Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-02-07
MINING NOTES.

that Cuba will again be copper pro
Queer.
The metal market is In better con
dition than it has been before for
many months.
-Four blast and two calcine furnaces
are now running at Northport ana
handling close to 1000 tons per day.
Thomas Hammond, civil engineer
denies the published report that he is
about to leave Republic for several
months.
w. G. Madison, president of the
Bodie company, has gone to the Bodie
mine, near Republic. There are II men
working in the mine.
Mr.. William j. Reeves death at
Denver Col, on the 5th ult., removes
from the commercial world one of it's
most prominent men.
Gravel yielding $125 to the pan has
been obtained from Amador creek,
near the Point claim on the celebrated
Lightning creek in Cariboo.
The starting of the smelter of the
Panhandle company near Standpoint
Idaho, will mean a great deal for the
mines about Pend dOreille.
St Louis brokers have formed an
exchange for the exclusive handling of
shares in mining and oil companies,
something that has long been a neces-
sity.
The Chelan Transportation & Smelt-
ing company already has eight miles
pf orc for tic 10
mine to Lake Chelan completed and
work will start on the proposed smell
ter April LIST.
A cavein occurred in one of the
slopes of the old Telegraph mine al
Bingham, Utah, partially wrecking the
residence of James johnson, a miner.
and instantly killing two of Johnson's
sons, aged 3 and years.
Gold has been found In the crop of
wild goose and duck, in the craw of
barnyard fowl, and tradition has it
that in former days deer were often
slain who had gold-plated teeth from
drinking of the waters OF Cripple
creek.
The Zala NJ, in Sheridan camp,
Wash, is looking as fine as can be,
and she is producing some very fine
looking ore. There is a good gang
Of men on now and the mine is being
put in a very good shape to turn out
ore"
The Carter White Lead Works. of
Omaha and Chicago, has had a rep
resentative in the lead fields of Idaho
bidding for the lead product. This
concern has made an offer of $4.12B
per hundred pounds as against $3.50
now being paid by the smelter trust.
Work has been temporarily suspend.
ed on the Palmer Mountain tunnel.
The cause of the let-up in underground
development is to allow the tunnel to
be retimbered. For the past five years
he timber in parts of the tunnel has
been in place and is beginning to give
away.
Deputy United States Marshal O.. K.
Andrews, acting under instructions of
the United States federal court, has
sold the smelter on the Weiser river
about eight miles from Weiser, Idaho,
the property of the Boston & Seven
Devils Copper company. 1t was sold
to the Stearns & Rogers Manufacture
ing company, of Denver, Colo.
A report from Superintendent J. P.
Michigan of the Alamo mine at Ala
mo, Ore, was received by John r.
Cassin at Spokane recently, stating
that the main working tunnel had en-
tered the lead 40 feet, and the values
in the ore steadily increase as the
tunnel approaches the hanging wall.
Values are said to range from $40
TO $40.
Three hundred employees of the Gold
en- Reward smelter at Deadwood have
gone on strike because of one man be-
ing laid off, About 700 other men will
be thrown out of employment, the COM
pany having decided to close down two
of its large mines. The cyanide plant
and smelter have been treating about
1000 tons of ore daily.
The Silver Butte mine. on Deep
creek, near Northport, Wash, has re-
sumed shipments. It's ore is silver
lead and is handled by Montana smell
ters. G. C. Knutson has resumed the
management of the property and start
ed a tunnel which will tap the ore
body and do away with the expense for
hosting. The Velvet mine. on Sophie
mountain, is making heavy daily ship
ments to the North port smelter.
Portland ore.--walla walla 75e;
buestem, SEC; valley. Use.
Tacoma, Wash.-One cent lower for
club; bluestem. S6kc; club. 76c.