The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1901-11-29

msnt company are on tour OF inspec-
ton. The company will make cement
at : plant located It lone. Wash. 1t
will be IN operation March !. with out
put OF 200 barrels daily.
Twenty-Five men dead is believed TO
be the total Of SmuEgler-Unio fatali-
ties. The body OF John Nevella was
found on the Slopes Of the seventh lev
ell. Engineer Hugh O'Neill died after
two days OF Inconsistencies
The Standard Mining company Of
Wallace. Idaho. paid dividend Of 5
cents per share-$25, 000-last week,
making total OF dividends to date for
this company Of $2,440,00o. For sever
al months its dividends have been uni
formly cents per share each
The federal court OF appeal sat San
Francisco has refused the application
OF Charles Sweeny for a reversal OF the
courts decision In the celebrated Skoo-
kun case. The effect of the refusal Is
to give Kennedy Hanley a one-eighth
interest In the famous mine from
which the Empire State-Idaho com
pany is getting its Richest ore.
An attempt was made last week to
rob the slnice boes OF the Gold Nugget
placer claim at Tyson. Idaho. The
boxes had been running for five days
without a cleaup. and as they are max
ing about four ounces cay. consid-
cradle amount OF gold was known TO
be In them. Robert NELL, the owner.
was away. He left orders no. TO clean
up until he returned.
The body OF Edward Riberly. The car
2en1er who went into Lake Superior
No. mine with the caye-in o. gfJund
from the surface on August ~. has been
recovered. The Lake Superior IRON
company spent nearly $4,000 in the
search for the body. 1t was necessary
TO drift nifty feet and then sink shaft
fifty feet through loose ground in or
der TO reach the point where the body
rested.
Considerable interest Is being mani
tested Al Spokane In the new oil fields
lately opened up in Southwestern Wy
oming and several parties have left
within the past week Tor the scene Of
operations. The fields are situate in
the vicinity OF Kemmerer and FossIl.
south OF the Oregon snort Line, 100
miles from Pocatello, and about the
same distance norlheasterly from Og-
den. The oil 80 far found Is OF the nm
est lubricating quality. and it Is said
to command I price OF from IS to IS
per barrel.
A sample OF Trade Dollar ore 1T Re-
public, Wash, was assayed recently
that showed value OF t32-7l. A sam
pie aid to be an average OF the ore
body. Is inches In width, returned an
assay value OF $107.46. The vein OF
rich ore IL so inches in width. and
Wa much richer than any heretofore
taken from the mine. 1t was literally
springIed with native gold. 1t is by
all odds the finest gold ore taken GU.
in what Is known Is the porphyry belt
The ledge 10 the same that traverses
the Ben Hur and the San Poll claims.
J. c. Wilson, the owner OF the famous
Apache group In the Nespelim district,
Wn-. 10 in Spokane on his way east to
complete big mining deal whereby east
ern capitalists will take hold Of sever
Al Nespelim properties and develop
them In the spring He says the Mes
pelim country has the finest surface
showing OF any district in the world.
Nearly every expert who has visited the
section has pronounced 1t wonderful
The Apache alone took out enough ore
In the drst thirty feet to pay for the
property The ore ie remarkably rich.
going from 1000 to 5000 ounces In sill
yer and from $3.50 to $3.50 in gold.
The new constitution OF the Western
Federation OF Miners has been com
pleted by the executive board after two
weeks OF hard work. The board has
adjourned and will not meet again un-
I'll the Denver convention. In May.
Three important changes from the
terms OF the old document are noted.
The frst Is the organisation OF state
declarations OF miners from the local
unions of the federation. The second
change is the establishment OF an insur-
ance plan for all members OF the fed
GRAFTON. The third important clause re-
lates to the ratification OF the conven-
tion agreement for interchangeable
cards with the Western
Labor union.
At Butte. the Amalgamated company.
through Its branch, the Anaconda
company. has won the first victory
against the Heinse interests for some
time back. Judge Clancy issued !
temporary injunction against the Nip
per consolidated, directing that opera
lions be stopped In the west end OF the
L. e. r. mining claim. which 10 owned