The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-07-06
NORTHWEST NOTES.

James Green wanted at Seattle, for
the murder of cabman, and in walla
Walla for buncoing a farmer out Of
IS, 900, was arrested at Harrisburg, Pa.
OF the men to whom permits to work
in the mines at Wardner, Ida, have
been issued, nearly all are native born
Americans. Previous TO the strike
about so per cent were foreign born.
Antoine Heneken, well known min.
ing man of Butte, was accidentally
killed last week. He was working on
a new house, and fell from a staging.
a distance of twelve feet, breaking his
neck.
The Honey Dew mine, near Boise
City, Ida, claims to have produced the
largest nugget from a quartz ledge
ever taken out in the country. II
weighed four pounds, three-fourths of
which is solid gold.
1t is announced that the Denver &
RioGrande will spend So, OOO, 600 in i'm
year. Among other improvements the
company will build line through the
San Luis Valley to Del Norte
Captain Nickerson, agent of the
Shoshone Indians of Wyoming, is in
Washington with a delegation of nine
members of the tribe to negotiate a
new treaty which will permit the tribe
to sell million acres of its lands.
The 3-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs.
NJ. C. Hull of Boise was burned to
death last week. She with other
children were playing with matches
/ This is the second child the distressed
parents have lost in this manner, an
other being burned to death several
years ago.
big gold proposition has been dis.
covered near Banner Idaho, in new
district. A very rich and extensive
ledge has been opened and the prop
erty bonded to Boise people. The ex-
perts say the new district will rival
not excepted
The Lucky Boy mine at Idaho City,
Idaho, is of such immense size. and the
ore all good, that the owners are con-
templating putting in 25-stamp mill
right away, to take the place of the 10
stamps now running. The width is
oil ~rh 10
cross-cut distance of fifty feet.
The conference held in Butte be-
tween the officers of the Oregon Short
Line and those of the Great Northern
resulted in satisfactory adjustment
of the difficulties that had arisen on
the piece of road between Silver Bow
ated jointly by the two companies
Troops will be maintained in the
Occur d. Alenes indefinitely. The per-
manent detachment of 200 dismounted
cavalrymen, who have arrived from
! Fort Riley, Kans., are under orders to
: be in readiness for stay Of several
t months, and the officers are settling
down with the expectation of making
/, their homes in the district until snow
r falls again.
Two horses were stolen from Grips
!. stable at Rock Springs on the Goth, the
i Guild Mercantile company store
e broken into and burglarized to the
u | ne Of
chandise and jewelry, and the cellar Of
the section house at Blairtown was
;. also broken into and a quantity Of
provisions stolen. The police are kept
n busy, but no clue as to the thieves
4 The state of Idaho has received four
p. flags. One of them, handsome
Y banner 6x12 feet, is to be presented to
10 Mrs. Sinclair, the Wardner lady who
rushed in between the rioters and the
d men whom they were numbering, when
the Bunker Hill mill was attacked and
destroyed. The other flags were lOxls
feet. One is for the capitol, one for
"a the penitentiary and the other for the
soldiers home.
At The Miners Union of Butte which
If has been collecting subscriptions fol
p the benefit of the families of the Coeul
~ d Alene mines, has returned contrl
ir button of S. which was made by Gov
a Smith of Montana. The grounds fol
IN the action was that the governor hat
approved the course of Gen. Merriam
in letter to that officer in allowing
men to be taken out of the state with
out requisitoin to answer charges Of
~ rioting at Wardner.
is At Idaho City, Idaho, three hundred
IS tons of ore that has lain on the Wash
d ington dump for nine years has beer
in put through the mill. 1t yielded Sl'
per ton. When the ore was east aside
by the former owners they did not be
is lieve that it would pay milling ex
nd penses. The mill is now running oil
'p' 200 tons of silver ore. The force in tn
ha mine IS constantly increasing, and
large ore body east of the old works
A turning out good rock.
j. II. Leyson of Butte has receive
~ official notification that his bid for
site for the new Federal building ha
ne. been accepted and that the new Euil(
his ing would be located at the northeaS
he corner of Main and Copper street
W The consideration is ST.
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