The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1902-02-28

hepuD1c knlppcfB soon dIIcr the TAIL
roads are completed to Grand Forks.
| The company expects to III 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 H. Robin
son. T. M. Hodgens and Frank NJ.
Leonard have been elected on the d.
rectorate OF the same company.
with transportation facilities the
Okanogan fWash.) 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 a mining
property on Goat mountain In Blue
Lake camp in the Salmon river mining
district, Okanogan county.
AT Bolster, Wash. 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 aleng 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 DIR. l. 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
fWis) men.
Lloyd Brown has returned from the
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 10
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. Not
only IL the matter carrying consider
able mineral. but IL has more ore than
II did on the upper level
In the United States court at Salt
Lake. Utah. Colonel Michael ShauE-
messy. a mining promoter. filed a petit
ton that he be adjudged q bankrupt
He gives his liabilities as $1S7 600 and
his assets $4,000. In his petition he
attributes his failure partly to the sus-
pension OF the City Savings bank OF
Detroit. which WAS interested in sew
eral mines In which he was connected. |
Colonel ShAugnessy was formerly
United States marshal OF Utah terri
tory and ID well known throughout the
country. Among his creditors are
James b. King of Helena. Mont, $4,000:
State Savings bank of Butte, Mont,
$500.
The department OF mines and metal
lurgy OF the Louisiana Purchase ex-
position has been about the busiest
spot around the worlds fair headquar-
tiers during the past two weeks. Great
er prominence has been given TO the
department OF mines and metallurgy
at this exposition than ever before
The palace OF mines and metallurgy
will be larger and more elaborate in
It's arrangements than any similar
structure ever devoted to this subject.
On its walls will be pictured the
worlds mineral production. On its
1oor Will be grouped the materials IL
ustrative OF the worlds mineral
wealth. Persons in the United States
desiring to make mineral and ore ex-
1ibits should correspond with the Of
icial exposition commission appoint
ID in their own state.
One OF the most important mining
ieals that has been effected in Butte
n number OF years has been con-
when the Colusa-Parrot
Mining & Smelling company sold the
colusa- Parrot mine to the Anaconda
copper Mining company. The terms
4 the sale have not been made public,
ut 1t is understood the consideration
vas large one. In addition to the
ale Of the mine. this deal brings to ]
close the famous litigation between Z
he Colusa people and the Anaconda ,
which has been in the courts j
or several years. During the trial the I
Amous Blue vein theory was brought Z