Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-08-18

will be completed about September is.
The Essex, on Beaver creek, near
Delta, Idaho, has made good showing
of galena in several places in its 700
feet of tunnels.
The Christina mine, which is owned
by the Kettle River Mining Company.
an organization promoted by S. T.
Langly of Rossland, is now in active
operation.
The Robinson Creek Mining Com
pany has been organized in Minneapo-
lis to operate the New Century group,
on Robinson creek, in the upper Me-
thow, Wash.
The wagon road into Buffalo Hump
has been completed and it is lively with
teams hauling freight into the camp,
according to advices received at the Of
fee of the Buffalo Hump Syndicate.
Word was received at Mullan. Idaho,
from the Stevens Peak Mining Com.
pany's property, near the IS" bridge,
that the ore shoot in the drift was
widening and improving in quality rap
idly.
First in magnitude of the shipping
mines on Canyon creek, Idaho, is the
we'll known Hecla, which is installing
a new accomplishing plant and hoist
which will both be ready for operation
before long
rich cleanup of the five-stamp mill
of the Mammoth on Slate creek, Me-
thow district, has been made. Reports
say that the returns were equal to $3.50
per day, though the official figures have
not been given out.
Development of Importance is under
way in Methow camp. The Eureka
mill is doing good work. Ore in sight
for three years run. Mammoth vein is
seven feet wide and gives big aver
ages. Tacoma's good showing.
1t is reported that crosscut from
the main tunnel on the Humboldt, in
Keller camp, Wash, has encountered
several stringers of ledge ore, and it is
thought that the main ore body is not
far away. The crosscut is in 20 feet
Work will soon be begun on 1900
foot tunnel through which to carry the
tailings at the placer diggings of the
Milwaukee Placer Mining company,
which owns 120 acres of valuable
ground on Granite creek, about six
miles west of Granite, Ore.
The mineral exhibit at the Spokane
exposition this fall is to be made Of
greater Importance than ever before.
To that end Manager Hawley has thor
oughly organized the work of collecting
specimens and has representatives in
the various districts in the area around
Spokane, getting the specimens ready
for shipment
Good reports are coming from what
| is almost new Occur d'Alene camp.
1t is that on the boundary of. Idaho
and Montana, near Saltese, Mont, in
which the Monitor is the leading prop
erty. This camp is on the outer end
of the Occur d'Alenes copper belt, and
recent developments have brought it
into considerable prominence.
The Magnolia mine, four miles north
of Granite, Ore, has reverted back to
the original owners-John Coyle of
Granite, P A. Condo of Baker City and
Al Jones and brother of Sumpter. The
$40, 900 payment due August ], under
the option by w L. Vinson, in the in
terest of an English syndicate, failed
to materialize.
July was prolific in the way of de-
velopment and has decided many ques-
tions Of Importance to LOOMS, Wash,
district The Palmer Mountain tunnel
is in Base feet, with 1850 feet vertical
depth. One vein, the 23d, was cut dur
ing the month, and the finest quartz
ever found on the mountain is coming
from drifts on veins No 81 and No. %.
1t is literally alive with free and Wis
ible gold, which is the coarsest ever
encountered, while it comes from the
greatest depth attained anywhere in
the state, 1000 feet.
The labor leaders of Butte are al
ready preparing to make the celebra-
ton of Labor Day q noteworthy one,
surprising any previous attempt. AL
! though the celebration of Labor Day
is booked for some time ahead, Septem-
Der Goth, committees have already been
appointed to take charge of the affair
1t will probably be a Joint celebration,
Anaconda and Deer Lodge participant
| ing.
Charles d. Lane, the we'll known
miner who has returned to San Fran
cisco from Cape Nome, where he has
large interests, saws: