The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-06-21

Cripple Creek.
News has reached here of a rich
quartz strike on Cornell gulch, near
Pierce City, Idaho. An eight-inci j.
ledge of free milling ore has been IN
covered for so feet. 1t carries values
of $4,000 a ton.
The bullion production of the mill
of the Central Montana Mines com |
pany az Lewiston. Montana. for the
month of May was 1043 ounces, having
a valuation of $1S,227. Average values
were a little more than Sc per ton.
The huntley Oil d Iiennins COM
pany. with capital of s2,500,O00, was
chartered in Texas recently. 1t is
to prospect in 25 Texas counties for
OIL The board of directors includes
Charles A. Towne of Minnesota and
Governor Benton McMillen of Ten
nessee.
During the nine days which ended
last Saturday the Standard mined
1909 tons of crude ore. The total
produce for the year to date has been
71,S57 tons. and the Bunker Hill &
Sullivan company produced 5000 tons
of ore. The shipments were 500 tons
of concentrates.
A strike has been made on the Her
cules at Wallace, Idaho, and while its
/ extent is not determined, there is
enough ore in sight to show that it is
of great Importance. The ledge was
being crosscut when a 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 at
Wallace has yielded 66.2 per cent
lead and 94.7 ounces in silver. That
is little below the average assays
in lead. but is unusually high in sill
yer. In the little ore which has been
taken out since the strike was made
there a number of samples of wire
silver have been found.
The big legal fight under way be-
tween Patrick Clark ct al. and Charles
Sweeny for property in the Occur
d'Alenes, said to be worth a million
dollars, promises to be the biggest sui
of it's 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
stiffened it's demands upon the mine
owners of the Occur d'Alenes. The
conference that has been held in New
York has been marked by develop
ments that have surprised the mine
e owners considerably. Their surprise
s is mixed with Indignation. Relations
i between them and the smelling trus
are not of the most cordial nature.
i The report of the United States as
y say Office at Boise. on the mineral out
put of Idaho for 1900. has Just BEEF
= issued 1t shows a much greater in
crease over the previous year than ha
: generally been supposed. The increas
J. amounts to over so per cent. The tC
J. tails are: Gold, $2,O76.O96; silver, So
n 46S, S99; lead, $7689,974. Total, SIS
236.S40 For 1899 the figures were
l. Gold, $2,119,71S; silver, 1928, 443
e lead, s4,713,6O4. Total, $12,107,76I
d Increase of 1900 over 1899. $6,129 ,07I
e The Butte & Boston smelter at BUTT
Mont. which has been closed for som
t. weeks on account of the refusal of tn
g company to grant outside labor tn
1t eight-hour day provided for miners an
n smeltermen, will resume operations
II the morning. The machinists still r
lie main out. The smelter employs &c
men, but the starting affects man
At times that number in the mines.
Is The Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mimi
at & Concentrating Company has filed
or suit in the United States court at Boi:
against the Last Chance Mining Cor
K. pany, tn eShoshone Mining Compan
le and the Empire State-Idaho Mining
le Developing Company for $4,000 dar
c. ages. 1t is alleged that the defendal
" companies have tunnelled into tt
s. Tyler claim, owned by the Bunker Hi
G. & Sullivan Company, and appropriate
ore to the value of $4,000.
I'd A bond on the Eagle group in Il
A. Gilt Edge district, near Lewisto
T. Mont, has been given by McEvon
Id Runzler & Stephens to H. T. Kends
IN & Co. The bond runs for one year al
IN is for $4,000. The group consists
&C. five claims joining the Central Mo
ey tana mines on the, eastern slopes of t
#. Judith range. The properties a
n practically undeveloped, but enoui
work has been done to show ore on {
de of them.
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:, Metal Report.
lie New York.-Metal quotations.: