Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-07-19

Two carloads Of mining machinery
has arrived from Salt Lake for the Blue
Jacket Consolidated Mining company.
in the Seven Devils. The shipment In
cludes pumps. hosting machinery. etc.
Considerable uneasiness Is felt over
the mysterious disappearance Of M. M.
Brown, a we'll known mining man Of
the HoodOO district who disappeared
In Spokane last week. since which time
no trace Of him has ueen had.
The Empire State-Idaho Company is
yielding enormous profits. Charles
Sweeny. general manager OF the com
pany. has returned from = trip to New
York. He says he has nothing to say
now in regard to the Clark suit.
L. X. Armstrong. superintendent Of
the mining exhibit from the state OF
Washington at Buffalo, has returned
from the exposition, and says that
Washington has the finest exhibit Of
crude ores OF any state In the Union.
The strike OF the miners at Rossland
has not affected the strike situation at
Northport, for there are over 100, 900
amount would besuficient for a three
months run at the full capacity OF the
plant.
Parties arriving from the Thunder
Mountain country, near Grangeville,
Idaho. report that the work which has
been progressing all winter on the
property OF Colonel Dewey has shown
up an extent Of ore and values that is
marvellous
The forthcoming statement of the
coinage executed at the minis Of the
United States for the fiscal year ending
June 20. 1901. will show the total coin
age to have been $136.3O4,7S1, as fol-
lows: Gold. $99.O65.715; silver. $685..
265. 49s; minor coins. $2.O09.56S.
The big ledge from which came all
the rich float found on the main creek
flowing into Hayden lake has been
found. The ledge stands out fully so
feet in width and with a showing Of
beautiful quartz. The ore Is silver.
lead, and there are numerous speci-
mems Of crystalized lead found among
the ore.
Judge Beatty OF Idaho has rendered
an important decision In the case OF the
United States versus the Newsum Z
Leggett Creek Hydraulic Mining CON-
pany. limited. The decision gives the
company the right to construct placer
mining ditch in the Bitter Root forest
| reservation in Idaho county. pending
regular trial OF the case.
Butte is the place where more mining
accidents occur than anywhere else In
America. But no matter how serious
the case the hospitals there will refuse
invariably to take the injured ones un-
less payment Is guaranteed. So the
city council and other authorities have
informally discussed the matter and
decided to have an emergency hospital.
The city and the county will share the
expense.
From Redding Cal, comes the news
that H. II. Mcclure, a pioneer mining
man Of Bully Hill. has bonded eight
claims adjoining Captain De Lamar's
Bully Hill mines to c. d. Porter and
associated mining men OF Spokane,
WASH. for 100000. A cash payment
was made and others are TO follow each
month. The copper ledge which has
been struck on the claims will be de.
velOped.
News comes from Moscow Mountain,
Idaho, that the White Cross has struck
body Of rich ore in the 100 foot level.
There Is said to be six feet OF It. all
free milling. and an assay OF samples
across the whole ledge gave a return OF
$3.50 per ton. The force at work has
been increased, and work on the new
strike will be pushed. A Cleveland
(Ohio) man has purchased large
block OF treasury stock and the CON-
pany expects to put In a hosting and
reducing plant at an expense OF $40 900
this fall.
It Is asserted from a source very
close to the management Of the North.
port Mining Smelling company that
the company will build company store
and put in a $4,000 stock OF general
merchandise. 1t Is declared that the
company will also erect about 100 cot.
tages for the accommodation OF en-
ployes and will build a stockade around
the entire property. 1t Is supposed that
the works and town OF the Pullman
Palace Car Company at Pullman. ILL.,.
will serve as a model for the smelling
company in the work OF building up a
system under which all business and
social life will be dependent upon and
under control OF the smelter manage
ment
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