The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-09-27


entirely in Spokane and was recently
incorporated as the Cougar Gold Min
ing & Milling company with a capital
of 100000 shares, par value 81.
Dynamite is a deadly poison as will |
be seen from a report of a mining |
company in Montana. A box of the
usual giant powder was devoured by
cattle, and in a short space of time
six of them were dead. An autopsy
showed the presence of the stuff.
The cleanups of the mines of Stump
ter, Ore, for August are estimated to
be: Bonanza, $4,000; Columbia, $70.
900; Red Boy. $4,000, and Golconda.
$4,000. In addition to all this bullion
eight cars of concentrates from the
same mines and four cars from the
Badger went out by freight.
The superintendent of the Orc Elmo
mine situated at Alamo, Ore. few
days since reported by telephone that
an exceedingly important new strike
had been made. A crosscut which
has been prosecuted for some time has
demonstrated that the westerly vein
| ut tnlS new vein 10 lO12 lScl WluC, oil
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
big tunnel further into the hill The
present workings on the lower level,
where ore was being taken out, has
been done at considerable expense,
and the management will stop ship
ments to develop the property to make
it dividend payer.
The following are the teams en-
tered in the rock drilling contest which
took place at the Elks carnival at Spo'
kane: Walter Bradshaw and James
Freethy, Butte, Mont; Frank Stevens
and Cash Patterson, Murray, Idaho;
]. F. Stevens and Peter Spaulding,
Murray, Idaho; Patterson and Cum
mings, Osburn, Idaho; w. M. Rosa and
G. S. Mcleod, Rossland, B. c.; James
Davey and Henry Stevens, Marysville
Mont, and Thomas Bessler and Daniel
> Dunn, Sumpter, Ore.
, The men are all in the champion
+ ship list in their respective localities
Bessler and Dunn hold medals for 6
> number of matches won in the vicin
J. ity of Sumpter and Baker City. Ross
I and Mcleod have been practically in
vincible in British Columbia, and thu
e three Occur d'Alene teams have eacl
e won matches in their district and else
I where.
S 1t is interesting to note that in tn
/ Butte and the Marysville, Mont, team
e are two members who formerly drille
2 as partners and claimed the world
e championship. The two are Jane
Davey of the Marysville team an
T. James Freethy of the Butte team
Il They were the winners of the mate
e here five years ago, when they drille
i. through 40 inches of solid granite i
is Is minutes. Later in a contest i
a Montana they exceeded this feat an
S, established a worlds record for dol
"a blehanded drilling.
IL The steamer Excelsior, Capital
Humphrey, arrived in Seattle recent
lie from Copper river and Cook inlet wit
e. 1876 passengers, bringing also $500
T. of Chestochena gold, the first lare
'e consignment of treasure ever receive
lie from that district. Two men, H. Mi
at Ter and E. Sandberg. owned $500
H. of the total shipment. Others ha
s. amounts ranging from $500 to $500
IL each. In the Excelsior crowd thel
lie were probably so men from the Chest
ne chena. They report the district
III scene of great mining activity ar
10 proving as to richness fully up to IL
IL expectations of the more conservatiN
is men of the camp. Their opinion
~ that the bulk of the seasons outpl
OF the Chestochena will not reach
as attic for month or six weeks. Goo
III reports are given, too, of the Coo
TX inlet placer diggings by Charles w
Oh liam Gompertz, superintendent of Il
eu Pacific Packing & Navigation col
10 pGny's Kenai cannery. GompertZ sa
w. the hydraulic mining plants son
Is three or four in number, installed
IT. the tributaries of Cook inlet and Tur
nu again arm, are proving a success. T
lis Polly mine on Resurrection creek h
" again demonstrated itself one of t
III greatest gold producers in the CO.
ne inlet district. Its output this seas
Gu reached $40 1000.
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