Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-12-27

marble Company At the Charleston ex-
position Is the only private exhl bition
there from point west of the Mis-
souri,. On that account, and because of
its intrinsic beauty, it is attracting
much attention
The owners O.. the Champion mine.
which adJoins the Springfield, have
struck ore in their lower tunnel. The
ore IS high grade copper and gold The
mine is about four miles northeast of
Mullan, Idaho, in the same belt as the
Sprin gfseld and Park mines.
NJ l.. Pershall. president OF the
Great Western Mining company, which
mas property at Nespelim, Wash. has
lately returned from the mine. and
states that they now have as fine a
showing as any property in the sec
uon Tor the amount of work done.
Frank H. Brown. of Grangevllle, ar
rived in Lewiston recently. bringing
down $4,000 in gold bullion, the result
of one months run in the Jumbo mill
IL Buffalo Hump camp. Mr.. Brown re-
ports that there was three feet of snow
on the ground at the Hump when he
left.
A deal has been made whereby the
Chcckmate mine at Pearl. Idaho. is 10 h..
transferred to Chicago people represent ed
by Governor Hunt The price is not
known with certainty, but it is under
stood to be Sl50,o00. The stock of the
all -, "A.
Boise banks. BY the terms Of the deal
$4,000 is to be paid by March /.
According to men who ought to know
Charles Sweeny is no longer the general
manager OF the Empire State Idaho Min
ing Il Development company. He has LEFT
that position, SO it is declared, within the
past few days His successor j. said to
be +. j. Roberts of Spokane Mr. Rob
ert> has been known for several months
as the assistant manager of the company
Dawson adyices Of November 26 tell
that a great stampede is going on to
Mayo creek in the Stewart river dis.
From Charles Harper. who has just
come out from Pierce City. Idaho, it is
learned that all of the mines in the
camp have shut down for the winter
except the Klondke, Ozark Fleetwood
Orion and Wild Rose Work on these
properties will continue all winter. Mr.
, Harper says that it was very cold al
Pierce City. The thermometer regis
tered five degrees below zero last week
Operations have been resumed on the
Little Giant, on the east side of Kettle
river, near Rock Cut, Wn. A shaft
about 80 feet deep has been sunk. The
property was located several years ago
About $4,000 has been expended in
the way of development and improve
ments. A carload of the ore was
shipped some time ago to the Sound
The results We're satisfactory The
Little Giant is owned principally by
people in the Marcus and Bossburg. Al
the Little Gem, loca. ed on Sand creek
there is considerable activity. A force
of men are at work and a shaft is be
ing sunk. Buildings have been erected
and other Improvements made.
At Baker City, H. Easley. miner
was arrested recently on a charge OF
stealing thirteen pounds Of ore said tc
be worth $1,000 from the North Pole
mine. Mine owners have started cru
SADIE against dishonest miners who have
been stealing in large quantities from
mines in that vicinity lately 1t is said
many thousands of dollars worth of ore
have been stolen from several of the
richest mines during the past few days
An important mining deal took place
at North Yakima recently. by which the
ownership of the King Solomon group
of mines in Chelan county. Wn., was
transferred from Edward Whitson
Fred Parker and Keith Dunlap to A. W
Frater. of Seattle who buys for himself
and Cleveland and Buffalo capitalists
The consideration was $4,000. The
property consists of four promising
claims, and it is one of the most widely
known group of mines IN the north
west.