Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-09-27

entirely In spokane and was recently
incorporated as the Cougar Gold Min.
ing & Milling company. with a capital
of 100000 shares. par value 81.
Work has closed down in the lower
workings Of the Conjecture mine at
Lake View. Idaho, In order to drive the
big tunnel further into the hill. The
present workings on the lower level.
where ore was being taken out has
been done at considerable expense,
and the management will stop ship
ments to develop the property to make
1t dividend payer
Dynamite is a deadly poison as will
be seen from report Of a mining
company in Montana A box of the
usual giant powder was devoured by
cattle. and in short space Of time
six of them were dead. An autopsy
showed the presence OF the stuff.
The cleanups OF the mines OF Stump.
ter. Ore, for August are estimated to
be: Bonanza, $4,000; Columbia. $40.
600: Red Boy. $4,000, and Golconda,
$4,000. In addition to all this bullion
eight cars Of concentrates from the
same mines and four cars from the
Badger went out by freight.
The superintendent of the Orc Elmo
mine. situated at Alamo, Ore. n few
days since reported by telephone that
an exceedingly important new strike
had been made, crosscut which
has been prosecuted for some time has
demonstrated that the westerly vein
at this new vein is 10h feet wide, all
in high grade free milling gold ore.
The following are the teams en-.
tered in the rock drilling contest which
took place at the Elks carnival at Spo.
kane. Walter Bradshaw and James
Freethy. Butte Mont: Frank Stevens
and Cash Patterson. Murray Idaho:
j. F. Stevens and Peter Spaulding,
Murray. Idaho: Patterson and Cum.
mings. Osburn, Idaho; w. NJ. Rosa and
G. S. Mcleod, Rossland. b. c.; James
Davey and Henry Stevens. Marysville,
Mont. and Thomas Bessler and Daniel
Dunn. Sumpter. Ore.
The men are all In the champion
ship list in their respective localities.
Bessler and Dunn hold medals for a
number Of matches won in the vicin.
ity of Sumpter and Baker City. Ross
and Mcleod have been practically in.
vincible in British Columbia and the
won matches In their district and else
where.
II is interesting to note that in the
Butte and the Marysville Mont, teams
are two members who formerly drilled
as partners and claimed the worlds
championship. The two are James
Davey OF the Marysville team and
James Freethy OF the Butte team.
They were the winners OF the match
here five years ago, when they drilled
through 40 inches of solid granite In
Is minutes. Later In a contest In
Montana they exceeded this feat and
established worlds record for dou-
blehanded drilling.
The steamer Excelsior. Captain
Humphrey arrived in Seattle recently
from Copper river and Cook inlet with
1916 passengers. bringing also SIS 900
OF Chestochena gold. the first large
consignment OF treasure ever received
from that district. Two men. II. Mil.
Ter and e. Sandberg, owned $25. 900
of the total shipment. Others had
amounts ranging from $500 to $4,000
each. In the Excelsior crowd there
were probably so men from the Chesto.
chena. They report the district a
scene OF great mining activity and
proving as to richness fully up to the
expectations OF the more conservative
men OF the camp. Their opinion Is
that the bulk OF the seasons output
OF the Chestochena will not reach Sc.
attic for month or six weeks. Good
reports are given, too. OF the Cook
inlet placer diggings by Charles VII.
liam GompertZ. superintendent OF the
Pacific Packing & Navigation com.
pany's Kenai cannery. Gompertz says
the hydraulic mining plants. some
three or four In number. installed on
the tributaries OF Cook inlet and Turn.
again arm. are proving a success. The
Polly mine on Resurrection creek has
again demonstrated itself one Of the
greatest gold producersei in the Cook
inlet district. It's output this season
reached $4,000.
Cresceus Beat The Abbot.
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