The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1900-06-09

An accident occurred IN q little shack
At one Of the Pitney Butte mines re-
Gently. Three men had been dryinr
some giant powder in the oven Of the
cook stoya and on removing Il stick
OF powder was overlooked and left IN
the stove Later in the evening the
STICK o. powder exploded. completely
demolishipg the stove and blowing
pieces Of iron into the legs and bodies
Of the three men. Fred Teter was
standing over the stove at the time.
His legs. from the hips down, were cut
and torn In frightful manner. He
was also bruised ON the breast.
J. q Kurt1 and Norman Smith. who
left Cape Nome March l6, two months
later than any other arrivals, reached
Seattle ON the Bertha, They made the
trip overland. and caught the Bertha
at kodiack. They refuse to tell their
detailed route. but claim 10 have cut
down the distance several hundred
miles They report that several thous.
and men are already at work on the
partly frozen beach. and taking out
good pay. Several new paw streaks
have been found and number Of rich
quartz strikes are reported. The min
ers have organised. and fix the amount
OF beach territory each man shall have.
Every claim Of any value In the entire
country has been staked and restaked
and the new arrivals figure that II will
take years solid legal work to estab-
fish the ownership. The miners saw
they will surrender the reins of gov.
ernment to General Randall upon his
arrival
A letter received from F. W. Rosen-
felt, postmaster at Bodie, Wash, a min.
ing man well known In Washington,
gives the news Of rich strike in Toro-
da camp OF ore running as high as
SIS. 20 in gold and 355 ounces in silver.
The Palmer Mountain tunnel has
reached over 5000 feet length and 1850
feet vertical depth. While the work
In the tunnel changes little from month
to month, there are always new feat.
ures coming into the work.
The resuming OF work on the Okla
hogan Free Gold Mines, following a
reorganization Of the company, shows
about the same results with 10 stamps.
the monthly returns being very uni
form.
John and Charles Taylor OF Farmin-
gton, have gone to the Mascot mining
camp, taking their families and full
equipment to spend the summer. These
men are the discoveries and owners OF
the Mother lode the original quartz
discovery Of the district, on which they
have two-stamp mill.
Now comes the news that the famous
Dewey is again running into native
copper. The ore taken from the upper
tunnel went as high as ffty per cent In
copper, and 1t Is believed that IL will be
even richer in the lower tunnel which
they are now working and in which
they are finding the native copper. II
lies short distance south of the Hum
boldt and also adioins the new town.
The Dewey Is considered by mining ex-
perts to be wonder, not because OF
the size Of the ore body. but because OF
the high grade ore found.
At the Black Bear on Palmer Noun
tain the work Of blocking ore ahead OF
present uses has gone forward with sat.
tsfactory progress. The mill returns
will show better than last months
clean up. when $4,000 was taken up by
amalgamatiou from i've stamps, besides
some $500 worth OF concentrates.
I Work will soon begin on the War Eagle
and by the time the Is stamps now here
are installed in the mill there will be
plenty Of ore in sight for both mines To
keep the 20 stamps crushing continu-
ously for a long time.