The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1902-02-21

the month of January. The Gemini
leads the list with So carloads OF ore.
followed closely by the Yankee.
The Elk City Gold Mining & Milling
company. composed of Spokane men,
has recently encountered two ana
one half foot ledge of high grade free
milling ore on the property situated
near Elk City. Idaho. A letter from
Superintendent coverly, at the mine.
states that the showing is better than
ever.
The hill upon which the Washoe
smelters at Butte are located presents
a busy scene today. The machinery or
two more buildings, rooster and reyer-
berator, has been started up. and alto
gether four of them are now ia com
mission. Three sections of the concen.
traitor are in operation, six furnaces
in the reyerberatory plant have been
blown in. and eight OF the MeDougal
furnaces in the roasting building have
been fired up. II will probably be sey-
erai weeks before everything is run
ming st full blast.
The air compressor on the Charles
Dickens near Wallace, Idaho, is in OPP
Grafton and development work will be
continued indefinitely. 10 or II men be,
ing employed. The property is under
bond 10 John NJ. Patterson OF Pitts
burg. who visited IL few weeks ago
aad made an agreement with the own
ers for nearly all of the stock. AZ the
same time he bought the air compress.
or which has been used on the Aabob.
Pine creek property, for the past
year. and had il moved from there 10
the Charles Dickens. on Moon creek.
midway between Wallace and Ward
ner. The old owners had a hoist on
the property and had sunk about 100
feet. drifting from the bottom of the
shaft. The tunnel running east ffom
the level OF the creek will be pushed
on into the hill.
The trouble between the Victor Fuel
company aud miners employed al their
coal mines at Chandler. near Florence.
Cob. eliminated In an attack ON the
japanese miners who had taken the
places OF the strikers and the demoll.
ton OF the boarding house occupied by
the japanese. The mob drove the
japanese out of the camp. The affair
occurred after meeting OF strikers,
at which IL was decided 10 send an
uitimaturm 10 the Victor Fuel com
pany demanding the removal of the
japanese. A report was circulated IN
the meeting. which was largely attend.
ed. that 200 more japanese were on
their way 20 the Chandler mines. and
this SO enraged the strikers that they
decided at once TO rid the community
Of the japanese.
The United States established a hne
record last year in the mining Of prec.
Ious metals. .he product of gold and
silver exceeded that O. any other /
The estimate OF the gold
output is nearly a million dollars In |
excess Of the population of 1900. and. /
the. highest record the coun-
Try has ever maze. In silver. too
here was much activity. in spite q
he low price. and the total output for
he year was nearly 100000 ounces
n excess Of that of 1900. Copper
production fell OF slightly. which Is
10, strange 10 view OF the fac, that
here have been several months OF
juggling with copper securities and
uncertainty 10 the price OF
Upper stocks and Of the commodity
.scif. In the rnids, of all the trouble
senator clarkc's great Arizona mine
las shut down. a fact that would In
.st,nhf.y n. rcaacsed in tho supply.