Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1902-03-21
York and Richard 9. Harvey of NJ

Everett. was found dead on the trail
leading 10 Council City. December %.
He was frozen TO death and had appar-
emily been dead two or three day..
Waldron vas g years old and was
born In Illinois.
The Ben Hur company, 0perating
the Ben Hur mine In Republic camp.
will install = complete plant. including
machine drills. air compressor. hoist
and pump. within the next few months.
Total cost Of machinery will be about
$1,000.
The deal now pending for the sale
Of the Golden Chest mine. at Murray. |
Idaho. is expected to BE- closed soon. |
Spokane mining men are negotiating |
With eastern parties for the purchase
Of the claims for the sum of $500 900. |
and Il IL expected that the deal will
soon be closed.
Increased mining activity continues
to be the order Of reports from Repub-
lie camp. A drilling outfit has been
ordered for the Gold Ledge and win
soon be in operation. and operations
are being started on q larger scale in
Bodie camp and on the Princess Maud.
1t is expected that the surveying
party for the Methow Railway 4
Smelling company will leave Spokane
Immediately to begin work on the pro-
jected road along the Methow and
Twisp rivers. This company Is also
planning a smelter at the mouth of the
Methow river which will have q ca
racity OF 400 tons per day.
The gold discovery on the farm OF
J. p. Crawford, three miles southwest
OF Oakesdale. Wash. is showing MP
well. The ledge as far as prospected
averages 80 feet wide. An assay OF
the ore taken from II went S14.10 per
ton in gold. The ledge is granite
formation.
Foreman Peterson and two compan.
ions from Martins rock quarry were
crossing the Columbia river bridge re-
turning to camp recently. Knowing
an engine was expected along at anv
NOR ent and thinning he heard it ap-
preaching. Mr.. Peterson stepped aside
to get out of the wav and In doing so
either slipped or stepDed into space
md fell to the river about so feet be-
low. He made heroic effort to swim
out but was soon lost sight OF and
was drowned.
new strike said to he rich in sill.
yer is reported from Cedar Canyon.
nea- Davenport, Wash. H. NJ. Austin,
who bought a quarter section from the
railroad company, proceeded to pros
pect. uncovering near the surface q
rich galena ledge assaying over 100
. ounces in silver The ledge was en-
countered in an open cut which was
being made as the beginning Of tun
! mel. The width OF the ledge is not
, known. The owner will sink a shaft
r upon II.
About 100 men are In camp at Thun
der Mountain. Provisions can not b.
| bought and packtrains will not get II
; until about April l. Salt and sugar
. are very scarce. There are no build
: ings going up at present. on account
: Of the deem snow. Lumber for thu
/ ferry at Salmon river is being packed
\ in from the Comstock mill. hye milo
a south OF Dixie, at the mouth OF Monu
e mental creek. There are two places
|. on the trail where camp is usual.
I made. where no shelter Is obtainable
At the other three camping stops Their
g are cabins.
s Attorney General Frank Martin o
r Wallace Idaho. has rendered a decis
t ion in the matter of taxing patented
o mining claims which will have an I'm
Il portant bearing on taxable propert
n in Idaho. He holds that patented mine
e must be assessed at their full value tn
e same as any other property. A stric
d compliance with his instructions vii
X ~nltinlv the total assessment roll Q
o Shoshone county three or four times
y az the previous assessed valuation O
patented mining claims was on the ba
sis of IS per acre regardless OF tn
known worth OF the property.
j. F. Augustus Heinze has acquired G
DR.. Burdette O'Conner. for the sum G
e $4,000. his $1,000 600 damage sui
g against the Anaconda Mining compan,
Z together with his interest In the Coz
D. per Trust claim at Butte. O'Conne
has two suits pending against the AMI
"a conda company for alleged extractio
r. OF ore from the veins Of the Cope
n Trust The Copper Trust claim 10 l
I. feet wide at the base and IS feet lonl
tapering to a point. The claim 10 loca
10 ed in q slender triangular plot {
" ground between the lines Of Johnston
ID Mountain View and the Saint Law
n renee claims.
n The strike inaugurated in the earl
part OF last summer by the NorthpoI
n