Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-04-04

II. NJ. Williams, promoter of the new
Panhandle smelter built at Standpoint,
Idaho, announces that ground will be
broken in 10 days and that by Septem.
Der / the plant will be in operation
and that it would be running sooner
If il were not impossible to have or
ders for electrical machinery prompt.
| ly filed,
A. G.. Staten has discovered a rich
anthracite coal mine about 10 miles
south of Havre, Mont. The vein stands
vertical and is four feet thick and
runs into one of the highest mountain
peaks in the chain Oh Bear Paw noun
tains. specimen sent to labora-
tory was pronounced superior grade
of anthracite.
The strike of the employees of the
Elbow Ridge mine, at Joliet, Mont,
has been settled on a mutually salts
factory basis. The men agree to fore
go the desired weighing of the coal
at the tipple before it is placed in cars
and the company granted the short
ton, agreeing to pay 80 cents for 1000
pounds of coal mined.
The Ajax Mining company, operat-
ing a group of 10 claims Immediately
joining the famous Hercules, near
Wallace Idaho, on the east, is devel
oping the property with satisfactory
results. The lower tunnel is in $50
feet, half way to the lead, which
should be reached in August Six men
are working two shifts.
William Loughrey OF Bridger, Mont,
and ]. N. Pew, of Cooke City, tell \
story of the discovery of a marvelously
rich gold mine within 20 miles of Red
Lodge. They refuse to disclose the
scene of their find, but back their
statements with samples of quarts
scanned with wire gold and tiny mug
gest. Loughrey and Pew also claim
to have rock which will assay $4,000
to the ton.
The curious statement is made that
all advances in lead prices are in
tended to benefit mine-owners and
stimulate production, in which event
the Guggenheim Exploration company,
lOL lnC SlACIllL6 u uSI, WOuiu DSuSnI
mostly, although the trust officials re-
Gently tried to boost the stock on high
er metal price. The same men con-
troll both companies.
All the machinery for the Sumpter
(Ore.) smelter has been received, and
is now being rapidly put in place and
should be running in few weeks. The
smelter company is now purchasing
bullion, and it is expected will soon be
in the market for smelling ores. The
lime quarry has been opened up. A
reservoir, to be located on the hill
just above the smelter, will also be
finished in short time.
Since the Amador Copper Mining
company, operating a good property
near Iron Mountain, Idaho, has been
dragged into the courts through the
assistant secretary and treasurer, E.
l.. Protesting, being arrested on the
charge of refusing to allow some of
the stockholders to examine the books
of the company, it is said the deal for
the property putting it in control of
Chicago men, has been declared off.
Quartz mining has passed the exper
mental stage in the Pierce, Idaho
section and there are as fine show
ings in that camp as anywhere on
the coast among them being the Wild
Rose, the Dewey, the Stars and Stripes
and the Crescent ON Clear creek, 31b
miles from town, all of which have
enough development to demonstrate
that they are mines, and good ones.
Then the Santiago and the Fleetwood
group on Osborne gulch, four miles
from town, are producers. having
shipped several thousand dollars in
bullion last year, and will double their
output this year. The Ozark and Gold
dollar and the Orion groups of claims
are about one and half miles from
Pierce. All have good bullion ship
ments to their credit last year and
are working good crews developing
this winter.
Montana Mines.
A bar of gold weighing 65b pounds
and valued at $18.557.52 has been re-
ceived at the United States assay Of
tice at Helena from the Atlantic Cable
mine in the Georgetown district. 1t is
claimed to be the largest and best bar
of gold bullion ever produced in Mon.
tana, and was the result of milling 45O
tons of ore. The property is under
lease by the Bacorn brothers of Butte
A bar of gold weighing 125 ounces
and valued at about $4,000 has been re-
.ceived at the federal assay office from