Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-06-22

News has reached here OF a rich
quartz strike on Connell gulch. near
Pierce City, Idaho. An eightjnch
ledge of free milling ore has been nm
covered for 80 feet. 1t carries values
of $4,000 ton.
The bullion production of the mill
OF the Central Montana Mines com.
pany at Lewiston. Montana. for the
month Of May was 1043 ounces. having
valuation of $1S,227 Average values
were little more than Sc per ton.
The Huntley OIL & Refining com.
pany. with capital of $2,50O,0 600. was
chartered in Texas recently. It is
to prospect in 25 Texas counties for
oil. The board of directors includes
Charles A. Towne of Minnesota and
Governor Benton McMillen of Ten
nessee.
During the nine days which ended
last Saturday the Standard mined
1909 tons of crude ore. The total
produce for the year to date has been
1,S57 tons, and the Bunker Hill &
sullivan company produced 5000 tons
OF ore. The shipments were 500 tons
OF concentrates.
A strike has been made on the Her.
cules at Wallace, Idaho, and while its
extent is not determined, there is
enough ore in sight to show that it is
OF great Importance The ledge was
being crosscut when round of holes
were fired, showing two and a half
| feet of pure carbonate ore.
An assay on some of the ore from
the new strike in the Hercules at
Wallace has yielded 66.2 per cent
lead and 94.7 ounces in silver That
is little below the average assays
in lead. but is unusually high in sill
yer. In the little ore which has been
taken out since the strike was made
there number of samples of wire
silver have been found.
The big legal fight under way be-
tween Patrick Clark ct al. and Charles
Sweeny for property in the Occur
d'Alenes, said to be worth a million
dollars, promises to be the biggest suit
of its kind in the history of the north
west. There are giants on each side
of the battle, and there seems no doubt
that they will carry the fight UP to the
tribunals of last resort.
The smelling trust has suddenly
stiffened its demands upon the mine
owners of the Occur d'Alenes. The
conference that has been held in New
York has been marked by develop
! mn &c hot hou
owners considerably. Their surprise
is mixed with Indignation. Relations
between them and the smelling trust
are not of the most cordial nature.
The report of the United States as
say office at Boise. on the mineral out,
put of Idaho for 1900, has just been
issued. 1t shows much greater in
crease over the previous year than had
generally been supposed. The increase
amounts to over so per cent. The to-
tails are: Gold, $2,O76,O36; silver, 49,.
468,S39; lead, $7,6S9,974 Total, $1S,
236,S40 For 1899 the figures were:
Gold, $2119,718; silver, 1928, 443;
lead, $4,713,604. Total. s12,107,7 1855
Increase of 1900 over 1899. $6,129 ,075
The Butte & Boston smelter at Butte
Mont, which has been closed for some
weeks on account of the refusal of the
company to grant outside labor the
eight-hour day provided for miners and
smeltermen, will resume operations in
the morning. The machinists still re
main out The smelter employs 30C
men, but the starting affects many
times that number in the mines.
The Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining
& Concentrating Company has filed
suit in the United States court at Boise
against the Last Chance Mining Com
pany, tn eShoshone Mining Company
and the Empire State-Idaho Mining 6
Developing Company for $4,000 dam
ages. 1t is alleged that the defendan
companies have tunnelled into thu
Tyler claim, owned by the Bunker Hill
& Sullivan Company, and appropriated
ore to the value of $4,000.
A bond on the Eagle group in thu
Gilt Edge district, near Lewiston
Mont, has been given by McEvony
Runzler & Stephens to H. T. Kendall
& Co. The bond runs for one year an(
is for $4,000 The group consists o.
five claims joining the Central Mon
tana mines on the eastern slopes of thu
Judith range. The properties arr
; practically undeveloped, but enough
work has been done to show ore on al
of them.
Metal Report.
; New York.-Metal quotations:
> Silver, 595sc.