The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-02-28

roads are completed to Grand Forks.
The company expects to fit up the
mine with a complete line of machin-
cry.
Attorney c. r. Leonard of Butte.
Mont, has been elected president of
the Britannia Copper Mining company,
which has extensive copper deposits in
British Columbia. George II. Robin
son, T. M. Hodgens and Frank M.
Leonard have been elected on the di-
rectorate of the same company.
with transportation facilities the |
Okanogan (Wash.) country would
come to the front as one of the best
mining districts in Washington" said
c. T. McElroy of Milwaukee. Wis. Mr..
McElroy is interested in mining
property on Goat mountain in Blue
Lake camp in the Salmon river mining
district, Okanogan county.
At Bolster, Wash, a big strike is re-
ported on the Grant Lode claim, own
ed by Peter Grant and Aaron Ander
son. The claim is situated on Cop
per mountain, 1900 feet southeast of
the Buckhorn group. The surface
showing extends along the face of the
mountain about $50 feet. The charac-
ter of the ore is decomposed quartz.
A sensational suit was filed with the
clerk of the district court at Wallace.
Idaho, by DR.. |. l.. Magee against the
Gold Hunter Mining & Smelling COM
pany, wherein the sum of $4,000 is
demanded as damages and accrued in
terest and a restraining order prayed
for to prevent the defendant from con-
tinuing work on the Yolande lode
pending the trial of the cause.
Jacob Neiderauer, mine manager for
the Copper Head Mining company,
which is operating several claims on
Goat mountain eight miles northeast
of Conconully, Wash, is exhibiting
specimens of copper ore which he
claims will assay about $40 to the ton.
The property is across the valley from
the @. S. mine. There are 20 claims
in the group which carry some of the
best values in copper in the entire
Okanogan district. The property is
owned almost entirely by Milwaukee
, (Wis.) men.
Bullion camp, near Northport, where
he has been connected with the Bull
lion mine, owned and operated by Spo
, kane and eastern people. He reports
that the crosscut which was being run
on the 175-foot level has encountered
the lead and has passed through AZ
= feet of ledge matter, carrying consider
. able mineral. The pay shoot near the
walls has not been struck yet, but the
result Of striking the ledge is consid
cred good news for the owners. No
only is the matter carrying consider
able mineral, but it has more ore thai
: 1t did on the upper level.
In the United States court at Sal
Lake Utah, Colonel Michael Shaug
: messy, mining promoter, filed a peti
= tion that he be adjudged a bankrupt
: He gives his liabilities as $4,000 ant
!, his assets $4,000. In his petition h
q attributes his failure partly to the sus
. pension of the City Savings bank o
Detroit, which was interested in sew
:, eral mines in which he was connected
9 Colonel Shaugnessy was formerl.
= United States marshal of Utah terri
= tory and is we'll known throughout tn
: country. Among his creditors ar
= James B. King of Helena, Mont, $2500
State Savings bank of Butte, Mont
$500.
The department Of mines and meta
:, lurgy of the Louisiana Purchase ez
= position has been about the busies
= spot around the worlds fair headqual
- tiers during the past two weeks. Grea'
- er prominence has been given to tn
=, department of mines and metallurg
= at this exposition than ever before
y The palace of mines and metallurg
= will be larger and more elaborate i
- it's arrangements than any simila
- structure ever devoted to this subjec
:, On its walls will be pictured tn
- worlds mineral production. On il
=, floor will be grouped the materials
- Illustrative of the worlds miners
q wealth. Persons in the United State
desiring to make mineral and ore e,
hibits should correspond with the O
fetal exposition commission appoin
l ed in their own state.
One of the most important mimi
= deals that has been effected in Butt
% in number of years has been col
summated when the Colusa- ParrC
Mining e Smelling company sold tn
Colusa-Parrot mine to the Anacond
~ Copper Mining company. The tern
~ of the sale have not been made publ
. but it is understood the considerable
= was large one. In addition to til