Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-06-16

In the Bull Frog, at Loomis, drift
from the crosscut tunnel on the vein
east has reached point under the old
Phantom shaft. A raise has been start
ed from the drift to tap the bottom of
the shalt, for the purpose of giving a
good circulation of air. The raise will
be so feet long.
B. B. Hill, one of the owners of the
Roaring Eagle, on Bridge creek, has
reached Keller, Wash, with news of a
strike of a three-foot pay shoot in their
S0-foot tunnel. According to Mr.. Hill,
an average assay from the new discov-
cry ran $50 per ton, and picked samples
would run much higher.
The Northporu smelter is running
two blast furnaces, and it is expected
that the third will shortly be blown in.
Preparations are going forward to meet
the increased shipments expected from
the mines in the next 60 days. Two
new boilers, with capacity of 24O
| horse power, have been ordered and
will shortly arrive. This, with two
more blast furnaces added, will bring
| viz SNpe"NAIJ VI CIC pleShJ up W TIE re-
quired amount to meet the tonnage ex-
! pected.
| While at work in the Elkhorn dis
trict, near Baker City, Ore, John Deer
man discovered quartz ledge six feet
wide, the ore assaying SOS per ton.
This is one of the richest strikes that
has been made in that section for a
long time and is causing considerable
excitement, as the claim was supposed
to be of little value
Word has been received from Mount
Idaho that another shipment from the
Dewey-St. Patrick is shortly to be
made, and that the 100 tons of ore of
which it will be composed will soon be
ready to be sent out. The force on the
mine is shortly to be increased to 35.
The company is building a wagon road
over the five miles from the mine to
Harpster to facilitate shipment.
1t is reported at Wallace, Idaho, that
the Empire State-Idaho Mining and De-
Velopment Company has finally decid-
ed on the location for its works. 1t has
begun work preparatory to putting in
fiume IA miles long to carry the wat
ers OF Pine creek to Government gulch.
where the two-mile deep tunnel is be-
ing run to reach the lower levels of the
Last Chance and Skookum.
News has been received from Che
Welah, Wash, that the famous Eagle
mine on which considerable work has
been done of late, is ready to resume
shipments, having considerable guam
tity of good grade ore ready to send
out. The return of this old property
to the list of shippers recalls it's inter-
esting history.
Some rich dirt has been discovered in
the old Spanish gulch placer claims, in
Spanish gulch, near Rock Creek, Ore.
These diggings, which were very poor
IN early days, were supposed to be
worked out and were abandoned. Last
spring they were relocated and several
hundred dollars was washed out as a
result of few weeks run. This spring
the owners again began work on these
claims, and in two weeks washed out
and cleaned up $4,000. In the cleanup
was one nugget weighing a pound and
several others of large size.
A double cylinder hoist has arrived
at Stuart, Idaho, for the Big Buffalo
mine. 1t will be held at Stuart until
the road is opened to allow it to be TAX
en- through to the Hump. The road will
be commenced Immediately. Charles
Sweeny of the Big Buffalo has subscrib-
ed $500 and the Grangeville chamber of
commerce added an equal amount, so
that $500 is now on hand for the pros
ecution of the work. Not a day will be
lost in getting the connection made, as
it is expected that before that time
there will be other important consign-
ments of mining supplies for Hump
properties awaiting it's completion.