The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14

pfOO30iy % one q the 0O1oEa600 ~
the International Mining congress thne
will convene IN Butte next month.
John p. Gleason, = miner employed
ct the Bell minc. ct Butte. was fatally
injured while ut work last week, ana
died about two hours later while On
the operating table.
Ore richer than was ever before 81.
tracted from the old Monumental mino
has been found In the shoots lately
opened on the famous property, say0
the sumpter American.
The Minnie Healey mine, one o. tho
most important being operated ~ tho
Montana Ore Purchasing company. o6
Butte. Ii the latest TO be closed down
on account Of litigation.
The consumption Of pig iron per
capita In the United States. according
to the annual report Of the Iron And
Steel association. shows IN increase n
81 years from GIG to 46l.4 pounds per
capita.
After negotiations extending ovsr
several months. rich copper mining
property on La Touchre island. II
Prince William sound. Alaska, hAs
been bonded to New York capitalists
for 100000.
Mining and milling ore ~ the KEN
dali and Barnes-King properties II
Montana II going on with uninterrupt-
ed rapidity these days, and many vAlu-
able gold bars IL the result, says tho
Kendall Chronicle.
The 100-stamp will which was 10
have been erected on tho Dewey prop
erty in the Thunder Mountain district
will not be erected this year. % Il oAn-
not be taken In to the mines until tho
wagon road IL completed.
II IL reported 1t Elk City. idaho,
that r. A. Sims OF PAlouse City hAo
started development work on the prop
erty Of the Tamilipa Mining company
near Orogrande. William Hogan saye
that the Crooked River Mining 3 Mill
Ing company's stamp mill 1t Gro
rande will be ready for operating IN
three weeks.
Articles Of incorporation were flled
recently by the Nicola Coal Mines. Ltd.
The capital stock Ia fixed ct 1.6O0. 900
shares Of II each par value. The trls-
tees Of the company are 3. A. Hart
man df Tacoma. John Kerr OF Greene
burg, Pa: John O'Connor. ]. w. Mo
Kune. John F. Firch, w. r. Hales ana
Fred p. Baldwin, all OF Spokane.
Neil J. Sorensen has sold the Mar
we'll mine, In Oregon, and adjoining
claims to an Eastern syndicate for =
consideration said to be s145, 900, =.
portion Of which was cash. The prop
erty consists of more than 20 claims.
many OF them carrying considerable
development. II is said thak extern
sion work will be done ON the prop
erty..
Nearly 3.oco people have landed IN
Nome since the opening Of navigation,
but there Is not much evidence OF i'd
dition to the population Of the town.
and the saloons and gambling houses
are complaining about the dizziness Of
business. Aside from the fact that
merchants are filling big orders for
the creeks, there Is not much more &C
tivity In Nome than there was last
winter.
ly-Buhl syndicate. headed by p. L.
Kimberly. OF Sharon. Pa. who has
made three or four fortunes In Iron.
has at last succeeded In tieing up oil
the iron mines near Cedar City, Utah.
John l.. Jones.of Iron Mountain. Mich.
one Of the best experts In the iron bus
mess, has just completed m examine
- ~ ~ nesA Anu -
the biggest thing going.
G. b. Dennis, president OF the Old
Dominion Mining 4 Milling company.
under whose management the Old Do
minion mine near Colville, wash, Was
developed IL authority for the state
ment that he has. on behalf Of his COM
pany. signed a lease covering period
OF three years to w. r. Kyle OF Mime
apolis. Mimi. who, together with his
associates. also Of Minneapolis. will
further the development Of the mines
along the same lines a. laid down BY
Mr.. Dennis and by Professor King.
now deceased.
Solomon Guggenheim. who ID In
Denver looking after the interests OF
the American Smelling z Refining
company, Of which he ID an oficial.
says that the company has just closed
the sale OF 10000 900 ounces Of silver
to the Mexican government, In addi-
ton to 5000.0 900 ounces recently do
livered. He declared that the hrst
sale increased the market price Of tho
metal cents and predicted stu
| Uroater rise "A n result Of the late
| deal.