The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-08-29

The property q situated on the head
Of Little Indian creek, and the ledge
discovered is said 70 be over 400 feet
vide. and has been traced for 5000
feet.
Forest hres are reported from sew
erai sections In Montana. Northwest
Of Anaconda, near Blue Eyed Nellie
mine. the largest IRE in the memory
OF the earliest settlers IL raging ana
unieas the wind shifts Thousands Of
dollars worth Of fne pine timber Is
doomed.
Word from Virginia City. Mont.
says: The Watseka Gold Mining com.
pany. at Rochester, was attached for
$4,000. Proceedings were begun by
r. Augustus Heinze and George Rob
inson Of Butte. A. w. McCune. the
Salt Lake millionaire, Is behind the
Watseka. The money Is said to be
due on promissory notes.
A. H. Wright, q whatcom, wash.
mining man, arrived home recently
from the Mount Baker country, on the
line Of the B. B. & R. c. extension,
q
just been made on the Post-LAmbert
mines, and the net result Of Is days
run OF the 10 stamp mill was t27, 600.
The mine is owned BY Henry Hahn
and Leo Friede Of Portland. There Is
large reserve Of high grade ore
blocked out In the mine
W. c. Hussey. claim agent Of the
Union Pacific company. has made a
settlement with the estates Of Al min
ers who lost their lives in the Hanna
explosion OF June 30. near Rawifns,
Wyo. The sum of $500 will be paid
to each widow and $50 to each child
and S45 for each unmarried man.
Details concerning the organization
Of the United Lead company, which
has been under way for several
months. have been announced The
company viii have capital Of 81. 000.-
900. II is understood that Baton Sew
all. vice president Of the American
Smelling & Refining company, viii be
made president Of the new combine
The relations OF the new company with
the American Smelling & Refining
company are expected TO be very close
Fred N. Cummings is back to Spo-
kane from Morgan county. Ind, south
of indianapolis, where he was exam
lining the placer gold fields that have
lately attracted considerable attention.
He has with him q vial containing
some beautiful fake gold with garnets
ard black sand, taken from the riff
hes. He said he examined the
ground for 80 days In company with
a New York and an Oregon expert, but
we could not get values anywhere suf-
hcient TO warrant development
The Highland Chief, Klondyke and
other mining properties on Pine creek
have recently cut ore bodies, which
place them among the best strikes
made in the Occur dAlenes this year.
The Pine Greek district below Ward
ner now comes to the front as one Of
the most prosperous in the Occur
d'Alenes. A wagon road nine miles
long. for which the county appropri-
ated $1,000 and the interested mining
companies made the additional ne
essary appropriation, is nearing COM
pletion.
Steps have been taken In the district
court at Butte by attorneys for the
Boston & Montana Mining company OF
the Amalgamated group to compel F.
Augustus Heinze's United Copper COM
pany to cease operations in the rich
Minnie Healy mine, pending q second
trial Of the noted mining case. as re-
Gently directed by the afidavits fled
by engineers for the Boston & Mon
tana company. Judge William Clancy
has granted = temporary Injunction
and issued an order for the Heinze
people to appear in court next Satur-
day and show cause why the Injunc-
ton should not be made permanent:
While John MeCush OF whatcom,
Wash. was drilling a well six miles
east OF that city, recently, to secure
water supply for his single mill a
fow OF natural gas was encountered.
The men were in ignorance Of what
1t was. and proceeded to strike
match to light q pipe. An explosion
followed which knocked Charles n.
Jones, one OF the laborers, insensible,
and the flames severely burned Nc
Cush. His face Is blistered. and only
the glasses he wore preserved his
eyesight- There are coal deposits In
the vicinity. but the quality has pre-
vented its being successfully mined.
F. Augustus HeinEe of Butte, Mont.
has filed an attachment for the sum OF
$4,000 against the watseca mine.
one Of the richest gold properties in
southern Montana. Heinxe's action
has caused a sensation In mining cir
cles. as II is regarded as another one
OF his coups In an effort TO secure con.
troll of a rich mine. His course is fur
Their regarded as evidence that the
young Napoleon Of mining litigation
does not propose to confine his efforts
to the mines Of Butte. fighting the
Amalgamated Copper company. but
win invade any camp where It has
been demonstrated rich ore exists in