Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-05-17


with strips of metal and covered with
metallic leaf that will take the cleo
troplate. The articles are then put into
the electroplating vat, and one pole of
the current is attached to the binding
metal strips and the other to the cleo
trolyte used. So "bronzed" doors are
made of wood.
William Douglas of Keller, Wash.
has three claims on the dixie. for which
he was offered a bond of 100000 by
Willard Kirkpatrick of Boise before he
had completed his location. The new
porphyry is crystalized, and has the
appearance of onyx. The new forma.
tion has been overlooked by all the
old prospectors. The pan tests of the
samples indicate good values in free
gold.
At Republic, Wash, William Rags
dale, engineer at the Trade Dollar
mine, was seriously wounded last week
by being shot by his son. The boy,
who is years of age, had purchased
an old pistol. He was flourishing the
weapon when an older brother attempt
ed to take it from him. In the scuffle
the pistol was dicharged. The bullet
struck the father in the back near the
spinal column.
The Dixie Queen mine. in Central
Idaho, is to resume operations after
an idleness of several months The
mill was shut down on account of the
short water supply, but the company
is now constructing a large ditch so
that in future there will be plenty of
water to run continuously. This is the
statement made by William Hye, chief
engineer and machinist of the Dixie
Queen.
An important strike is reported on
the west fork of Monumental creek,
Thunder mountain district The first
locations were made April 10. About
20 locations have been made to date.
The formation is blue porphyry. diff.
ferent from any found at any other
place in the district. The dixie is one
and half miles wide. "Curley"
Brewer, Jake" Bebbendorf and George
Bebbendorf are the disCoverers.
AT Anaconda nine men were severe
ly injured, one fatally, in an explosion
recently of ladle containing five tons
OF molten copper in the converter of
the Washoe smelter. The accident
occurred at the noon hour. when the
big ladle was being emptied, and is
supposed to have been caused by cold
water coming in contact with the
metal. The molten copper was hurled
with terrific force and had the acct
dent occurred during the working
hours the list of casualties would have
been considerable. Larry Dowrie,
whom it is believed will die, was fright
fully mangled.
In telegram from London Henry
A.. Buffers of San Francisco reports
that, together with John Hayes Ham
mond of San Francisco and London
and F. w. Baker of the Venture Cor
poration, Ltd, of London, he has sue
ceeded in floating the Empire mine of
Colorado for the sum of $6,O0OO0O.
The shoot of ore recently encount-
cred in the North Pole on the upper
level has proven the richest ever open
ed in the Sumpter, Ore, district. 1t
was So feet long and from 3 to 7
inches in width. The ore runs from
81 to $40 per pound, running I'D to
$3O0,O0O for what ore was taken out
and treated. Very little stoping was
done, only what could be done with
out putting in a floor The interme-
date tunnel will have to be driven
from 200 to 300 feet before the shoot
is encountered on that level. The ore
was black sulphide similar in char
acter to the rich ore found in the
Columbia and the Golconda mines
which are located on the same vein.
known as the mother lode of the slate
belt. The e. & E., recently sold lies
between the North Pole and the Co.
lumbia. At the Black Hawk mine at
Roblnsonville, the miners are cleaning
up an average of 800 a day with \
Iremain mill. The property was MIR
chased last fall from J. Tracey. who
was in the habit of mortering out some
gold whenever he needed little spend
ing money, for 100000 cash and the
mill was erected at once. The prom
erty is owned by F. w. Wheeler and
associates, of Detroit. Mich Report
comes from Rabbit creek, near Law
ton, of strike of rich ore bv NJ
Dourty, owner of the Yellow Daisy
group. The vein is only ten to fifteen
inches wide, but the ore is worth sew
eral hundred dollars a pound. The
owners are erecting an arrastra on the
ground and have an excellent water
power to operate it. They have suf-
ticient to keep the arrastra busy for
several weeks. Nearly every piece of