Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-10-02


on account of the non,
the tramway. This is
dition that will allow lite
of ore to be transporter owed
therefore the mill willssoon
Operation.
Tunnel MOI Of the Willow Creek
coal mine near Heppner, Ore, is prov
ing to be great coal producer. A
force of twenty men is now employed
in this tunnel both day and night.
They are mining coal In good quanti-
ties. A string of teams is on the
road continuously hauling out the fnel
and placing it on the local market. It
is being sold at Lexington, lone and
other places in the valley. Arrange
ments are being made to ship some
to Pendleton and other points along
the main line of the o. r. & N.
The .Cornucopia Mines company.
capital $5,000,000, was incorporated
recently. The object OF the company
is to purchase and acquire all the
mines in Union county, near Baker
City, Ore, known as the Cornucopia
mines. The incorporators are Charles
M. King, Raymond M. Lowey and
Richard e. Dwight, all of Jefferson
City.
1.-THE Hogan group, near Elk City,
Idaho, will probably be taken over by
the scapital represented by William
Acre. The American Eagle is work
| ing night and day, each of The 10
stamps in the mill working about
three tons of ore daily, of which the
company is saving about $40 a ton.
A negro from Seattle, who located
| claim a year ago and named it after
his Seattle sweetheart, Carrie Lizzie,
has sold his property for $4,000. A
new district has been discovered near
Elk City, where the ledge has been
staked for two miles and half and
locators are sinking prospect holes, in
every one of which free gold is found"
These are the good things told about
the Elk City district by w. e. Cullen
| of Spokane.
| Judge Morrow of the United States
circuit court of appeals has handed
down decision in the case of Sen
ator Sanders, ]. v. Sanders and L. P.
Sanders, of the firm of Montana at
torneys, against Maitland E. Graves
of New York, affirming the decision
of the district court of Montana. The
plaintiffs sued Graves for $4,000, al
legged to be due for professional serv-
ices. They were instructed by him
to report on the condition of the Ruby
mine in Montana. They sent an ex-
pert out and then forwarded his re-
tport to Graves, together with their
fee claim. Graves considered the lat
ter excessive. A jury awarded the
attorneys $4,000.
Judge w. P. Seeds Of the. district
court at Cripple Creek, COL, as de-
cided against the military authorities
In the habeas corpus cases of Sher-
man Parker and three others, who
were held prisoners by the military
for about two weeks without warrants
and with no formal charges against
them. General John Chase, in COM
mand OF the troops, declined to rec
ognize the authority of the court until
ordered by the governor to do so. Gov
ernor Peabody has instructed Adju.
tant General Bell, who is in Cripple
Creek, to issue an order to General
Chase to turn over all the prisoners
to the civil authorities hereafter.
Rumors of the finding of a treasure
ship off Miami have been confirmed
when Captain Jennings and three of
the crew of the wrecking schooner
Osceo filed libel against the cargo
OF sunken ship, in the United States
court at Jacksonville, Fla. With the
assistance of chart in his possession
Captain Jennings has been searching
for this vessel from time Ia tune for
many years. 1t is supposed TO have
gone ashore in 1885, loaded with ere
from the Mexican mines. 1t was found
in 20 fathoms Of water near Miami.
Its cargo, which has only been partly
examined, has been found to consist
of silver ore.
Il The orders for restrtc ion of the
anthracite coal output mas affected
nearly all the Golfers in the Wilkes
barre, Pa, region. Over $4,000 900
tons OF coal have been minel since
January 1, which is several million
tons more than was ever produced
for a like period in the his Dry of the
mining industry. The pressn. glut in
the market and the effort &C. prevent
a break in prices are the cause IF the
General Charles X Warren of Butte
and Tonapah, while in Sumpter, Ore,
recently organized 100000 corpora
ton to work the rich placer deposits
which underlie the property of the
Sumpter Townsite company, of which
ne is president. The general says that
under the surface Of each lot in the
Sumpter Townsite company's Second
addition to the town of Sumpter lies
enough gold to pay the original cost
OF the lot. if it could be gotten out.
work ON these deposits will be started
at once, according to. General Warren.
A great gold nugget, valued at s3276,
the largest ever found in Alaska or
the British Yukon, has been taken
from Nome claim. 1t was seven in
ches long by four and a quarter in
ches wide. The beautiful specimen
Is the produce of bench claim, No.
o. ON Discovery on Anvil creek. 1t