Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-01-31
MINING NEWS.

The Standard Mining company, of
Wallace, Idaho, has declared a divi-
dend of $4,000.
A fine flow of oil had been struck
at depth of 400 feet by the North
Pacific Oil company at Newcastle
Wyo. The company is composed of
Spokane men.
Senator Turner of Washington in
tends to take the necessary congress
sional action to sanction the location
of mineral claims on the Spokane
Indian reservation.
The Golden Chest property, near
Murray, Idaho, has been bonded to
Canadian men, but nothing is known
as to when they will take charge of
it. The price is reported to be $780,
600.
The air compressor and hoist which
were used last year on the Nabob, a
Pine creek property, Idaho, have been
sold and will be installed for use on
the Charles Dickens.
An option on nearly all the stock of
the Charles Dickens Mining company
has been given to Pittsburg people
and work is to be resumed on the
property as soon as it can be put in
shape.
Men employed in the basement of
the Denver, Col. city hall discovered
what may prove a placer bonanza
Profuse colors in sediment of black
sand, which appeared after washing
in the old fashioned way, caused COM
motion among the city officials.
The American Smelling & Refining
company has advanced the price of
pig lead, putting it on basis of ITO
cents per pound in New York. an
advance of 10 cents per hundred.
President Nash says the advance Is
the result of an advance in the Eur
opean market.
The Charles Dickens is situated on
Moon creek midway between Wallace
and Wardner, north of and three miles
from the South Fork, and has been
developed by two tunnels above the
creek level and shaft running. 80
| feet below the creek. All of the work
has shown an abundance of ore.
F. Aug. Heinz has instituted another
suit against the Anaconda Mining com
pany in which he seeks permission to
examine and survey the underground
workings of the Anaconda mine.
Heinze contends that the Anaconda
Mining company is extracting ore
from the Belmont mine, which he
asserts is his property.
The new silver-gold mining district
of Tonopah, New, has produced ST.
100000 of wealth since last May, but
the mines are now practically at a
standstill on account of an epidemic
of disease caused by the long dry
SPELL The miners are all leaving for
more healthful sections, said Samuel
Stockham, formerly of Gem, Idaho.
who recently arrived from Tonopah.
In the United States court at Hell
ena, Mont. Judge Knowles made an
order dismissing the suit of A. s..
Wright against the Central Montana
Mines company and discharging the
receiver. The order was the result of
an agreement between the litigants.
The mines of the company are stu
ated in Fergus county. Montana, have
net output of $4,000 a month and
are valued at $1.000.000.
Allan Stonebreaker had an easy
trip from Thunder Mountain to Elk
permanent trail can be established at
once. Supplies in the camp are al
most exhausted. The last few sacks
of flour were selling at from $40 to $50
per sack There are rs men in the
camp at present. but unless supplies
are taken in at once most of these
men will be compelled to leave. Fifty
men have left the last two weeks and
others are still leaving.