Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-06-21

= VALUATION OF tlb.Zzf. Average VelueS
wsrs . little more than IS per ton.
The Huntley OIL h Refining com
pany. with a capital Of $500. 900. was
chartered In Texas recently. II II
10 prospect In 70 Texas counties for
oil. The board or directors includes
Charles A. Towne OF Minnesota and
Governor Benton AcMillen of Ten
nessee.
During the nine days which ended
last Saturday the Standard mined
1909 tons VI crude ore. The total
produce for the year to date has been
7l.s57 tons. and the Bunker Hin n
Sullivan company produced 5000 tons
Of ore, The shipments were 500 tons
OF concentrates.
A strike has been made on the Her
cnles at Wallace. Idaho. and while It's
extent Is not determined. there Ia
enough ore In sight TO show that II IL
OF great importance The ledge was
being orossctit when round Of holes
were fired. showing two and a half
feet OF pure carbonate ore.
An assay on some Of the ore from
the new strike In the Hercules Mt
Wallace has yielded 66.2 per cent
lead and SAT ounces In silver. That
il little below the average assay \
In lead. but Ia unusually high In sill
yer. In the little ore which has been
taken out since the strike was made
there number Of samples Of wire
silver have been found.
The big legal fight under way be-
tween Patrick Clark ct nj. and Charles
Swecny for property In the Occur
dAlcnes. said 10 be worth a million
dollars. promises TO DO the biggest suit
OF its kind In the history OF the north.
west There are giants on each side
OF the battle. and there seems no doubt
that they will carry the fight up to the
tribunals OF last resort
The smelling trust has suddenly
stifrencd It's demands upon the mine
owners o! the Occur d'Alenes. The
conference that has been held In New
York has been marked by develop
ments that have surprised the mine
owners considerably. Their surprise
Ii mixed with Indignation. Relations
between them and the smelling trust
are not OF the most cordial nature.
The report Of the United States AZ
say Office at Boise. on the mineral out
put OF Idaho for 1900. has Just been
issued. II shows much greater in.
crease over the previous year than had
generally been supposed. The Increase
amounts to over 80 per cent. The to-
tails are: Gold. $2.076. 036: silver, 49,
4ss,sa9; lead. s7.6s9.974. Total. Sl8.-
236,sso. For 1899 the figures were:
Gold. 32,ll9.71s: silver. S5.2S3. 443;
lead. N.7i3.604. Total. 3l2,107, 765.
Increase OF 1900 over 1899. SG.l29, 075.
The Butte & Boston smelter at Butte,
Mont. which has been closed for some
weeks on account OF the refusal of the
company to grant outside labor the
eight-hour day provided for miners and
smeltermen. will resume operations In
the morning. The machlnists still re-
main out. The smelter employs 800
men. but the starting affects many
times that number In the mines.
The Bunker I'm 4 Sullivan Mining
4 Concentrating Company has filed a
suit In the United States court at Boise
against the Last Chance Mining Com
pany, tn eShoshone Mining Company
and the Empire State-ldaho Mining &
Developing Company for $4,000 dam.
ages. II Ia alleged that the defenda
companies have tunnelled into the
Tyler claim. owned by the Bunker Hill
4 Sullivan Company. and appropriated
ore to the value OF $4,000.
A bond on the Eagle group In the
Gilt Edge district. near Lewiston.
Mont, has been given by McEvony.
Runzler 4 Stephens to II. T, Kendall
4 Co The bond runs for one year and
Ia for $4,000. The group consists Of
Ave claims Joining the Central Mon.
tana mines on the eastern slopes Of the
Judith range. The properties are
practically undeveloped. but enough
work has been done to show ore on all
OF them.
Metal Report.