The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-04-03

ldahO, announces that ground Will be
broken in 10 days and that by Septem-
Der 1 the plant will be in operation
and that it would be running sooner
if it were not impossible to have or
ders for electrical machinery prompt
~ filled.
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 OF Bear Paw noun
tains. A specimen sent to a labora-
tory was pronounced a 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 l3 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.
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,
not the smelling trust, would benefit
mostly, although the trust officials re-
Gently tried to boost the stock on high
er metal price. The same men con
troll both companies.
William Loughrey OIL Bridger Mont.
and J. N. Pew, of Cooke City, tell 4
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 theiI
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.
All the machinery for the Sumptei
(Ore) smelter has been received, anC
is now being rapidly put in place anC
should be running in few weeks. The
smelter company is now PURCHASING
bullion, and it is expected will soon b.
in the market for smelling ores. Thu
lime quarry has been opened up. 4
reservoir, to be located on the hill
! just above the smelter, will also b.
= finished in short time.
: Since the Amador Copper Mimi
: company, operating a good prOpert
near Iron Mountain, Idaho, has bee
dragged into the courts through tn
>, assistant secretary and treasurer, Z
. L. Protesting, being arrested on tn
= charge of refusing to allow some c
the stockholders to examine the book
of the company, it is said the deal 70
!, the property putting it in control {
= Chicago men, has been declared off.
Quartz mining has passed the eXpe
mental stage in the Pierce, Idaho
section and there are as fine show
- ings in that camp as anywhere o
the coast among them being the viii
- Rose the Dewey, the Stars and Stripe
and the Crescent ,On Clear creek, 81
, miles from town, all of which hav
: enough development to demOnstrat
=. that they are mines, and good one
- Then the Santiago and the Fleetwoo
group on Osborne gulch, four mile
:, from town, are producers, havin
shipped several thousand dollars
bullion last year, and will double the
output this year The Ozark and Col
Is DOLLAR and the Orion groups of claim
s. are about one and a half miles fro
!" Pierce. All have good bullion shi
ments to their credit last year an
p are working good crews developin
Is this winter
Montana Mines.
IS A bar of gold weighing 651a pounC
a. and valued at $1S,557.52 has been r