The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1902-04-05
MlserLLANEous nINI.e sEws.


Marble company, r. A. Chase was
elected general manager. with head.
quarters In Spokane.
A mine cagsd In at No. %. below
Discovery. on bunker creek. near
Dawson, recently. Eleven men were
buried, all being rescued more or less
injured except Lon Boismer Of Maple,
Mich. who ia dead. The river trail
is still good.
Saturday the trustees OF the Lake
Chelan Transportation & Smelling Co
win visit Lake chelan to look over the
smelter site and TO have the surveying
start. Work on grading for the smelt-
er will start on April !. and will be
rushed as rapidly as possible.
At last reports there was from four
70 Eve feet OF snow In Thunder noun
tain. with the probability OF it's stay
ing on the ground for al least a month
No building is going on. and there is
little 20 see In the camp besides the
Dewey mine and few properties upon
which men are doing location work.
John Hart. aged rs and unmarried
was crushed 10 death by a eayein In
the Bunker Hin mine while setting up
! a Burleigh drill in the Parker stope,
last week. Mr. Hart was on his knees,
Dick in hand. preparing a place for his
irill, when, without warning, q slab
Of rock weighing about 5000 pounds
fell from above him, crushing his lefi
side and breaking his neck. He ut
| tered one short cry of pain. Death
was almost instantaneous
There are two Big creeks In central
| Idaho. One lies about eight miles
northwest Of Dixie. between this camp
| and Buffalo Hump. The other is the
famous Big creek district. which in
cludes Thunder Mountain camp and
which has attracted so much attention
In the past is months. On the Big
creek near Dixie there are some prom
| Using properties on claims discovered
in 1895 and 1896.
The steamship Cottage City. reach
/ ing Seattle last week from Skagway
and sitka. brings reports OF valuable
placer diRgings found in the Rodman
Say district and Of a stampede which
took place from sitka. The paystreat
Is said 20 lie only = foot below the sur
face Among those who have gone Oh
the stampede are Governor Brady and
De Graf. one Of the most prominent
business men in southeastern Alaska
RodmAn bay is located between Kills
moo. a cannery station. and sitka,
John r. Cooke. one Of the pioneers
Of Fossland. recently from Kendall
Mont. where be is now located. il
much enthused over the prospects o.
the young Fergus county town. Il has
sprung into prominence through the
purchase Of the Kendall mine by
Finch e. Campbell OF spokane Mr.
Cook said Kendall IS situated q
miles from Lewiston. Fergus county
The Northern Pacific touches al LON
bard and there connects with the Mon
,Ana railroad trains which arrive a
HarloWtown every day. From there 1
daily stage connects with Kendall
The town can also be reached over tbs
Great Northern by the stage takeI
either Al Benton or al Great Falls.
Joseph Devlin. mining man from
Butte Mont. accompanied by Thomal
Kearns and an expert smelling MAJ
from Montana, left springdale, Wash,
last week 10 examine properties 10 thi
Copper camp
At Republic work OF sinking tn
Trade Dollar shaft an additional -
J feet has been begun. Superintendent
W. n. Kells states that the two-con
partner; shaft lie being sunk about ;
inches each "a hours. The water !
confined 10 the 20o-foot level, bein
caught and retained in large sum-
From there IL is pumped to the surfac
and used for the engine
The Tom Thumb shaft Is being sun
steadily. About two feet Of II Is con
pleted each "a hours.