The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-08-08

"@n cAeoAuS dCTOSS the Town or ward
ner Idaho. broke recently. letting the
heavy ore buckets fall to the ground
several OF the buckets fell on the
streets. but did no damage. The mine
was shut down five or six days as a
consequence. Vetie Wilson was ouite
seriously bruised by the heavy tram
cable falling on him while he was as.
sisting to draw it in.
M. o. Reed. general manager of the
inca Mining company, has received re.
turns from a shipment of several tons
OF ore sent to the American Smelling
& refining cOmpany's smelter at Oma-
ma, NeD. The ore was taken from the
mineral World, the leading claim of
the company's group on Snake river.
In the Seven Devils mining district.
l2O miles up the river from Lewiston.
Idaho. The returns from the smelter
snow 5000 in silver; IS in copper,
and-$4 in gold.
| W. A. Clark is preparing to run a
long tunnel from the Beaver side TO
tap the Sunset ledge. surveyors being
now up there to decide upon the most
advantageous point to start it. The
sunset and Gold Bug were two of the
first claims located on Sunset peak the
sunset having the greatest surface
showing OF any claim in the Occur
dAlenes, its ore body being visible for
several miles as it runs down the steep
side OF the mountain, while the Gold
bug was located to cover the same
ledge east from the summit of the peak.
An order and temporary injunction
restraining the strikers at Norrhport.
wash. from attempting to interfere
with the employment of non.union men
In the Northport smelter was signed
last week by Judge Hanford of the
United States circuit court. The order
IS sweeping in dts terms, ana prohibits
the strikers. their agents and represen.
tatives from attempting in any manner
TO interfere with the company or by
threats. force or persuasion to prevent
any employee of the company from 60
ing to work. The injunction is made
returnable in Spokane September IS.
An execution was issued recently
against the Wallace Mining company.
owner OF the Black Cloud mine and
mill, for $79,870.09 on account of a suit
for that amount brought by James
vlles. Jr.. wherein judgment was con-
fessed. 1t is understood that it is
means adopted for disposing of the
Wallace Mining company's title to the
property. after which a new company
will be formed that will become the
owner OF both the holdings OF the Wal
lace Mining company, and also the Cal.
ifornia mine. The two properties lie
together at Monarch, three miles up
Nine Mile creek from Wallace, and ne
gotiations looking to their consolida.
tion have been pending for long time
OREGON MINES.
The big ledge has been struck on the
Climax property, near Granite. C. r.
Aldrtn, the man who first wired the
strike on the famous Golden Fleece
mine, Is the engineer for the Climax,
and recently he wired that the vein had
been encountered In the crosscut.
The Alamo mine is located half a
mile from the town Of Alamo and il
developed by about 1900 feet of tunnel,
shaft and wfnze. 1--WE are at present"
said Mr.. McGuigan. the manager, "rasi-
Ing to the surface from the 800 foot
level" The district not only will be.
but Is. marvellous gold producing dis
trict. Values increase steadily with
depth and the ore bodies widen. The
gold remains free as far as depth has
ret been obtained.
The largest mining deal of the sea.
ION In Baker City was closed recently {
when the California was sold. The
'wners were Henry Cable. Johanna Ca.
'ell. Bessie F. Oabell and w. F. Cabell,
members Of the two families who were
he founders of the now celebrated
Cable Cove district, above Sumpter. :
The purchaser was the Turnagain Arm
hold Mining company. having ofYlces
n Minneapolis. Milwaukee, Chicago,
Boston and st. Louis. The deal in I
'ludes several claims adjoining the Cal.
fornia. and the consideration paid for /
he entire property was 100000. The i
california mine is one of the best z
Inown properties In eastern Oregon, n
md Is an old shipper with a romantic /
history. The ledge was located In 1873 D
y Henry Gable and ]. B. Cabell, and d
vas relocated by them in 1877. Ever v
ince then. through all the vicissitudes S
{ fortune attending the prospector t
nd discoverer. they have been in con-
rol OF the property and have developed t
- BEST they could by shipping ore I,
nder the greatest difhculties and max.
ng . profit under conditions that
'ould now seem impossible. The ore
base and by smelter returns runs b
fom $26 to $500 10 the ton. Altogether Il
here have been 5000 feet Of develop Il
lent work done on the property. Nv