Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1902-05-21
MISCELLANEOUS MINING NEWS.

recently bonded by BatteTton & Cone
for 100000, and on which $4,000 has
been paid. There is ore in 420 feet
of the 600-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 2S0 feet
Of tunnel this winter and now have
four 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 Orofno,
Idaho, and will be moved to the mines
of the company as soon as possible.
1t is the recognized 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
has been agreed to affecting the state
of Washington lis 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,
dams 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, nc
date was fixed for opening of the res
| ervation, and to cover this omission
Senator Stewart, on the Indian com
mittee, introduced resolution fixing
July 1, 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, re
| ligious fanatic. Jones claimed Goo
appointed him to have Mcdonald close
the mines on Sunday. Mcdonald was
warned. When the two men met
Jones told Mcdonald that his time hat
come, and attempted to pull his re
volver. Mcdonald pulled first and put
four bullets in Jones, who died in ar
hour. The coroner's jury exonerated
Mcdonald on the ground of self de
tense.
A special from Blacl.foot, Idaho
| says that the miners of the White
Knobs Mining company have declar
ed off 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 9
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 &c
stamps were shipped to the mine from
Sumpter last week. The mill; wher
completed, will have a capacity of &c
| 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. e. Taylor, now of Boise
Idaho, belongs the distinction of being
the first woman to enter the now fam
Gus Thunder Mountain camp.
Her husband made a large fortune
in the Cripple Creek mines of Colo
RADIO and then went broke. In the
| summer of 1898 he went into Thunder
Mountain and was accompanied by his
wife, who not only aided him in build
ing 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
creek. They are now living in a fine
residence at Boise, and have a bank
account variously estimated at from
500, 900 to 100000, all made in Thun.
der Mountain.
Seventy-five thousand dollars was
paid the Caswell Brothers last week at
Boise, Idaho, on the Sunnyside prop
erty in Thunder Mountain. The deal
for that property has been a very in.
teresting one. The Caswells refused
100000 cash for the property when
Ben and Dan Caswell were in Pitts.
burg. When Martin Curran went to
Pittsburg the brothers authorized him
to sell the property for $125,000 cash.
That authority was put in writing.
Mr.. Curran sold the property imme
diately after his arrival there to j. c.
Russell. The latter deposited with
him securities to the market value OF
100000 as a guarantee that he would
take and pay for the property on ap.
prevail of title.
Mr.. Russell. the purchaser If the
property, later entered into an agree
ment with the Belle of Thunder Noun
tain company, under which the prop,
erty has been absorbed by that com
pany. Some time ago an agreement
was made that there should be an ex
tension of time on $4,000 Of the
amount. 1t is to be paid on July 1.
Twenty thousand dollars has been
received by Fred Holcomb, C. R.
Moser and G. B. Caswell. 1t was
the first payment of 10 per cent on the
Holcomb group of 16 claims on Marble
creek, sold by them to the Belle of
Thunder Mountain company. The