The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-10-10
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Twelve families have been render
ed homeless as a result of the explosion
at Nanaimo last week.
Officials of the Rossland Miners IN
ion declare that the LIE Roi mine strike
will he fought out to the bitter end.
Development work at the ST. Eugene
is going steadily ahead. No shipments
are being made, but there are sill So
men on the company's payroll.
There is quite an excitement over
the striking OF placer gold on Lamb
creek, which empties into Moyie lake
half north Of town.
A. C. l.. Nelson the miner injured re-
Gently in the Knob Hill mine, Green
wood camp, died in the hospital at
Greenwood. He was injured in the back
and his skull was fractured. He came
from Monsoon, Me.
Billy Po5i, manager of the Great
Western Mines, Ltd, was down to Trout
Lake recently. Speaking of the Ajax
he says this property is conceded by
all who have seen it to be que of the
most remarkable n the country.
The management of the Athabasca
Mining company has decided on NOV
ing it's stores from the mill to Nelson.
The result of this action Is understood
as indicating that the two mining prop
critics will be shut down Indefinitely.
Marysyille, B. c., has been selected as
the townsite for the new smelter works
OF the Sullivan Smefeer & Refining com
pany. The site is on the St Mary's
river near the mouth of Mark creek.
The townsite will be operated separate
ly from the smelter works.
John Harris has returned from WIS.,
1t to the Schilo mine, operated by the
Silver Grown Consolidated Mining com
pany, in the Ymir district, near Dun
dee mountain. He says that the tunnel
is now in about 210 feet and that rich
stringers OF ore are coming into the
tunnel. From all indications the main
ledge is only about Is feet ahead.
While grading on the V. V. &sE. rail-
way through a field on the ranch Of
Jay p. Graves Of Spokane recently a
ledge two feet wide was discovered.
The discovery was promptly staked by
one of the graders. The first assay gave
$40 in gold and silver values The To-
, cation is in the valley about a mile
north of the International boundary.
| Thumas Beamish. charged with in
timida.ing non-union employees of the
Northport smelter on August 10. was
sent to the provincial Jail at Rossland
for two months at hard Labor This
confirms the de ,ision of the police Judge
OF, sshc iri..::as!! hearing C: .s..ie case The
ease created great interest ann the
courtroom was packed with spectators.
! A run for life through underbrush
and over boulders for distance OF a
quarter of mile ard then chased the
whole distance by band of ierocious
wolves, numbering at least score, is a
synopsis Of the tale told by George
Skinner and Peter Starrett, two pros
pectors just returned from an expedi-
ton to the north end OF Vancouver ISL
and.
"A large strike was made on the Au-
rora, across the lake from Moyie, last
week. In sinking shaft the ledge wild
ened to seven feet OF solid galena. The
shaft is down IS feet in depth and is
in all the way. but the ledge has been
ranging only from six inches to foot
in width until day or two ago. The
Aurora is owned by Thomas Roder, o.
J. johnson and Captain I. b. Sanborn
and has been steadily developed during
the last three vars. Besides the shaft
there Is tunnel in over 800 feet, which
also has q good showing in the fore.
The property now seems destined to
become equally as valuable a. the St.
Eugene.
Yesterday the body Of G. F. Andrews,
an old prospector 70 years Of age, was
found in the south end OF Nelson, B.
c., with the head blown on above the
chin. He had been In hard circum-
stances OF late. and Ia plkiful letter
to Mayor Fletcher. found IN hls pos
session. he described his poverty and
asked for interment IN the potter's
field dn rough box or sack, q he was
too poor to buy either box or COT.
nm. He also described Ais mode Of exc.
cution. 10 avert the neceesiky OF an In
quest. stating he would use three sticks
Of giant powder placed on top Of his
head. with . couple ok 0At stones on
top of same. hoping ~ would make =
good Job.
1nNnNo MoTRs.
The smelling and rslning az copper
and lsad gold and silver. ars wsll rep