Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-10-16
this number were I. Barlow, Gus Self
fert and Mike Samuels,


fert and Mike Samuels.
The motor and air compressor are
running at the Mountain Lion mine
at Republic, Wash, furnishing the
power for the machine drills winch
are now employed above the 800 1901
level, where some prospecting is De,
j ing done and ore is being stopped.
The plant of the American shee'
Steel company at Struthers has Deeh
i closed and the employees paid IN 1ull'
The only statement made is that the
volume of business is not sufficient
to have the mill continued in opera
ton. The mill employs large mum
Der of men.
John NJ. Haley, mining engineer,
who mas been a resident off and on OF
Republic for years, left with his fam
ily for Spokane. Mr.. Haley, who was
born and raised in Nevada, will visit
the southern part Of his native state
where the mining attractions at pres
ent are quite seductive.
The commissioner general of the
land office will shortly be presented
with an appeal in the matter of his
recent ruling affirming the decision
of the Occur d'Alene land office, de-
claring an area of 30 square miles be.
tween Wallace and the st. Joe river
nonmineral. The appeal is being pre-
pared by A. G. Kerns.
Samuel H. Smith, mining man,
who arrived in Seattle from Dawson
the latter part of September, met
death by falling into the bay. In his
pocket was found a certificate Of de-
post for $775, a gold watch and ~
in money. Aside from these there
were no papers which would indicate
where the mans relatives live.
G. B. Davis, for the past seven
months superintendent of the Gold
Coin mill at Black lakes, Idaho, says
that the Gold Coin company have a
great mining property. Mr.. Davis
was for number of years superin-
tendent of the Smuggler-Union cyan
ide plant at Telluride, Col, Inc next
largest plant of its kind in the United
States.
John McAlpine was killed at the
Idaho-C Continental mine, about "a miles
from Port Hill, Idaho, recently. While
he was sorting ore in the blacksmith
shop of the company some giant pow
der that the miners had left to thaw
out exploded killing Mn McAlpine and
injuring Eugene Stannard and two
other men who were working in the
shop. A horse was also killed.
The reported deal on the Orofino
property at Murray is all off. Frank
Aikan, who was after the option, re-
fused to pay per cent down and the
owners would not consider any other
kind of an option. The deal was on
basis of 100000, not for 100000 as
reported, and included two claims be-
longing to Sheriff Manley and lying
west of the Orofino.
Miners in Bear Creek district on
Portland canal on the northern border
of British Columbia, which is now
considered in United States territory,
are locating their properties in the
British Columbia mining recorders
office, fearing that the territory will
be awarded to Canada at the close
of the deliberations Of the Alaskan
boundary commission, now in session
in London.
| An additional abstract has been filed
in the Iowa supreme court by the ap'
pellee in the case of James Doyle
versus James F. Burns, involving the
Portland gold mine in the Cripple
Creek district. The abstract reviews
the circumstances of the alleged part
nership by virtue of which Doyle
claims Burns owes $4,000. He OBJ
tanned a judgment for $446,925 ant
Burns appealed.
The Nighthawk Mining & TUNE
company has 10 men on its property
north of Conconully. Wash, driving
tunnel, which is 1850 feet in, and the,
have just tapped ledge of well min
eralized quartz. This makes the thirt
ledge the company has crossed in thu
tunnel. the first ledge being so fee
wide from wall to wall, the secon'
about two feet, and it has gone is fee
in the third without getting through
The miners are drifting the first ledg
: and have gone about 80 feet. Man
) ager Church is back from Spokane
where he purchased ventilatinl
plant. The Six Eagles Mining com
pany is working eight men on its BIZ
tunnel.
Montana Mines.
The receipts Of gold at the Unite
States assay office in Helena durin
September were $275,655.
Mulvahill G Ely, lesses of the Dali
properties at Wicks, 20 miles iron
Helena, recently shut down the mines
: as ore was accommodating faster thai
,ha;,, concentration would bopdla II