The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-09-27

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i The Cougar mine. near Granite
Ore. Is to resume operations At n
early date. The property is owned
lentirely in Spokane and was recent,
incorporated a. the Cougar Gold Min
ing 4 Milling company, with capita
of 1000. 900 shares. par value 81.
Dynamite is q deadly poison as will
be seen from . report Of mining
company In Montana. A box Of the
usual giant powder was deyoured by
cattle. and in short space OF time
six OF them were dead. An autopsy
showed the presence OF the stun.
The cleanups OF the mines Of Stump
ter. Ore. for August are estimated TO
be: Bonanza. $4,000: Columbia. $780,
900: Red Boy. $4,000. and Golconda.
$4,000, In addition to all this bullion
eight cars OF concentrates from the
Badger went out by freight
| The superintendent OF the Orc Elmo
mine. situated at Alamo. Ore, a few
days since reported by telephone that
an exceedingly important new strike
had been made. A crosscut which
demonstrated that the westerly vein
at this new vein is l01z feet wide, all
in high grade free milling gold ore.
Work has closed down in the lower
workings OF the Conjecture mine at
Lake View. Idaho. In order TO drive the
d n fnv1 he
present workings on the lower level.
where ore was being taken out. has
been done at considerable expense.
and the management will step ship.
ments TO develop the property to make
IL dividend payer.
tered In the rock drilling contest which
took place at the Eiks carnival at Spo
kane: Walter Bradshaw and James
Freethy. Butte. Mont: Frank Stevens
and Cash Patterson. MURRAY. Idaho:
J. r. Stevens and Peter SpauIding
Murray. Idaho: Patterson and Cum
mings Osbuyn. Idaho: ". NJ Rosa and
G. s. Mcleod Rossland. B. c.; James
Dayey and Henry Stevens. MarysviIle.
Mont. and Thomas Bessler and Daniel
Dunn. Sumpter. Ore
The men are all in the champion
ship list in their respective localities. T
Bessler and Dunn hold medals for
number OF matches won in the vicin- 1
ity Of Sumpter and Baker City. Ross
and Mcleod have been practically In |
in British Columbia and the
three Occur d'Alene teams have each 1
won matches in their district and else
where
The steamer Excelsior. Captain
arrived in Seattle recently I
from Copper river and Cook inlet with
1f Chestochena gold. the first large
OF treasure ever received
rom that district Two men. H. Mil
er and E. Sandberg. owned $4,000
II the total shipment Others had
mounts ranging from $500 to $4,000 t,
ZACH. In the Excelsior crowd there
we're probably so men from the Chesto- {
hena- They report the district a {
Gene OF great mining activity and {
rowing as to richness fully up to the l
expectations OF the more conservative (
aen Of the camp. Their opinion is
the Chestochena will not reach Sc. c
tile for a month or six weeks. Good {
eports are given. too. OF the Cook '
1let placer diggings by Charles VIII q
am Compertx. superintendent OF the Il
acific Packing & Navigation com +
ne hydraulic mining plants. some s
Tree or four In number. installed on
he tributaries OF Cook inlet and Turn G
gain arm. are proving success. The S
oily mine on Resurrection creek has a
rain demonstrated itself one OF the IL
reatest gold producers in the Cook n
let district Its output this season p
'ached $40 ooo. ia
II is interesting to note that in the y
ute and the Marysville. Mont. teams n
e two members who formerly drilled "
partners and claimed the world S b
lampionship. The two are James v
avey of the Marysville team and
mes Freethy OF the Butte team. Ii
hey were the winners OF the match If
re FIVE years ago. when they drilled nj
rough ~ inches Of solid granite in "
minutes. Later in a contest IN 10
ontana they exceeded this feat and hi
tablished a worlds record for dou- v
shanded drilling. re
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