Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-05-03
scheme known as the St Mary's canal

aw gold minah?
Chichester Joneston-Nossuh All
ain no COLE minah. Ahse kalse-
minah; das wat is!
A third large mill is to be installed
in Kendall. Montana, camp. The North
Moccasin Mining company, whose
property lies between the Barnes and
Kendall mines, have purchased ma.
chinery for $50 ton mill
A new rate for shipping copper from
Montana to st. Paul and the head of
the lakes has gone into effect. The
new rate will be six dollars per ton
which is reduction of two dollars. the
former being eight dollars per ton.
The receipts of gold. and silver con
tanned in gold bullion, at the Helena
assay Office in March show remark
able increase over those for the same
month of last year. The total is S144
651,3S, as compared with $123,01415
in March, 1901.
interpretations of the Minnie Healey.
the Belmont and Cora Rock Island
mining companies were made recently
at Butte by f. Augustus Heinze. The
capital stock of the companies is Civ
en- respectively at 100000, $1,000
900 and $2000,O0O
One of the largest mining deals that
has taken place in the northwest for
some time has just been consummated
by which the famous St. Joe placer
mines are sold from Roy Mcdonald
and associates of Iron Mountain.
Montana, to w. II. Hales and asso-
ciates of Wallace, Idaho
Great excitement prevails at Sand
Creek, Montana over a strike made
recently in the hills adjoining the
town, and scores of prospectors are
travelling the adjacent country, stalk.
ing out claims. The lowest assay Of
samples by local assayers yielded re-
turns of ISL and the highest $4,000.
The gold in the ore is said to be so
pure that it can almost be cut with n
knife. In a pan the precious metal
A movement is on foot that will
probably be carried through within a
few weeks that will bring together into
one company. under one management
and one board of directors, with a cap
italization of $G0,000000 the greatest
producing mines of the Cripple Creek
district, the Colorado Springs & Grip
pie Creek District railroad, and the
Portland mill, located in Colorado
Springs.
is easily discernible to the naked eye.
A suggestion was recently made by
Professor T. c. Mendenhall of Provid-
ence. r. l., that the internal heat of
the earth might be utilized as a source
OF industrial power. Professor William
Hallock. of Columbia college, New
York city, indorses the idea. Accord
ing to Theodore Waters, in the cur.
rent issue of "The Worlds Work,
| there Is a rise of temperature for
every foot of depth at a certain dis
lance from the surface of the ground
and in many regions intense heat is
encountered at no great distance.
STATIONS Independence Mining
company of Cripple Creek has filed
suit in the Arapahoe county district
court against the Strong Mining com
pany, charging the latter company
with extracting gold and other valu
able ores from the Maggie Lode min
ing claim, which adjons the Strong
property, and asking damages to the
amount of s1,7500O0. STATIONS indie
pendence is owned principally in Lon
don. The Strong mine was owned by
! Sam Strong, who was killed by Grant
Crumley few months ago.
The Holcomb group of claims at
Thunder mountain, on Marble creek
at the mouth of Sunnyside creek, has
been sold to the Belle of Thunder
| Mountain company. The group in
cludes 16 claims. 1t is understood the
price is about 100000 The property
| Marble creek and another on Sunny
side creek. The claims were located
| by Fred Holcomb, the seller Four
Boise men on Saturday received pay
ment of $4,000 from the same com
pany, this being their share of a deal
made in January for four claims-the
Apex, the Black Bill, the Holly Terror
and the Warren fraction. The men
held a bond on the property and that
was their profits.
George Downing has returned to
Grangeville, Idaho from Thunder
Mountain after having made a mum
Der of successful locations in various
parts of the camp. He brings word
that the road is open to horses through
to Resort and that he passed dozens
Of men on the road. The road from
| Grangeville to Warren is said to be
in good condition and fast approach
| ing its summer excellence. Mr.. Down