Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-05-24

recently bonded by Batterton G. Cone
Tor 100000, and on which $4,000 has
been paid. There is ore in 420 feet
OF the 6OO-foot tunnel on this property.
Much OF 1t is of shipping grade.
The Bombast and Taylor Brothers
own the San Francisco group. lust be.
low the Douglas. They have $50 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 Orofino,
/ ldaho, and Will be moved to the mines
OF the company as soon as possible.
1t Is the reorganized Mascot Mining
I company which has been operating
northeast of Orofno for some years.
one OF the most important items in
the Indian appropriation bill. which
has been agreed to affecting the state
! OF Washington is Senator Turner's
amendment providing that mineral
lands only in the Spokane Indian res
eryation shall be subject to entry I'M
der the laws of the United States in
/ relation to the entry of mineral lands,
provided that the lands allotted to In
dians 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.
A special from Dawson states that
Joseph Mcdonald, superintendent of
! the Treadwell mines on Douglass is
land, shot and killed Nick Jones, a re-
| ligious 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-
/ Yolver. Mcdonald pulled first and put
'our 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
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 10 en-
ploy none but union miners. over a
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 capacity of 81
= 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
, Wow oT01n Of claims on Rafphou
creek. They are now living in fine
residence at Boise, and have bank
account variously estimated at from
800 900 to 100000, all made in Thun.
der Mountain.