Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1902-02-14


year In the past and that thsrs i !. =,
a good prospect Of the ac,,a s N
veloping into big boom, ''s +
At Pendleton eleven ~,
were filed at the county records. s.''.
nee recently from the north ~
the John Day river IN Umsti, .e't &
ty. 1t is only recently thai Ne Gov
OF the John Day river Ia. 'Il' ~
known as a placer mining COME. oeeeps
rs or more claims have besn y
and filed on in the past NOM. ''sa's
Word has reached Tyson ~
an important quartz and placer ,ss. No.. Z
on .Renfro creek. about sir ~, a'Al
camp, on the opposite side =, iiea
Maries river. Mr.. Grifitbs =, ms Z
returned from the new dies,,. laa
pronounced the find genuine -ss "
blush quartz. heavily charyed = y
black iron, much OF which Is o,,, ~
The Apollo Consolidated '1u', s
Company has filed an application 1 !. y
United States land Office at sDo i
for a patent on fraction less thu !.
acres of mineral land near ps l
The application is the largest '' ..s
filed in the land Office there w
an acre the cost of the lana =
company will be 1925.
Charles F. Robbins, presiden, =, .
Lone Pine-Surprise Consolidate ~
ing company, has returned to Sn...
from the property at Repuhlir :.
states that everything is look,n, !.
isfactory at the mine. As Soon :.
company begins the shipping o, a.,
f1ve-drill compressor plant will =. !.
stalled to sing a permanent vo,.,
shaft some place on the Lone d.
ground.
The January receipts of gold !. u.
Helena assay Office amounted tn IA
1908, against $3.50, 425. SO in laws
1901, the largest receipts for n.
month in the history of that "a,
The gold was practically all n,
stamp or cyanide mills, and the !,
ceipts from this source are like,, I
grow rapidly this year, as more NM
will be put in operation and new MINI.
opened.
At Baker City the Is men from 4
Columbia mine who were ARRESTED 3
Gently on the charge of riot, beuru
they compelled two engineers who y
taken the place of the striking Is
neers to leave camp, had a prNr
nary hearing before Justice MesisI
and were bound over in the sum
$3.50 each to await the action q I
Circuit court. The men all gave bui
and were released.
The Lost Greek coal mine, situs
10 miles south of Oskaloosa and IN
miles north Of Eddieville, was q
scene last week of terrible dissau
which cost the lives Of q miDa
Eight others were seriously injud
The bodies of the dead men were
covered from the mine.
The machinery for the new Ja
quartz mill has been unloaded at m
Idaho, and will be shipped to the \
site near Elk Creek falls, IS ND
east of Troy. The new mill, Wild
a three stamp plant with triple
charge, will have a capacity Of Is
a day. Each stamp is batter,
that if one stamp is disabled by y
dent the other two can still be 2
Mr.. Jacobs has six teams Of SIX
eight horses each, to transport the
chinery.
Mining organizations in the vest
manifesting much interest in BILL
troduced by Representative Wca
California, creating a department
mining under a cabinet officer. v
gatherings of the mining inter
held at Cripple Creek, Col, and y
Idaho, have urged the adoption OF
measure. The California Mining
citation is also interested, anu
mineworkers are expected to
through their organization, the w
Mineworkers. The members
California delegation and n0s
other mining states are secon1ns
efforts of Mr.. Wood, who expea
have the house committee On
and mining take up the question :
early date.
The executive officers OF the y.
Mineworkers Of America were -
ed last week without a dissenuAs
among all the thousand delesa.
tending the annual convention
organization. They are:
John Mitchell; vice president
Lewis; secretary treasurer '"
Wilson.
]. w. Brown, q stone quar-.
was recently bruised and crus'
falling rock while working ne1
Wash. The principal in]ur'e'