Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-20

including the Pittsburg district, show
that the agreement to curtail the out.
put of pig iron is rapidly being ex-
ceeded in tonnage by the voluntary
action of the individual members to
the agreement. The last meeting of
the furnace operators showed that the
curtailment, instead of being 25 per
cent was 40 per cent A week later
the curtailment will reach 60 per cent.
William Cary and Joe Anderson,
two miners seriously injured in the
Bunker Hill & Sullivan mine at Ward
ner, were taken to the hospital this
morning as the result of blast going
off before they could reach safety.
The Pittsburg & Montana Smelling
company of Butte, which recently pur-
chased the John Olsen and Peter Ber-
quist group Of claims, near Austin, Is
miles from Helena, has bought for
$4,000 two adjoining claims, owned
by John Olsen and w. NJ G. Settles
OF Helena. The Olsen and Berquist
group of claims has yielded consider
able copper ore. which has netted a
good profit. The Pittsburg company
will work the properties vigorously,
to provide pyritic ores for its Butte
smelter. now nearing completion.
Livingston, Mont.-The big Coke
dale coal mines. for years filled with
water, have been pumped dry after
slightly over six months of steady
pumping day and night. The collieries
are owned by the Amalgamated Cop
per company, and 800 men will be
put to work at once and coal will be
mined for the shelters of the big min
ing combine at Washoe, Great Falls
and Butte. The operation of the Coke
dale mines will lessen the production
of the coal mines at Diamondville,
Wyo, and Pleasant Valley, Utah,
where the Amalgamated company is
now getting the greater part Of the
fuel used in the mines and smelters.
Buffalo Hump, Idaho.-A rich strike
has been made in the Miss Juneau by
Frank Stickner. This claim parallels
the Mother Lode and is particularly
interesting as it disproves the old idea
that the Mother Lode vein was the
eastern boundary Of the mineral belt.
The coal miners of Utah have been
granted an increase of 10 per cent in
their wages. Specials from the differ
ent camps show that the advance has
been general, the rate of pay being
raised from $3.50 to $2.75 per day.
The action Of Governor ]. X. Toole
in calling special session of the Mon
tana legislature has resulted in the
resumption of work in all the proper
ties of the Amalgamated Copper com.
pany in the state.
w. ]. Harris and Wellington s. Har-
ris have returned to Spokane from
Pierce City, Idaho, where the latter
has been doing considerable work on
the Horseshoe group Of three claims,
all of which carry good values in free
milling gold ore. A tunnel on one Of
the claims has been run 100 feet and
the vein, which is about Is feet wide.
has been followed the entire distance.
Two crosscuts at the end of the tunnel,
one of so and the other 100 feet, have
been finished. Values have been found
in both.
Although little has been heard from
the Hoodoo mining district, which lies
along the Palouse river east Of Pa
louise, Wash, the district has been
moving steadily forward and gives
promise of making record.
The anticipated partial closing down
of the Minnewau steel works. the
plant of the Colorado Fuel & Iron
company in Pueblo, COL, took place
recently, when nearly 5000 men were
given their time checks with instruc-
lions to call at the Office Monday for
their money.
The men employed in the bar mill
of the Inland Steel company at lndi-
ana Harbor refused to accept q re-
duction of - IL per cent in their
wages, and the entire plant was shut
down. About 1900 men were thrown
out.
Representatives of the miners OF
the northern coal district and the op-
orators of Colorado have reached a
satisfactory conclusion, after being IN
conference for nine hours, and, in con-
sequence. the mines will beyond doubt
resume operations.
Republic Mines.