Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-04-18

at Republic recently, it&
remove the office Of til
Seattle. Work will be
the tunnel this month.
been provided with which tadY
tunnel another 100 feet.
Timbers in the 1300-foot lav,
Tiger mine, at Burke, wera
Sunday. The fire originates
candle. The damage is lion.
men on the lower level were i 4
at no time, as they could -
through the workings of the D. ~
mine.
Sherwood McGibbon came & !,
Idaho, from Thunder mountalr . ~
4th, having been on the tran 4
days, In speaking Of. the cams
McGibbon said: There ara Z,
500 men there now and many a..
ing at Dixie and Chamberiain,s'h
for the trails to be open for pac, &
imals. Il
Mr.. Kincaid of Pierce, Idaho
por,s a rich strike of free millins
ore being made in the Pionaar
week. The strike was made I, A.
132,foot drift. The vein is 2s ir,'<
mide and assays range from Az il
$500 a ton. The Pioneer IA n
cipally owned by Lycurgus Graz,
Detroit. Mich, and George Runkis
The consolidation of the Stand.f
and Hecla, two of the biggest All
lead mines in the Occur d'Alenes /,
be perfected within the next so 4,
days. The new company, which N
probably be known as the StanM'|
Hecla Consolidated Mining CONN.,
will have a capital of $3,00O,OO0 n
the capital stock, $4,000, 1000 win /
paid for the Standard and 81 .000 A
for the Hecla
No coal is mined in Idaho ON Ian
scale. The Boise district, In front
the Boise mountains and between i
Boise and il'ayette rivers, extend,
north 80 miles from a point six mil
north of Boise, includes the Horsesb
Bend district. with one three-fo
high-grade Ignite bed, and the ia,
salem district, with four beds. IN
three to eight feet thick, of lignite
Il panned dirt along Monumen,
creek for rs miles above its mon
and never failed to get colors IN
each pan of dirt" is the strong sta
ments of the wealth of Thunder mo,
tain as made by S. w. Kundaker.
mining expert of San Francisco q
spector of Idaho, who has arrived 1
formerly state boiler and engine
from the mountain after three wee
devoted to examining properties in /
camp.
or the three Pacific coast stat
Washington easily ranks first as a q
producer, with California second
though in 1896 and 1897 Oregon's o
put exceeded that of California.
the San Francisco market the co,
OF the world compete. Foreign C
enters that port chiefly as ballast
tramp steamers seeking grain cargo
SO that the condition of the wheat
port trade has direct bearing up
the coal imports.
The largest consolidation ever n
through in the Cripple Creek distr
is announced. The deal embraces
the properties of eight large mini
companies along the line of the Unit
Mines tunnel, which penetrates t
nills OF Cripple Creek distance
1852 feet. A new company is bel
Incorporated under the laws of Co
re- do, with a capitalization of $500
200. The consolidating companies a
me consolidated Mines. New Zealan
Damon, Columbine-victor. Bait
Mountain Consolidated, Columbi
told, Bonanza Queen and the Unit
AiEes Transportation companies.
me coming of two railroads to r
public has had the effect of creatil
better feeling in mining circles. al
'ctlve preparations are now going
OF the renewal of work on many pro
'rtle3 That have been partially or WHIT
;, Idle during the past Is month
ne active properties now are Il
raoe Dollar, the Princess Maud, Il
,utte d 'oston, the Pacific Reef
NJ me- Mountain Lion No. 2 and the To
~ LUMP n Those about to start up a.
NE silver Polar and the Flag Hi
within month the Quilp, the Blae
al, tne San Poll, the Ben Hur, I'll
it, Lon the oregonian and DO
~ 10y some others, will be in oper
,Un, Preparations are in progress
inin