The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-08-29

Sam Strong, the millionaire mine |
owner of Cripple Creek, Col, was shot /.
and killed recently by Granite. Crum-
ley.
About 1000 men are now working on
the railroad into Republic camp and
$500 more will be put to work as soon
as they can be secured.
The Last Chance mine at Wardner,
Idaho. has put all its men on day shift,
which plan IL said will be maintained
for some time in the future.
Dawson is improving rapidly: mod
ern dwellings and warehouses are go
ing up, new court house Is about COM
pleted, and work has been started on
the new administration buildings and
. residence for the governor.
The London Chronicle has obtained
from Lord Rothschild a denial Of any
connection with or knowledge Of the
reported American copper trust.
my firm has no copper mines." he
Is represented to have said, and new
er before heard of Senator Clark"
Rice & Foss have bonded the Alice
group Of 20 claims on Ruddy gulch. a
mile and half west Of Mullan. Idaho.
to Colonel Dewey of Nampa.
A. E. Mohr, the Ohio tenderfoot, who
made q rich find lately near Pierce
City. has had rock from his property
assayed. with startling results. The
assays Of two sets Of samples run from
$4,000 to $4,000 to the ton.
Probably one of the largest mineral
exhibits to be shown at the Interstate
fair at Spokane In September, and one
that will exceed any previous exhibit
shown from any single district, will
be brought down from British Colum-
bia.
Former Lieutenant Governor Spriggs
Of Montana is back from q trip to
Prince Of Wales island. He says pros
pectors ask fabulous sums for mines.
and that placer mines Of Alaska are
outclassed by lode properties and its
wealth n quartz.
The ofhcers of the Methow Gold &
Copper Mining company. operating on
property on Mckinney mountain, Okla
hogan county, Wash, have deceived
word from Superintendent Landers
that the men had encountered seven
feet Of high grade ore In the upper tun-
mel.
The sensational afidavits filed in Sill
yer Bow district court in the Minnie
Healy case, In which 1t is alleged that
Judge Harvey OF Butte was improper
ly Influenced in rendering a decision
favorable to Heinze interests have
reached the supreme court through off,
cial channels.
The development Of the marble de-
posits around Valley, in Stevens coun-
ty, WASH, Is going rapidly ahead. The
interest which has been created in the
east through the exhibit OF Washing
ton marbles at the Pan-American ex-
position Is already reflected here
through inquiries for marble and for
marble properties.
A letter and samples Of rich ore were
received recently In Spokane from the
Bill Nye mine. in Jackson county. Ore
gon. The samples just received are
from new lead just encountered, and
the ore Is the richest yet found In any
of the other rich leads on the Bill Nye.
The ore is hanging together with gilt
tering gold and the assays 60 up into
the thousands.
John Gray, superintendent of the
Crystal mine, says that the ledge which
the tunnel had encountered and which
was supposed to be the main lead has
proved to be another vein, and that the
tunnel is now through 1t and has also
passed through another Of about the
same width. After passing through
these two veins the mother lode was
encountered. and both walls have been
cut. Shipping Is to begin immediate
ly.
The expedition which was sent by
the Spokane Development company to
the interior of Alaska. back of Nome,
was more expensive than profitable.
The members Of the party have return
ed from the trip. They included James
Bresnahan, mining expert for Patrick
Clark; Harley Armstrong of Republic,
who acted as assayer; ]. J. Stewart,
an assistant, and William Pierce, a
practical miner.
Mining men of Denver accept as true
the reports that world wide copper
combine has been formed. and compe-
tition in buying copper will no longer
be known. The combine Is said to
have been effected between the Anal
gamated, Calumet & Hecla, Senator
Clark and the Rothschilds. Papers have
been signed covering long term of
years. The consolidation Of interests
Ia said to he f1nancad Inv tho National