The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-04-25

Gently exhibited at Boise. Idaho, some
remarkably fine specimens of Thunder
Mountain gold ore. One of these
showed gold in quantity. 1t came from
a claim about 10 miles from the Dewey
mine.
With the arrival of spring many
Montanians are planning to enter the
Thunder Mountain district in Idaho.
Some are already on the way. Thun-
der Mountain district is attracting al
most as much attention as did Cripple
Creek after the riches of that district
became known.
The Old Dominion Copper company
of Boston has announced that it's rela-
tions with the United States Selling
company as agent has been closed.
President Smith said: eve are now
free to dispose of our copper as we
see fit. We are producing about $780,
600 pounds per month.
The yield of sapphires in Fergus
county. Mont, was greater this year
than in 1900, and two companies are
now mining in the region where the
blue stones are found. Exploration
for the many fancy-colored sapphires
has been carried on still further in the
Rock Creek region, Granite county,
Mont
The presentation by Mr.. Max BRAY
erman of his collection of gems and
minerals to the Golden Gate museum,
San Francisco Cal, is worthy of note
The Standard Mining company at
Wallace, Idaho, has declared it's April
dividend. payable the 25th inst, of
cents per share or $4,000, bringing
the total dividends to $2,565 900.
Arrangements have been made with
the Peoples Transportation company,
which is putting a boat on the Column
bia river, to take the first boatload
of ore, so tons, from the Great West
ern mine. This property has had ship
ping ore for some time, but has been
waiting for transportation. The ore
is high grade, averaging $62 to the
ton.
The Palmer Mountain Prospector.
says of the big tunnel that, when COM
pleted according to present intentions
will extend into the mountain a dis
lance of 5000 feet: Work on the
Palmer Mountain tunnel is going on
with the clock-like regularity that pro-
duces results. The force is steadily
drifting on lodges %, % and "a. There
is no falling away in the uniform
values shown by the daily assays.
Recently at Republic, WASH, a case
of considerable Importance to the
mine owners against the county came
up for argument on a demurrer by the
mine owners, which was sustained.
The decision establishes the fact that
mines can not be taxed on the selling
price of the stock, but that the asses
jor must try to determine the real
value of the mine by it's ability to pro-
duce, its location and the condition of
the property.
The Allis-Chalmers company. Mil
waukee, Wis, have given their 200
employees an increase in wages of five
per cent. and a nine-hour day. This
is what was demanded, in part, by the
union machinists who struck last sum
mer except that the increase in
wages asked then was ten per
cent The notice. which was post
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will be followed by similar notices at
all of their plants in the United States
A large number of teams is hauling
the Wise Boy and Crackeriacl stamp
mills from Sites to Buffalo Hump.
Both mills are of 10 stamps. Most of
the machinery is already on the road.
The Crackerjack company has bought
the boiler and engine of the Alamance
company at Elk City and will move
them soon. Both mills are to be in
operation by early fall. trial run
of eight tons from the Crackerjack,
milled at the Hump syndicate mill last
fall, gave a little over 500 per ton
The ore was not selected but was
taken as it was found in the vein.
Frank S. Hobbs. who arrived in
Lewiston recently from Thunder
Mountain after having made the trip
from the Dewey mine to Lewiston
over the Dixie trail in six days, says
that the Dewey company has ordered
100 stamps more and has located an
other mill site on Monumental creek
three miles from the mine. The ore
Will be transported to the new mill by
a wire tramway. There are several
rich Pittsburg firms now heavily inter
ested in the camp. and one of them
has expressed the intention of putting
| in $50 stamps before snow flies this
fall That mill would be located on
Big creek. over 30 miles from the
Dewey.
Work on the new wire rod mill at
! Pnehlo Col has hann haal1n The