The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-04-04

Dawson, recently. Eleven men were
buried, all being rescued more or less
injured except Lon Boismer of Maple,
Mich, who is dead. The river trail
is still good.
Saturday the trustees of the Lake
Chelan Transportation & Smelling Co.
will 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 1, and will be
rushed as rapidly as possible.
At last reports there was from four
to five feet of snow in Thunder noun
tain, with the probability of its stay
ing on the ground for at least a month.
No building is going on, and there is
little to see in the camp besides the
Dewey mine and few properties upon
which men are doing location work.
There are two Big creeks in central
Idaho. One lies about eight miles
northwest of Dixie, between this camp
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.
John Hart, aged 25 and unmarried
was crushed to death by a cavein in
the Bunker Hill mine while setting UP
a Burleigh drill in the Parker stope
last week. Mr. Hart was on his knees
pick in hand, preparing a place for his
drill, when, without warning, a slat
of rock weighing about 5000 pounds
fell from above him, crushing his LEFT
side and breaking his neck. He ut
tered one short cry of pain. Dealt
vas almost instantaneous.
The steamship Cottage City, reach
ng Seattle last week from Skagwa'
md Sitka, brings reports of valuable
placer diggings found in the Rodma'
ay district and of a stampede which
'ook place from Sitka. The paystreal
s said to lie only foot below the SUI
ace. Among those who have gone o.
he stampede are Governor Brady an
De Graf, one of the most prominen
BUSINESS men in southeastern Alaska
Goldman bay is located between Kills
7oo a cannery station, and Sitka.
John r. Cooke, one of the pioneer
If Fossland, recently from Kendall
Mont, where he is now located,
much enthused over the prospects c
the young Fergus county town. 1t ha
iprung into prominence through tn
purchase of the Kendall mine b
finch & Campbell of Spokane. M
Cook said: Kendall Is situated 2
niles from Lewiston, Fergus count!
The Northern Pacific touches at Lon
Nard and there connects with the MOI
? ana railroad trains which arrive 6
1arlowtown every day. From there
= ally stage connects with Kendall
The town can also be reached over tn
Great Northern by the stage take
\ either at Benton or at Great Falls.
!, At Peruhlic work of SINKING II
!, Trade Dollar shaft an additional II
. feet has been begun. Superintendent
w. H. Kells states that the two-cor
q partment shaft is being sunk about
|. inches each "a hours. The water
. confined to the 200-foot level, beir
= caught and retained In a large sum
>. From there 1t is pumped to the surfaC
!. and used for the engine.
!. The Tom Thumb shaft is being sur
y steadily. About two feet of it Is cor
= pleted each "a hours.
Joseph Devlin, mining man fro
!. Butte. Mont, accompanied by Thomi
a Kearns and an expert smelling ms
q from Montana, left Springdale, Wasl
II last week to examine properties In Il
r Copper camp.
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