Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-08-16
the international Mining congress that

will convene in Butte next month.
John P. Gleason, a miner employed
at the Bell mine, at Butte, was fatally
injured while at work last week, and
died about two hours later while on
the operating table.
Ore richer than was ever before ex
tracted from the old Monumental mine
has been found in the shoots lately
opened on the famous property, says
the Sumpter American.
The Minnie Healey mine, one of the
most important being operated by the
Montana Ore Purchasing company, of
Butte, is 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 an increase in
| 81 years from GIG to 464.4 pounds per
! capita.
1t is reported at Elk City, Idaho,
that R. A. Sims of Palouse City has
started development work on the prop
erty of the Tamilipa Mining company
near Orogrande. William Hogan SAYS
that the Crooked River Mining & Mill.
ing companys stamp mill at Orc
rande will be ready for operating in
three weeks.
After negotiations extending over
several months, rich copper mining
property on La Touchre island, in
Prince William sound, Alaska. has
been bonded to New York capitalists
for 100000.
Mining and milling ore at the Ken.
dali and Barnes-King properties in
Montana is going on with uninterrupt.
ed rapidity these days, and many valu.
able gold bars is the result, says the
Kendall Chronicle.
The 100-stamp will which was to
have been erected on the Dewey prop.
erty in the Thunder Mountain district
will not be erected this year, as it can
not be taken in to the mines until the
wagon road is completed.
Articles of incorporation were filed
recently by the Nicola Coal Mines, Ltd.
The capital stock is fixed at 1900 900
shares of 81 each par value The trus.
tees of the company are S. A. Hart
man of Tacoma, John Kerr of Green's
burg, Pa; John O'Connor, J. w. Nc.
Kune, John F. Firch, w. T. Hales and
Fred e. Baldwin, all of Spokane.
syndicate, known as the Kimber.
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 I'D all
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 an examina-
ton of the property and declares it is
the biggest thing going.
Nearly 5000 people have landed in
Nome since the opening of navigation,
but there is not much evidence of ad-
dition to the population of the town,
and the saloons and gambling houses
are complaining about the dullness of
business. Aside from the fact that
merchants are filling big orders for
the creeks, there is not much more ac-
tivity in Nome than there was last
winter.
G. B. Dennis, president of the Old
Dominion Mining & Milling company,
under whose management the Old Do.
minion mine near Colville, Wash, was
developed, is authority for the state
ment that he has, on behalf of his COM
pany, signed lease covering a period
of fhrnn RI XrIo oF
apolis, Mimi, who, together with his
associates. also of Minneapolis, will
further the development of the mines
along the same lines as laid down by
Mr.. Dennis and by Professor King,
now deceased.
The occurrence of explosive gas in
metalliferous mines is very rare, but
there are instances on record at Pen
zance, Cornwall, where in tin and lead
mines the rock, when freshly cut.
gave off volumes of gas. 1t has also
been noted in opening up old levels
that have long lain under water
Neil ]. Sorensen has sold the Max
we'll mine, in Oregon, and adjoining
claims to an Eastern syndicate for a
consideration said to be $145,000, a
portion of which was cash. The prop.
erty consists of more than 20 claims,
many of them carrying considerable
development. 1t is said that extern
sion work will be done on the prop
erty.
DR.. George H. Slower, president of
the Union Coal & Coke company,
which owns the mine at Bowen, Col,
in which an explosion occurred last
week, killing II miners, received ad-
vices from General Manager Bowen