The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-05-22

recently bonded by Batterton & Cone
ior $4,000. and on which $4,000 has
been paid. There is ore in 42O feet
OF the 6O0-foot tunnel on this property.
Much OF it is of shipping grade.
The Bombast and Taylor Brothers
own the San Francisco group, Just be-
low the Douglas. They have $50 feet
OF tunnel this winter and now have
Tour feet of milling ore. An increased
force will be put on Immediately and
continued until the Douglas lead is
found.
A consignment Of machinery for the
Gold creek Consolidated Mining com.
pany has been received at Orofino
Idaho, and will be moved to the mines
OF the company as soon as possible
IT is the reorganized Mascot Mining
company. which has been operating
northeast Of Orofino for some years.
One OF the most important items in
the Indian appropriation bill, which
mas been agreed to affecting the state
or Washington is Senator Turner's
amendment providing that mineral
lands only in the Spokane Indian res
ervation shall be subject to entry un.
der the laws of the United States in
relation to the entry of mineral lands,
provided that the lands allotted to In.
dlans or owned by the government for
any purpose or by any school shall
not be subject to entry under this pro.
vision. The bill including this pro-
vision is now in the hands of the presi.
dent. and will be signed In the course
Of few days.
AS agreed to by both houses. no
date was fixed for opening of the res
ervatlon, and to cover this omission
Senator Stewart, on the Indian COM
mittee. introduced resolution fixing
July l. 1902, which will undoubtedly
be agreed to, and accordingly the res
ervation will be open for that date to
entry, as above stated.
A special from Dawson states that
Joseph Mcdonald. superintendent of
the Treadwell mines on Douglass Is
land. shot and killed Nick Jones, a re-
lglous fanatic. Jones claimed God
appointed him to have Mcdonald close
the mines on Sunday. Mcdonald was
warned. When the two men met,
Jones told Mcdonald that his time had
come. and attempted to pull his re-
volver. Mcdonald pulled first and put
four bullets in Jones, who died in an
hour. The coroner's jury exonerated
Mcdonald on the ground of self de-
tense.
A special from Blackfoot, Idaho.
says that the miners of the White
Knolls Mining company today declar-
ed on the strike which has been in
force for the past several weeks. The
company has granted recognition of
the union and has consented to en-
ploy none but union miners. Over
hundred men were out and the mines
tied up.
The two 10000 pound boilers for the
Badger group of claims in the Susan
vile district, Oregon, will be placed
In position this week. Ten regulation
stamps, dies and rolls equal to 20 |
stamps were shipped to the mine from
Sumpter last week. The mill, when
will have a capacity of 30 |
stamps.
The pay streak of the Badger is |
from one to 10 feet wide and contains
some of the richest free milling ore
ever found in the Blue mountains.
To Mrs. H. f. Taylor, now of Boise,
Idaho, belongs the distinction of being
the first woman to enter the now fam
BUS Thunder Mountain camp. /
Her husband made a large fortune !
IN the Cripple Creek mines Of Colo
RADIO and then went broke. In the I
summer of 1898 he went into Thunder
and was accompanied by his
wife. who not only aided him in build. .
ng their cabin, but in operating placer /
claims subsequently located by him.
Mr.. Taylor was the locator of the Fair
view group of claims on Rainbow
,reek. They are now living in fine
'esidence at Boise, and have a bank
variously estimated at from
100 900 to 100000, all made in Thun.
Ter Mountain.