The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1902-08-16


three weeks.
Miller Mountain. about rs miles
northeast Of Boise. Idaho, is attracting
considerable attention.
After negotiations extending over
several months. rich copper mining
property on La Touchre island, In
Prince William sound. Alaska. has
been bonded to New York capitalists
for $500, 900.
Mining and milling ore at the Ken.
DAN and Barnes-King properties in
Montana Is going on with uninterrupt-
ed rapidity these days, and many valu.
able gold bars is the result, says the
Kendall Chronicle.
The 100-stamp will which was to
have been erected ON the Dewey prop.
erty in the Thunder Mountain district
win not be erected this year. as 1t can
not be taken in to the mines until the
wagon road is completed.
Senator Gibson says, that according
to all reports. the government engi-
neers are making good progress in the
surveys for reservoir sites and canals
upon the reservation set apart in
Northern Montana for the st. Mary ir,
rigation project.
Articles of incorporation were filed
recently by the Nicola Coal Mines, Ltd
The capital stock is fixed at 1900, 900
shares Of 81 each par value. The trus
tees of the company are S. A. Hart.
man OF Tacoma, John Kerr OF Greens
burg. Pa; John O'Connor ]. W. Me
Kune. John F. Firch. w. T. Hales and
Fred f. Baldwin. all OF Spokane.
Mayor stephens OF Anaconda has
named NJ. S. Dean, r. C. Collins, L. G
Smith and f. F.. Moore to represen,
that city at the Trans Mississippi
| Commercial congress. to be held at St
Paul, commencing August 10. He has
| also appointed II. w stephens, F.
Cairns, c. NJ. Sawyer. F. A. Jones and
Charles Williams delegates to the
mining congress, to be held in Butte
next month.
A syndicate, known as the Kimber
ly-Buhl syndicate, headed by P. l.
Kimberly. OF Sharon, Pa. who ha.
made three or four fortunes in iron
| has at last succeeded in tieing up al
| the iron mines near Cedar City, Utah
| John l.. Jones, Of Iron Mountain, Mich.
one OF the best experts in the iron bus
mess. has just completed an examina
ton Of the property and declares it /:
the biggest thing going.
Nearly 5000 people have landed IL
| Nome since the opening OF navigation
but there is not much evidence of ad
dition to the population OF the town
and the saloons and gambling house:
are complaining about the dullness o.
business. Aside from the fact thai
merchants are filling big orders fol
the creeks. there Is not much more &C
tivity in Nome than there was las
winter.
G. B. Dennis. president Of the Ole
Dominion Mining & Milling company
under whose management the Old Do
minion mine near Colville, Wash, wa:
developed. is authority for the state
ment that he has. on behalf OF his com
panY, signed a lease covering a perioC
Of three years to W. F. Kyle OF Mime
. apolis. MINI, who. together with hi
associates. also Of Minneapolis. viii
, further the development OF the mine
= along the same lines as laid down b!
Mr.. Dennis and by Professor King
now deceased.
> The occurrence Of explosive gas Il
J metalliferous mines is very rare, hu
, there are instances on record at Per
; zance. Cornwall. where in tin and lea
; mines the rock, when freshly cut
gave of volumes Of gas. It has ais
t been noted in opening mp old level
j that have long lain under water
5 Neil J. Sorensen has sold the MAJ
? well mine, in Oregon, and adjoinin
4 claims to an Eastern syndicate for
:. consideration said to be s145 900,
! portion Of which was cash. The prof.
erty consists Of more than 90 claimi
many Of them carrying considerable
development. II is said that extel
e sion work will be done on the pro-
I. erty.
n DR.. George H. Slower. president {
= the Union Coal & Coke compan,
which owns the mine at Bowen, Col
n in which an explosion occurred la:
. week. killing ~ miners. received a.
vices from General Manager Bowe
, TO the effect that the damage to h
mine Is not so great as indicated
!. press dispatches from Trinidad. d
Slower was informed also that II
g powder magazine at the mine did NJ
= explode and that the accident Wa
u caused by windy shot in one Of h
side entrances.
\. John e. Searles the bankrupt Ne
y York millionaire, has another fortur
a in sight. After recently having bee
discharged from bankruptcy the owns
9 Of the large iron interests in the Sout
y and in Europe, and the great sugl
Q king, will pay dollar for dollar to a
his creditor and will have a fortur
8 left, largely due to the great wealth
o the Cornucopia mine in Baker count
a Of which he is the owner.
= Chastity Find In Chicago.
Chicago. Aug 12.-With a jagged woun