The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-11-08

who own the independence group of
claims near Granite. Idaho. near the
Magnolia property, have bonded the
claims to Glass & Winthrop of Spo-
lane 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
completed last week in Spokane when
A. Hickman of Rossland sold a one
third interest in the famous Continent
al group in Northern Idaho to Duluth
people on the basis of 1925 600 for the
property. Mr.. Klockmann and his new
associates have formed the Idaho Con.
tinental Mining company with a cap
ital of $1,500000 and will push work
at once.
A fire started at Tronwood Mich.
and generated gas and spread to al
joining woodworks, closing up the
Pabst mine. Manv workmen were res
cued 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 strike in the
North Pole mines comes the news to
Baker City, Ore. of a strike in the
Pelcher, the property of the DANES
Mining & Milling company of Snokane
situated in the Greenhorn district. and
q strike in the Porcupine, in the Gable
Cove district. the property of A. w
Anderson and A. e. BRYAN of Seattle
and a strike made in the Buckeve in
the North Powder district. the proper.
ty of Milwaukee capitalists.
Mr.. Weber states that the Webor
mine on Lake Pend Oreille, Idaho, is
now shipping a carload of ore each
cav, and that it could ship more were
IL 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
lad 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 T. N. Banesdall and S
b. Longfellow, the two latter of Pitts
burg, Pa. The bond on the property pro
vided that payment should not be made
until January l. 1903, but the develop
ments. have been so phenomenally ricf
that Colonel Dewey and his associates
determined to take up the bond at once
A new marble company has beer
incorporated at Spokane and by neX1
spring machinery will be installed anc
another concern will be turning ou
marble. The new company has Sc
cured 120 acres of land in Stevens
county. three and one-half miles from
Addy, Wash. The entire tract is GOV
cred with marble of the cloudy Yer
mont variety, while another 100 acres
are owned by the same company, sur
rounding the North American proper
ties near Valley.
1t 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, j. d. Miles, United State!
Mineral SURVEYOR L. w. Burtch anC
w. G. Cowgirl and which has located
ard recorded about 1000 acres of OF
! land in the Malheur district. is now il
negotiation with Portland and Spokan,
contractors for standard derricks anC
drilling outfits, which is is expected
to have on the ground and in operation
during the coming month.
Lieutenant d. H. Jarvis, who wal
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 treasur'
agent doing customs work at Nom
this summer. OF the number he men
tiCns, which includes the mining pop'l
: lation of the whole Seward peninsula
about 1000 are in the town of Nome
Lieut.. JAWS states that there will b.
: no scarcity of food supplies this win
ter. He states also that the minini
season will be good one, and the out
$ look for the future from a gold pre-
ducing standpoint is encouraging. TIL
condition of the natives is stated to b
4 much improved over that of 1900.