The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-01-23

or almost twice the late monthly pro
auction of the Anaconda company.
ID. b. Lyman, for two years super
intendent Of the Bonanza mines on
che Comstock in Nevada when they
were at the zenith of their production,
died at Reno, New, recently. He was
So years of age.
ID. z. Bowers, manager of the Snow |
shoe, near Libby, Mont, owned by the |
Rustler Mining company of Spokane, |
says that strike of two feet of clean
galena has been made there. Mr.. |
Bowers says that the company is ar
ranging to spend about $4,000 during
the coming summer in enlarging the
mill and putting in power.
Returns from the recent bricks pro-
duced by the first run of the Ameri-
can Eagle mine show that it was .7S1
fine and ran $16.14 to the ounce. The
value of the two bricks is accordingly
ENTHUSIASTICALLY more than had
been estimated.
At the Black Tail mine at Republic,
drift is being run on an oreshoot on
the intermediate level, and the ores
broken in course of development will
be run out to the railway cars as soon
as enough is accumulated for ship
ment.
The new quartz milling plant recent
ly finished by the North Pole com
pany in Oregon is now in operation.
Twenty stamps are kept constantly
going. The old plant of 10 stamps
will be changed in position before
starting up again.
AT the conclusion Of the Overdorf
and Langley fight at Wardner last
week, at which the latter was knocked
out in the third round, Ed. Berry OF
Butte challenged the winner to a finish
fight for 5000 purse. Overdorf said
he would accept the challenge.
About 100 men have been given a
short lay-off by the Bunker Hill &
Sullivan company. The decrease in
the force is due to the upper slopes
of the Stemwinder claim being well
worked out. and the lower ones not be-
ing opened sufficiently to accommo-
date the full force of men.
Difficulties between the Cedar Can
yon Mining company and the Yarwood
Bros. over a settlement of ores ship
ped from the Elephant and the Legal
Tender claims in Cedar Canyon, Wash
in which they are joint owners, have
. been settled out of court. The case
has been in litigation a long time.
The Stray Dog mine, in the Meteor
district, Washington, has let a con
tract for hauling four carloads of ore
from the mine to the landing on the
Columbia, where it will be taken OIL
board a steamer and shipped to We
natchee. At that point it will bC
= transferred to the railroad and sen
5 to the Tacoma smelter.
The Fisher Maiden company has
shipped three carloads of ore to tn,
Trail smelter. This is the secOnS
= shipment of ore made this year from
, the mine and they will be continued
1 steadily throughout the winter. Tn,
ore is said to be Of a higher grad,
! than the last, though the men ar
n still shipping from the dump.
.. A deal has been closed at Boise
Idaho, by which the Bull Run groul
8 of mines, including mine claims and
! 10 stamp mill is transferred to tn
n Leonard Taylor company of Albany
J. N. Y. Sixty thousand dollars was PAL,
today and $4,000 more is to be pal,
in installments. The principal owne
u was A. H. Smith of Tuscarora New.
O At a recent meeting of the stock
q holders Of the Gold Ledge ConsolidaI
r. ed Mining & Milling company, to cor
- slider the offer of an eastern capitals
to put the property on working Da
sis, 100000 shares were representa-
out of a total of 100000, and it wa
d unanimously agreed that the propos
ton be accepted. The Gold Ledg
q mine is near Republic, Wash.
d Colonial Secretary Chamberlain an
the leaders of the mining communit
r at johannesburg have arrived at a
e agreement in the matter of a fnancia
!. settlement. Under this agreement tn
# Transvaal war contribution wi
/ amount to $15O,OOO,OOO. A guarantee
2 also will be given for an imperial loa
of $15O,OOOOOO, which is to be expenC
l. ed in reproductive public WORKS in tn
= Transvaal and in the Orange Rive
O colony.
Wallace, IdahO.-Richard DaxoI
V one of the principal owners c
/ the TarboX, a silver-lead producer
n short distance north of Saltese, Mont
who has returned from inspecting tn
v property, reports a strike Of five fec
n of shipping ore. Some of the spec
mans no hrouobt baclr with him ri