The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-11-07

the crusher Is still run at night while the
Mammoth mill is closed down.
John Edgar and the Retzer brothers
who own the Independence group Of
claims near Granite. Idaho. near the
Magnolia property. have bonded the
claims to Glass q Winthrop of Spo.
kane for $4,000. The money will be
devoted to extensive improvements
on the independence group and before
long stamp mill will be erected. The
claims are considered promising.
The most important mining deal
that has been closed this year was
completed last week in Spokane when
A. Klockmann Of Rossland sold one.
third interest in the famous Continent
al group In Northern Idaho to Duluth
people on the basis of 1926, 900 for the
property. Mr.. Hickman and his new
associates have formed the Idaho Con.
tinental Mining company with a cap
ital Of $1,500,000, and will push work
at once.
A fire started at Ironwood, Mich,
and generated gas and spread to al
joining woodworks, closing up the
Pabst mine. Many workmen were res
cued with difficulty. and several are
still in a precarious condition. A mum.
Der OF mules working below are dead
and 400 men are laid of. Gas is COM
ing to the East Norris mine and may
force 1t to close.
On the heels Of the big strike in the
North Pole mines comes the news to
Baker City. Ore. of a strike In the
Relcher. the property of the DANES
Mining 4 Milling company of Spokane
situated in the Greenhorn district, and
strike In the Porcupine, in the Cable
Cove district. the property Of A. W.
Anderson and A. e. Bryan Of Seattle,
end strike made in the Buckeye, in
the North Powder district. the proper.
ty Of Milwaukee capitalists.
Mr.. Weber states that the Weber
mine on Lake Pend Oreille. Idaho, is
now shipping = carload Of ore each
Gay, and that It could ship more were
1t possible to secure the transports
ton necessary. The Gre body on the
mine. directly on the lake
Las run into better ore than they have
lad before. and that the ledge has
wfdened out to six feet, with 80 inches
OF clean ore.
One hundred thousand dollars was re-
Gently paid into bank at Boise, Idaho, for
the Caswell properties on Thunder mount
ain. The money was paid by Colonel w.
H. Dewey and T. N. Barnesdall and s.
b. Longfellow, the two latter of Pitts
burg, Pa. The bond on the property pro-
vided that payment should not be made
until January l, 1908, but the develop
ments have been so phenomemlly rich
that Colonel Dewey and his associates
to take up the bond at once,
A new marble company has been
Incorporated at Spokane and by next
spring machinery will be installed ana
another concern will be turning out
marble. The new company has sc.
cured 120 acres Of land in Stevens
county. three and one-half miles from
Addy. Wash. The entire tract is COW
red with marble Of the cloudy Yer
nont variety, while another 12O acres
ire owned by the same company, sur
ounding the North American proper.
les near Valley.
It will soon be determined whether
here ia oil in Eastern Oregon. One
4 the companies formed In Baker City
lnder the management Of William
Albrecht. ]. D. Miles, United States
Surveyor l.. w. Burtch and
v. G. Cowgirl. and which has located
nd recorded about 1000 acres Of OF!
md In the Malheur district. is now in |
egotiation with Portland and Spokane
ontractors for standard derricks and |
rilling outfits. which is Is expected |
o have on the ground and in operation |
uring the coming month.
Lieutenant D. H. Jarvis, who was
mong the last to leave Nome. reports !
hat from 5000 to $500 people are win.
ering in the district. Lieutenant Jar.
Ia has been the government treasury |
gent doing customs work at Nome |
his summer. OF the number he men.
lens. which includes the mining DOM.
alton OF the whole Seward peninsula.
bout 1000 are In the town Of Nome.
lieut.. JANIS states that there will be
o scarcity OF food supplies this win
Er. He states also that the mining
eason will be good one, and the out
'ok for the future from q gold pro-
ucihg standpoint Is encouraging. The
enditicn Of the natives Is stated to be
'uch improved over that Of 1900.
wu Ting Fang Recalled,
Pekin, Nov. 3-The recall of WI Ting
any the Chinese ,,rir,sta. - MET |