receivership of
the Boston G Montana Company.
]. r. Hunsaker and son and Bert,
VIM. and Jack Vaughn, who discovered
and recently sold the Vaughn copper
mine, on the Oregon side of the Snake
river have received from Glass Bros,
of Basin, Mont, the second payment on
the purchase price of the mine. A few
days ago the Hunsakers and Vaughns
bonded another copper property near
the Vaughn mine, for $4,000.
The Red Boy mine has sent to the
First National Bank at Baker City its
cleanup for May. The output was
about $4,000. One who is interested
in the mine says the May cleanup was
almost the same as that of April, which
at the U. S. assay office, Boise, weighed
125 pounds. This mine, if it continues
to yield at the same monthly rate, will
produce 100000 during 1899.
The register and receiver of the Hell
ena land office have received decision
from the assistant commissioner of the
general land office, in the action
brought by w. B. Gaffney and others
against Davis G. Turner and others,
that is of great interest to mining men
in this state. The assistant commits
sioner in effect holds that if person
acquire the right to patent for miner
al lands, under the statute of limita-
tions of the state, they do not forfeit
that right by failure in subsequent
years to perform assessment work on
the property.
Continual rain and snow render
travel and work almost impossible, and
make life in Buffalo Hump even duller
than usual. The army of prospectors
is getting impatient for the disappear
ance of the snow. Small patches of
bare ground, however, are beginning
to show on the hillside south of Lake
creek and down near Fish lake, though
the main body of snow is still three or
four feet deep all the way from the
lake to the headwaters of the creek.
1t is claimed that there is more eff
ficiency in single heavy stream
1000 Of 5000 inches under a high head
than can be obtained from the same
amount of water under like head d.
vided into two streams when directed
against gravel bank according to the
Mining and Scientific Press. The prop
er method of using two streams at
hydraulic mine is to use one stream to
cut the bank down and the other to
wash the loosened gravel into the
sluices.