The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-03

Dawson. recently. Eleven men were
buried. all being rescued more or less
injured except Lon Boismer Of Maple,
Mich. who IL 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 I. and will be
rushed as rapidly a. 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 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
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.
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 place for his
drill. when. without warning, a slab
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. Death
was almost instantaneous
The steamship Cottage City, reach
ing Seattle last week from Skagway
and Sitka, brings reports OF valuable
placer diggings found in the Rodman
lay district and of a stampede which
took place from Sitka. The paystreak
IS said to lie only foot below the sur.
ace. Among those who have gone on
he stampede are Governor Brady and
De Graf, one of the most prominent
BUSINESS men in southeastern Alaska
Rodman bay is located between Kills
100. canpery station, and Sitka.
John r. Cooke, one Of the pioneers
Of Fossland, recently from Kendall
Mont, where he Is now located, Is
much enthused over the prospects of
the young Fergus county town. It has
sprung into prominence through the
purchase of the Kendall mine by
Finch 4 Campbell of Spokane. Mr..
Cook said: Kendall is situated 20
miles from Lewiston, Fergus county.
The Northern Pacific touches at LON.
hard and there connects with the Mon
tana railroad trains which arrive at
Harlowtown every day. From there a
tally stage connects with Kendall.
The town can also be reached over the
Great Northern by the stage taken
either at Benton or at Great Falls.
At Repuhlic work of sinking the
Trade Dollar shaft an additional 100
feet has been begun. Superintendent
w. H. Kells states that the two-com.
partment shaft Is being sunk about 80
inches each "a hours. The water ia
confined to the 200-foot level. being
caught and retained In q large stump.
From there 1t is pumped to the surface
and used for the engine.
The Tom Thumb shaft Is being sunk
steadily. About two feet of it is com.
pleted each "a hours.
Joseph Devlin. mining man from
Butte. Mont, accompanied by Thomas
Kearns and an expert smelling man
from Montana, left Springdale. Wash,
last week to examine properties in the
Copper camp.