Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-02-08

dorado next spring. If they go by the
southern route they will outfit IN south
ern Idaho. If by the northern route,
they will pay tribute to the northern
railroads, Spokane. Lewiston and the
country between Lewiston and Thun-
der Mountain
A party of IL silver and copper min
ers, nine from Butte, Mont, and three
from Salt Lake City, have reached
San Francisco en- route to Peru. All
are skilled miners, and on reaching the
south American republic will start in
TO introduce modern methods at a
mine near the village Huanuco, where
they will make their home.
AT Republic, Washington, the up.
raise from the lower Lone Pine tunnel
was holed through on the foot-waH OF
the vein to the upper tunnel level, rs
feet from floor to floor, proving the
pay shoot Is feet wide all the way up
between the two levels. The entire
length of the pay shoot substantially
J proved to be 900 feet longs but the
width varying IS, III AtR3
One of the greatest obstacles the
promoters of new oil ventures have
had to contend against has been that
OF consumption. But very small por-
ton of the western field contains the
product in a paratipe base, and conse-
quently the product must necessarily
come in competition with other fuel
commodities-coa especially.
+. A most novel ball win soon be given
by the management of the Flag Staff
mine near Baker, City, Oregon. The
guests will dance in the large. cyanide
tanks, Of which there are six, each IS
feet in. diameterd ga.
The tanks will brilliantly lllumi-
ratedaand decorated in an 4artfstic man
ner, watch, together VITA. firstsclass
music, will makeeit one of*the swell
events of the season.. 3d.
The tank Ball will be given in honor
of the installationyof the new mathip7
cry plant and the proceeds will be- qo1
mated to the public library association
OF Baker City. The machinery is In
place and will be started after the
dance. The SIX large tanks will make
one OF the largest batteries in eastern
oregon There are number of small
er solution tanks. In the lower work
ings of the mine 16 foot ledge has
been uncovered, which gives good val
ues, highly satisfactory to the manage.
ment. S A a J
w. Hogan, of Elk City supennten-
dent of the Crooked River Mining
company's property at Dixie, states
that the first carload of machinery
for, the company has reached Sites
and will be transported to the mine
Immediately. The machinery includ-
es part of ten-stamp mill for wlTlcn
foundation has already been complet-
ed. Ten stamps more will be put in
next summer. A power. plant is being
put in for 60 stamps. The company
has been developing the property for
the past two years and is confident it
has rich claim
+ Charles Sweeny the wellLknown cap
italist and mining man, has returned
to Spokane. from New. York. The re
port reached Spokane last month that
Mr.. Sweeny was out OF the Empire
State-Idaho Mining & Development
company and that Ed Roberts of
Spokane had been appointed manager
| of the concern. Confirmation of the
report was lacking, but Mr. Sweeny
states that Mr.. Roberts is now the
manager. and that he has therefore
given up the position. s# Mr.. Sweeny
is still the manager and president OF
the Buffalo Hump syndicate, which he
will continueEto manage u
At Wardner, Idaho, since the an
nouncement the. first of the year that
the Bunker Hill and Sullivan would be
compelled to reduce its force owing TO
! a lack of market for it's ore, new ar
rangemehts have been made, and 1t
now has market for all the ore 1T can
produce, and there wiz be no reduc-
ton of the force. This announcement
is made by Manager Burch, and means
much TO Wardner and Kellogg. With
the Bunker Hill & Sullivan continuing
" WI a lhll lOiSS IllClS w LII We du III
crease of 80 or 40 employed in the Sill
yer King and Crown Point mines,
which resumed shipments the first of
the year.
Frank Brown, manager of the Jumbo
mining property in the Buffalo Hump
district, Idaho, in speaking of the min
ing outlook in the Buffalo Hump coun-
-, said: There has been SO much
said against the Buffalo Hump that