The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-11-28

ton. The company will make cement
1T a plant located at lone, Wash. 1t
will be in operation March /, with out
put of 200 barrels daily.
Twenty-Five men dead Is believed to
be the total of Smuggler-Unio fatali-
ties. The body of John Nevella was
found on the slopes Of the seventh lew
Ell. Engineer Hugh O'Neill died after
two days of Inconsistencies.
The Standard Mining company of
Wallace, Idaho, paid a dividend Of
cents per share-$25,0 00-last week,
making a total of dividends to date for
this company of $2,440.OO0. For sever
al months it's dividends have been uni.
formly cents per share each.
The federal court of appeal sat San
Francisco has refused the application
Of Charles Sweeny for reversal Of the
courts decision in the celebrated Skoo-
KUN case. The effect of the refusal Is
to give Kennedy Hanley one-eighth
interest In the famous mine from
which the Empire State-Idaho CON-
pany is getting its richest ore.
An attempt was made last week to
rob the sluice boes OF the Gold Nugget
placer claim at Tyson, Idaho. The
boxes had been running for five days
without cleaup. and as they are max
ing about four ounces day, a consid-
cradle amount of gold was known to
be in them. Robert Neill, the owner.
was away. He left orders not to clean
up until he returned.
The body OF Edward Riberly, the car
penter who went into Lake Superior
No. 6 mine with the cavern Of ground
from the surface on August 20, has been
recovered. The Lake Superior Iron
company spent nearly $4,000 in the
search for the body. 1t was necessary
to drift fifty feet and then sink a shaft
fifty feet through loose ground in or.
der to reach the point where the body
rested.
Considerable interest Is being man..
tested at Spokane in the new oil fields
lately opened up In Southwestern Wy.
oming and several parties have left
within the past week for the scene OF
operations. The fields are situate In
the vicinity Of Kemmerer and Fossil,
south OF the Oregon Short Line. 160
miles from Pocatello, and about the
same distance northeasterly from Og
den. The oil 20 far found Is Of the I'm
est lubricating quality. and 1t is said
to command q price Of from IS to 81
per barrel.
A sample OF Trade Dollar ore at Re
public. Wash, was assayed recent,
that showed q value Of 1911. A sam
pie said to be an average Of the orr
body. % inches in width. returned Al
assay value Of $107.48. The vein o
rich ore 10 80 inches In width. and
was much richer than any heretofor,
taken from the mine. It vas hterall,
springled with native gold. It IL b,
all odds the finest gold ore taken GU
In what u known a. the porphyry belt
The ledge is the came that traverse
the Ben Hur and the San Poll claims.
J. G. Wilson. the owner OF the famou
Apache group in The Nespelim district
Wn.. - In Spokane on his way east I.
complete big mining deal whereby easl
ern capitalists will take hold OF sever
al Nespelim properties and develo
them In the spring. He Gays the Me-
peldm country has the finest surfac
showing Of any district in the world
Nearly every expert who has visited tn
section has pronounced It wonderful
The Apache alone took out enough Or
~ the drst thirty feet 10 pay for II
property. The orc II remarkably ricl
going from 1000 to 5000 ounces Ii Il
vsr and from $3.50 to $3.50 In gold.
The new constitution or the Weetsr,
Federation Of Miners has been con
Dleted BY the executive board after tn
weeks Of hard work. The board ha
adjourned and will not meet again III
III the Denver convention. u Ma,
Three important changes from ii
terms Of the old document are notst
The drst u the organization Of stat
declarations Of miners from the loo,
unions Of the federation. The secon
change u the establishmsns Of a insu
ance plan Tor al members Of the fet
eration. The third important clause q
lates TO the ratihcation Of the CONVEX
don agreement tor ipterchangeabl
| membership cards with tho WAster
Labor union.
Al Butte. the Amaleamated compan,
through ~ branch. the AanAcond
company. has won ths nrst victor
against the Heinse interests TOR con
time beck. Judge CiAncey issued
eempcrary injunction against the Nj
Der consolidated. directing that oper