Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-10-11

man mine at Burke. Idaho, was killed
last week by falling down an ore shoot.
Evidences have been found which es-
tablish the fact that the mines In the
Kougarox district near Nome were
worked many vars ago.
The Valdez copper mining district IN
Alaska Is rich In copper, and has coal.
timber, fine water and power and all
other resources necessary for building
I'D a great mining industry.
The Bunker Hall & Sullivan Mining
and Concentrating Company. OF Ward
ner, Idaho, has declared dividend No.
SO, Of $21, ZOO. That makes the total
paid since January /, 1901, $4,000,
and the total to date $1,263,OOO.
At Tyson, Idaho, work on the Sunday
Morning Tunnel Is progressing rapidly.
1t is now down about Is feet, Of which
twenty-five feet was driven through SOL
Id iron Gaping. At depth OF thirty
seven feet a three-inch stringer contain
ing free gold was crosscut.
1t has leaked out that the Snowshoe
mine near Libby has been sold. The
proposition submitted by D. P. Bowers
some time ago has been accepted by the
Pacific Northwest Mining company at
London, England, and the papers nec.
essary to make the transfers have been
forwarded to them by E. H. West, the
company's manager at Libby.
A company has just purchased free
gold proposition at Round Prairie. near
Baker City, Ore. and will move the
twenty stamp mill they have purchased
to that property. The price the com.
pany paid for the mine Is given out as
$4,000 cash. There is already a five
stamp mill at the mine, and with the
addition Of twenty stamps the Hoosier
Boy company will crush great deal Of
ore.
The steamship Queen arriyed from
Cape Nome, bringing All passengers
and 100000 in gold dust. The Queen
made a remarkable run of six days and
fifteen hours, which Is the record run
from Nome to Puget sound. When the
Queen sailed from Nome the disabled
steamer Nome City had arrived with
her crank shaft broken. The steamer
Santa Anna was also at Nome. Pas
sengers from Nome report that the
place is crowded with people awaiting
an opportunity to get out. Purser Cur
It's reports that all accommodations on
the Queen for, the next trip from Nome
have been engaged, and the same can
be said Of all steamers which are sched-
uled to make another trip The Gus.
toms report at Nome shows that 1000
people arrived there this season, and
that 1000 have already departed.
What may prove to be an important
discovery Of a vein Of sand has been
made on the Columbia at Umatilla, Ore.
The location is a little below the sta.
ton, on the river bank, and the vein
has been traced for considerable dis
lance, many thinking it extends at least
five miles. The quality is of the finest,
eminently suitable for mixing purposes
for plaster and for building sand.
Should the find turn out as hoped. the
situation permits OF. easy shipment
greatly enhancing the value Of the vein.
One Of the biggest mining deals that
has taken place in Spokane for several
years was started. recently when the
papers were signed for the bonding Of
nearly all the Palmer Mountain claims
and mines, not included in the Palmer
Mountain tunnel proposition, to the
Washington Development company.
with John Boyd Of the Palmer Noun
tain Tunnel company as the president
OF the new company. The price Of the
bond Is 100000 and covers a period Of
IL months. Mr.. Weston says that as
he understood the proposition q deal
had been made whereby the new syn.
dictate should use the present Palmer
Mountain tunnel. and that gigantic hole
would be run clear through the noun.
tain to the Rainbow. This would tan
the lodges OF the Ivanhoe at a depth
Of 1000 feet and connect every mine on
the mountain with the one tunnel.
Fatal Wreck in Montana.
Helena, Mont, Oct. IA wreck on
the Montana Central SO miles north Of
Helena, wrecked an engine which left the
track and turned over in a mud bank.
Engineer Patrick j. Hussey was scalded
to death, his body being badly mangled.
he had been railroading for IS years, and
this was his first accident. Hnssev,s xm