The Philipsburg mail., 1901-06-28
NORTHWEST NOTES.

oil district.
A nugget worth s49.7o was taken out
of the Osceola, White Pine county,
New, placers last week.
Two inches of snow fell in Leadville
last week, rounding out a year every
month of which brought snow to-
Colorado's cloud city.
Russo II Forncroolx, ranchman on
the Fontennelle, in Wyoming, COM
mitted suicide a few days ago by shoot
ing himself through the heart.
Additional Mormon colonies will be.
installed in the Big Horn, Wyo., dis
trict this fall from Utah and Idaho,
former colonies having proved success
full.
Secretary Hitchcock has approved
twentv-three permits to Craze 1899
horses and cattle on the Teton forest
reserve in Wyoming during the current.
season.
The entire business portion of Will
let's, town about twenty-five miles
north of Ukiah, CAL, was destroyed by
fire last week. The total loss will ap-
proximate $5o,ooo
The Building Trades council of Den
yer has declared the hod carriers strike
irregular and ordered the strikers back
to work. The strike had stopped all,
building in the city.
strong company composed of Bos-'
ton capitalists has been organized to
carry on copper mining operations ex-.
tensively in the War Bonnet and La
Prele districts, west of Douglas, Wyo-.
ming.
The Fremont Oil and Gas company
has purchased the Weaver lease, at;
! Florence, Colo. On this ground is the
big we'll recently drilled, which is with
out exception the largest producer In.
Colorado.
The Boise chamber of commerce is
interesting itself in the building of a,
bridge across the Payette at the mouth
of Clear creek, in order to control the
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ing district for Boise.
George G. Carson, an experienced
mining man of northern California has,
applied for a patent for new process
for the manufacture of steel of quail
ity much superior to Bessemer, which
he claims to have perfected.
TIo ~f pHx
janitor at the city Jail, Grand juno
ton, Colorado, was discovered in the
corridor by Sheriff Charles H. Wallis
and others. He is believed to have
oner.
Joseph Roles of Browns Valley, CAL,
was taken from train at Rawlins
suffering from a mental disorder
several days ago. Roles tried to beat
his brains out against the walls of
his cell, brain fever resulted and he
died.
A rich strike is reported from
Chancellor district, Lander county,
Nevada. A shipment of the ore has
been made, showing 81 per cent cop
per and enough gold and silver to-
pay transportation and reduction
charges.
The Methodist ministers committee
In San Francisco, by personal investi-
cation, says that the number of sa-
looms and the degree of disturbance in
the vicinity of the Presidio post have
not increased since the canteen was
abolished.
James Drury, a miner As years of
age, was killed in the Independence
Consolidated mine on Bull Hill, VIC
tor, Colo, Saturday, while attempting
to pick out a missed shot. He was,
fearfully mangled by the force of the
explosion.
There is in process of formation a
combination having for it's ultimate
object the gathering in of all the red
wood interests on the Pacific coast.
The capital of the combination will be
somewhere between $15.0O0,O00 and
B20, 100000.
Frank Stephens, insane with jeal-
ousy, attempted to shoot his wife last
week whom he found in company with.
Ira Scott at Riverside cemetery, Denver.
He fred twice both shots missing their
mark, but one struck Matthew Brown
inflicting fatal wound.
The coldest June weather ever ex-
perienced in Baker City, Ore, occurred
last week. All fruit, such as cherries,
apples, pears, prunes and plums were
killed and all vegetables were de-.
stroyed. The mercury fell six degrees
below the freezing point.
A party of specialists from the de-