Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-11-09

OH Goat creek IN the MethOW district
Wash, are to the effect that the ra.
Gently installed 2Ostamp mill is now in
successful operation.
The rains of the past week have been
a relief to the mine owners around Wal.
lace. Idaho, for the water was gettino
very low for millinb purposes. Tests
made at the Standard mill show that the
volume has increased one third since the
rains began, and there is now enouoh
water to run very comfortably, although
the crusher is still run at night while the
Mammoth mill is closed down.
John Edgar and the Retzer brothers.
who own the independence group of
claims near Granite Idaho, near the
Magnolia property, have bonded the
claims to Glass & Winthrop of Spo.
kane for $4,000 The money will be
devoted to extensive improvements
on the independence group and before
long a stamp mill will be erected. The
claims are considered promising.
The most important mining deal
that has been closed this year was
comnleted last week in Spokane when
A. Hickman of Rossand sold a one.
third interest in the famous Continent
al group in Northern Idaho to Duluth
people on the basis of 1925 900 for the
property. Mr.. Hickman and his new
associates have formed the Idaho Con.
tinental Mining company with cap
ital of Sl,500,000 and will push work
at once.
A fire started at 1ronwood. Mich,
and generated gas and spread to al
Joining woodworks, closing up the
Pabst mine. MANY workmen were res
c"od with difficulty. and several are
still in precarious condition A mum.
Der of mules working below are dead
and 400 men are laid off. Gas is COM
ing to the East Norris mine and may
force it to close.
On the heels of the big strife in the
North Pole mines comes the news to
Baker City, Ore, of a strike in the
Relcher, the property of the DANES
Mining & Milling company of Spokane,
situated In the Greenhorn district, and
strike in the Porcupine in the Cable
Cove district. the property Of A. W.
Anderson and A. e. Bryan of Seattle,
and a strike made in the Buckeye, In
the North Powder district the proper.
ty of Milwaukee capitalists.
Mr.. Weber states that the Weber
mine on Lake Tend Oreille, Idaho, Ia
now shipping carload of ore each
Gay, and that it could ship more were
it possible to secure the transporta
ton necessary. The Gre body on the
Cashier mine, directly on the lake,
Las run into better ore than they have
had before and that the ledge has
widened out TO six feet, with 80 inches
of clean ore.
One hundred thousand dollars was re-
Gently paid into bank at Boise Idaho, for
the Caswell properties on Thunder mount
ain. The money was paid by Colonel w.
H. Dewey and r. N. Barnesdall and s.
b. Longfellow, the two latter of Pitts
burg, Pa. The bond on the property pro-
vded that payment should not be made
until January !, 1909 but the develop
ments have been SO phenomenally rich
that Colonel Dewey and his associates
4 dGlSIlu " lohC uP CiiN boh" - DhSN.
A new marble company has been
incorporated at Spokane and by next
spring machinery will be installed and
another concern will be turning out
marble The new company has Sc
cured 100 acres of land in Stevens
county. three and one-half miles from
Addy. Wash. The entire tract is COW
~ 10 alntIhU VQr-
mont variety, while another 12O acres
are owned by the same company, sur
rounding the North American proper
ties near Valley.
It will soon be determined whether
there is oil in Eastern Oregon. One
Of the companies formed in Baker City
under the management Of William
Albrecht, ]. d. Miles United States
Mineral Surveyor L. W. Burtch and
w. C. Cowgirl, and which has located
ard recorded about 1000 acres OF oil
land in the MaIheur district, is now IN
negotiation with Portland and Spokane
contractors for standard derricks ana
drilling outfits, which is is expected
to have on the ground and in operation
during the coming month.
Lieutenant d. Fl. Jarvis, who was
among the last to leave Nome, reports
that from 5000 to $500 people are win
tering in the district. Lieutenant Jar
Wis has been the government treasury
agent doing customs work at Nome
tins summer OF the number he men
tlons, which includes the mining pop1'
lation of the whole Seward peninsula.
about 2000 are in the town of Nome.
lent Invis states that there Will pc