Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1900-10-06
MINING NOTES.

Another big strike is reported from
the copper belt near Burkemont, Ore.
The men who, made it are d. E. Baird
and l.. Vandervert. 3D. ='-N Nf.tt~A
\ There are nine men employed on the
Leslie, near Wallace, Idaho, and the
tunnel is going ahead rapidly. Ore of
good grade is found all the way.
Il The Okanogan Free Gold Mines, linn
ited, IS in financial troubles that have
putOthe }cOmpany's property near Orc
vile, Okanogan county, Wn., in the
hands of the sheriff and stopped all
work on the claims. D. 81 i'1@h 5iill r
-rTA rich strike ghas-beeB- made in the
Bafsley- Ell hornS mine. at Baker City,
While, the men were working between
the 100 and 200-foot levels. The vein
is five feet wide and assays up in the
thousands.
r. The Mammoth Mining company OF
Wallace; fdaf1o,h has commenced sex
tensive Improvements and additions to
its concentration which will result in
materially increasing the capacitySo
! the plant Ea a8s@ s VI A8 sEe
4 Citizens or the state4of Washington,
with theft usual push and enterprise,
met at Taeema-one day last week and
perfected the Washington Mining Asso.
citation. --- ~, - 90 -,
Reports which come to Livingston,
Mont, from Chico are; to the effect that
rich strike Of copper ore was recently
made at a, point about Is miles from
that place. The Copper King is. the
name of the prospect, which was re-
Gently located. 49, y
Men who are keeping posted on w. A.
Clark S operations in the Ophir district
Tooele county, andgwho are we'll ar
quainted with the naturalization of the
camp, declare that the ground work is
being laid by the senator for the ulti-
mate making of one of the most. gigan-
tic copper producing mines in this Nor
any other country ot'>eXcepting the
great Anaconda of Butte or the United
Verde Of Ger6ple ATizonsy I = y "a .
The Mammoth mine at Colorna;g Mont.
which was sold under foreclosure sale
about year ago and bought3ih by Mr..
Larabie, of Deer Lodge, dsI about to be
worked again by, Chicago people,
When it is considered that the camp
is outputting9 about 2, G097tons of ore per
day. and that in additioH1to ,thelimport-
ant development being carried on by
many Of the older properties7zthere are
some, thirty enterprises, under way
It viii be readily seen that the Lead
vile, Colorado, district is in" a very
healthy condition. .5isds mi
1t is reported that deal has been
by which Butte parties assume control
Sof the Treasurervallt group at Wallace,
Idaho, with the intention of develop
ing it Immediately. The property is
Situated on the west 'branchg Of Nine
Mile, about five miles north of Wallace.
. Judge J. M bennett has Just return
ed from the Cascade mountain district
of Washington bringing samples and
news of the location of vast fields of an
thracite coal. In cohlpapy with Prof
Birch, a mineral expert Of Seattle,
Judge Denett penetrated into the Cas-
cade range 60 miles from the railroad
and after two days of prospecting To-
Gated on AGO acres of land! a9 He esti-
mates the quantity of coal In sight at
25,OO0,000 tons. Jude bennett first
discovered the coal on a prospecting
trip in the SOS. but lost track ofgthe To-
cation until his recent trip. < He will
form a company to work the veins.
The samples show they are Of the same
quality but lighter than the Scranton
product.
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