The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1901-10-12
BRITISH COLUMBIA.

Twelve families have been render
ed homeless as q result OF the explosion
at Nanaimo last week.
Oficials OF the ROssland Miners un-
Ion declare that the lie Rol mine strike
will be fought out to the bitter end.
Development work at the st. Eugene
Is going steadily ahead. No shipments
are being made, but there are still IS
men on the company's payroll
There Is quite an excitement over
the striking Of placer gold on Lamb
creek, which empties into Moyie lake
on the west side about a mile and a
half north Of town.
A. c. L. Nelson, the miner injured re-
Gently In the Knob HILL mine. Green
wood camp. died in the hospital at
Greenwood. He was injured in the hacx
and his skull was fractured. He came
from Monsoon. Me.
Billy PoSi, manager Of the Great
Western Mines. Ltd, was down 70 Trout
Lake recently. Speaking OF the Ajax
he says this property Is conceded by
all who have seen II 20 be Sae Of the
most remarkable N the country.
The management of the Athabasca
Mining company has decided on NOV.
Ing its stores from the mill to Nelson.
The result Of this action Is understood
as indicating that the two mining prop
critics will be shut down indefinitely.
Marysville. b. c.. has been selected as
the townslte for the new smelter works
Of the Sullivan SmeIter 4 Refining com
pany. The site Is on the St. Mary's
river near the mouth OF Mark creek.
The tOwnsite viii be operated separate
ly from the smelter works
John Harris has returned from Wis
IL TO the Schilo mine, operated BY the
Silver Crown Consolidated Mining com
pany, in the Ymir district, near Dun
dee mountain. He says that the tunnel
Is now in about 2I0 feet and that rich
stringers OF ore are coming into the
tunnel. From all indications the main
ledge is only about Is feet ahead.
While grading on the v. v. q e. rail.
way through a field on the ranch OF
Jay P. Graves OF Spokane recently a
ledge two feet wide was discovered.
The discovery was promptly staked by
one OF the graders. The first assay gave
$40 in gold and silver values. The 10
cataOn is in the valley about q mile
north Of the international boundary.
Thomas Beamish. charged with In
umAdating non-union employees OF the
Northport smelter on August 10, was
sent 70 the provincial Jail at Rossland
for two months AZ hard labor. This
confirms the decision OF the police judge
on the initial bearing Of the case. The
case created great interest and the
courtroom was packed with spectators.
A run for life through underbrnsh
and over boulders for q distance Of a
quarter OF a mile and then chased the
whole distance by a hand OF terOcIous
wolves. numbering at least a score, Is a
synopsis Of the tale told by George
Skinner and Peter Starreat, two pros
pectors Just returned from an expedi-
ton TO the north end or Vancouver ISL
and.
"A large strike was made on the Au.
rora, across the lake from Moyie. last
week. In sinking a shaft the ledge wild.
ened 70 seven feet OF solid galena. The
shaft is down is feet in depth and is
in all the way, but the ledge has been
ranging only from six inches to a foot
In width until day or two ago. The
Aurora Is owned by Thomas Roder, o.
J. johnson and Captain l. B. Sanborn
and has been steadily developed during
the last three yars. Besides the shaft
there Is tunnel in over 800 feet, which
also has a good showing in the fore.
The property now seems destined to
become equally as valuable as the St.
Eugene.