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pany, This suit Is TO determine point not
| cent decision in favor OF the Pennsylvania
company. There was a meeting here to
try TO effect compromise Of damages which
| no result was reached Then the suit was
brought The plaintiff company alleges that
In the last three years the Exploration COM
pany has removed 5000 tons of valuable
ore, estimated to be worth s3?S, 900 from the
300 foot level of the PennNylyania' ledge.
A. Malker, the owner OF fourteen claims
| near Darwin, lingo county, has bonded the
| property to British Columbia syndicate
for slOoOoo The ore runs 9o per cont copper.
and in the Johnny Bull mine ,n Pluma~
struck in which very heavy nuggrty gold
has been found. MANY OF the nIsrct> range
be- the heaviest ever taken from th" battery
| OF a stamp mill III California. The New York
| mine, in Puma~ county, near IN" Johnny
Bull has been -od to J. -. Whitney for
| s3OOOO and the new owner will develop II AZ
once. On Jdmir>on Creek, IN gravel that
| had been worked over several times. u 81 .2OO
| nugget was found last week.
There are lively times among hydraulic
miners IN Trinity company, ~ several we'll
known mines have changed hands recently.
| Twenty thousand dollars was paid for tn"
Three Peaks mine, on which q ten->tamp
mill will be- erected NJ once. The MN" has
an enormous body of irce-smc'tlng or" similar
to the DOTlcSka.
~ THE BLACK HILLS.
LEAD. $. u. SEPT 80 The mines Of The
liomcstakr company have produced ~ hul-
, lion si,Aj,DiI 81 net, for H." year ending
| Jun" l. loOH, according to the annual report
| OF the superintendent and secretary which
has Just reached ne .,ockhold"rs lor
S,639. 332 03. The gross product ol the stamp
! mills for the year wns III 2ui hb ounces 81
bullion bullion worth in roid |',LN a.; ana ,nin, N
/ charges of SiO.O>l %. The output OF the
! cranide plant at Lead, operated ON talIlnG'
| Cecds OF concentrates, $3.50 -.
In addition 20 the bullion account, there
| are included IN the receipts, hllS raNahl"
Tor s3oo $40: proceeds of sale of Black Hills
Burlington aud Quincy, sl,o100m. bhlanc"
.nGoaR shsrs. bs4 S": :a, SsS SSS 'fRfd R.
with various balances and numerous minor
items. brings the total OF receipts for the year
up to s6.Gl7,plOG G3
The new hosting plant at the orc Hond:
shaft near Kirk station, j. practically IN
position and Will bc started ur soon after
Oct / II j. designed tor sinking a shalt
$40 feet deep The shaft i ninety feet
deep and still in ore that bears every re-
semblanCC to the ore that l~tak"n from the mp
per levels of the liome-take. sinking haS been
done with whim up TO this time ~ soon
a. tn" new plan, l. running work viii progress
with much greater raplditr The Gro ilondo
Mining COMPANY owns ,HD acres OF mlnlug
ground immediately south Of Load along the
great llomestake belt of or" veins liftN-
on claims are patented and twenty-five ar"
oGIns n' Boundary bH"'"d Of Hc % ter
ritorv and takes IN evcryl hing to the head of
GRIZZLY gulCh, including the old POrth quartz
mill that was operated with signal success
on surface ore during III" early days
delay has been oCcasloned in the placing
of the new compressor plant for the g oldcn
slipper mine bv the collapse of a bridge
over over which Thomas March, ,eamst"r. was
cnda voring to haul il The compressor was
prccipitnted into tn" creek below. and 1t
required several days TO get II out and loaded
again II will be impossible to determine
what damage, II any, was inflicted until tn"
plant ~ set up.
ing is practically completed for the new shaft
that the Hidden Fortune Gold Mining Com
pany s preparing to SINK on the bingham
ledge NO feet southwest of the entrance
TO the main Baltic tunnel
The work OF stripping the rich ore on the
Otto Grantz property, IN IN" sllc'ous meas
urrs of the company's property, continues.
Two drill holes are made every day. The
drillings for the last week have run from
s. to $500 a ton. The lowest value received
since the stripping process began has been
s. a ton. From this the ore has run "a high
n 81, 800 ton
SALT LAKE. Sept 20 The properties of
the Creole Mining company AZ Park City,
pro pected in de-ultOry way and productive
ai intervals of or" of fine quality, has Just
pn ,~ad into new hands, and active develop
ment will begin ~ once.
Gold Mountain has paid it. initial dividend
of 81 share. or t2oOoo The Annie Laurie
property was bought by an Eastern syndicate
four years ago for sj,Wp,OW.
The New York Bonanza Company has
bought tho Richmond claim, adjoining the
Naildriyer and the New York Bonanza on
the east.
IDhHo
RuIsr. Sept The quartz mines Of,
Boise Basin are turning ont better ore than
tor several years past. the drltt running
from the Washington -halt to. cut the ledge
is being pushed rapidly ahead. and as soon
rs the vein is reached the level viii be- opened
up and th' ten-stamp mill resnm" crushing
Three miles south Of the Washington is
the Lucky Bov, which is turning out good
ore that j. being reduced IN trn-stamp
mill Miners have been kept busy for three
months running a drift east along the ledge
on the c5O-foot level and the end of the ore
siNty-ny" feet wide. all ore hat PAYS TO mill
The latest developments at tho Dewey
mine in Thunder Mountain district are very
Snt tlsfnctorv. \ winZ" has developed u large
tho mill il not crushing II and will not resume
until the Corc"ntrator> are IN place. De-
yelopm"nt work on tn" west end OF the mines
""T hr are RnrES n4@" @nd r' o'W Brooks discovered
several very good-lookiug ledgcs twenty
miles north Of III" Hot Lakes. in Thunder
Mountain district. during the summer, and
ARE now doing me assessment work The
claims are on th" south FORK ol.Salmon River
wASHINOToN.
SEATTLE. Sept 20 \ strike Of con, ,;dcrahle
lmportanC" hur teen made IN the Old
Dominion mine, Covilic district. the ore
going s'p ounces IN silver and ~ per cent
lead lac vein l. three feet wide This
property had been idle for thirteen years
until work was resumed about month ago
III" min" WAS al one time the leading pro-
duocr IN IN" state and Wa~ in bonanza for