The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-08-20

strike the laboring men appear
to have little the best of it.
A slight rainfall in Challis last
Sunday night.
The State Board fixed the rail
road assessment this year the
same as last.
Mrs. Mary Boyd and children
expect soon to make a trip to
Ireland on a visit.
The hay crop in this valley is
large considering the backward
spring.
DR.. Pugmire, late of Challis,
has located at Blackfoot.
Paul Cochran of the Cosar "a
Alene riot has been pardoned by
the State Board of Pardons, At
torney General Martin voting
nay. The republican papers of
Idaho appear to feel awful bad
because Cochran was pardoned.
Chas. Bassett was brought
over from Pahsamaroi last Satur-
day night. DR.. Huston sees only
one remedy, and that is to ampu-
tate Bassett's foot. He expected
to perform the operation yester-
day.
Notice that suit has been com
menced by the Salmon River
Railway company against John
H. Hennessey, Jonas Samworth,
Flora SamwOrth, Orson Will
liams, Mabel Williams. Grover
Williams and Byron Williams, to
condemn right of way, 100 feet
wide, for its railroad, was filed
for record yesterday. HALEY
News Miner.
The locator of a mining claim
has right to the ownership of
any abandoned improvements
such, for example, as a house
on the land within the stakes
marking the boundry lire of the
location. Improvements that are
not abandoned cannot be acquir-
ed by location of mining claim
alone. They, however, become
by the mining claim
locator when the mining claim is
patented. A miner does not lose
the house he lives in by his for
feiture on the mining claim he
built it on. He can lose it by the
Government patenting the land
to some other person.
The White Knob Copper com
pany is taking hold in the Big
Copper basin, in a way that indi-
Gates that the camp will get a
thorough test Jos. Taylor, an
expert who operated in and near
Ketchum, recently spent 10 days
there, taking his own samples
and making his own assays, and
as a result of his visit the COM
pany has set aside S25, 1000 as
preliminary working capital. =
HALEY Times.
Early this morning six large
freight wagons, filled with mach
inery and supplies, will start for
Atlanta, loaded by f. ]. Conroy,
the manager of a number of large
properties now having develop
ment for the first time in many
years. The teams will go by the
way of Indian creek to the old
toll gate, reaching the regular
Rocky BAR Atlanta road about Is
miles from Mountainhome. The
wagons have general assort-
lnent of mining supplies, includ-
ing six frue vanners, pulleys,
etc, for the mill, and food and
supplies for the miners.
Mr.. Conroy states that work is
progressing very nicely at the
properties. His last report stated
that the men were in the old
tunnel distance of $40
feet and in the Lantes level 440
feet. They will have to run 800
feet further to get to the face of
the latter and about 800 to that
of the former. The Lantes tun-
mel is especially slow work be-
cause of swelling ground and
but in the Atkins there is
very little difficulty.
A force of 81 men is employed
at properties. The foundations
for the engines have been laid,
and in a short time the reduction
works should be in full opera
ton. Mr.. Conroy states that the
mills will be run winter and sum
mer. He has let contracts for a
large amount of wood, and this
is being delivered as fast as pos
sible. All things look very good.
and Mr.. Conroy believes he will
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