The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-10-10

only the Last Chance claim
free of all incumbrance.
Frank Stevens, a well-known mining |
man, died at the Jumbo mine. Buffalo
Hump. He was a brother of w. A.
Stevens, one of the owners Of the jun
bo, and also one OF the best known
mining men in the country. Frank
Stevens was known to almost every
mining man In the northwest. He was
early associated with the deyel-
opment of the Occur d'Alenes. and lat
er went to Buffalo Hump. where he
has been an active factor in the deyel-
opment Of that camp. Several weeks
ago Stevens fell and broke several ribs.
Being careless in his actions, he
caught severe cold, which finally set
tied into pneumonia. and that was the
cause of his death.
The funeral services Of Edward
Uren and Charles S. Frost. the two
miners who were blown to atoms in
an explosion at the Mammoth mine.
were held last week at Wallace.
Foreman Thomas Gibson of the Sun
set mining claim. just above Northport.
on the reservation side of the river,
reports rich discoveries in the pros
pect work and states that a number of
men will be put to work to develop
the property. The ore consists most
ly OF galena and runs high in silver.
There is an unconirmed report chat
the Federal Mining & Smelling com
ha
Cleveland property in the Occur
d'Alenes.
Steam has started up at the Noun
tain Lion mine at Republic, Wash.
The machine drills are being put in or
der as rapidly as possible to begin stop
ing ore and the big pumps have start
ed on lifting the water out OF the shaft.
With bowed head and in a voice
scarcely audible to those standing by
him, Howard X. Kressly. the once weu
known Spokane mining broker and
man about town, pleaded guilty to the
charge of obtaining $3.50 under false
pretenses from F. Bowman.
Since the Hercules made the great
strike in the lower tunnel there has
been a considerable demand for stock
in the Ajax property, which adiOins the
Hercules on the east.
| A tunnel Is now being driven which
will tap the ledge at depth Of over
200 feet. There is considerable stock
held in Spokane
The ledge in the lower tunnel Of the
Hercules has now proven to be As feet
wide, with Is feet OF shipping ore.
The Post Lambert mine. in the
Mount Baker district, owned by Hahn
& Friede Of Portland. made it's second
clean up Sunday for 26 days run. The
mill is crushing 20 tons daily OF rock
thought to go better than S35 per ton.
The owners will install another 10
stamps and a cyanide plant next
spring.
| A number OF improvements are be
ing made at the Tiger-Poorman mine
At Burke. Idaho. A new dam Is be,lR
Quilt on the upper lake. which will b,
30 feet long and 80 feet high. Re
pairs are also being made on the
DUNE.
John Connors, superintendent Of the
Gold Crown quartz mine. who has
reached Portland. Ore, declares that
Mount st. Helena was in eruption on
September Is. the date on which an
earthquake shock was felt over the Pa
cifc northwest country.
President Charles Sweeny OF the
Federal Lead company says the gross
profits for September, which is the
first month of the merger, are 1891 900,
or a little over 100000 In net earn
ings. But 1t took ten days to trans
fer some Of the plants. so the Stand
ard and Mammoth how for only two
thirds Of a month. The company Is
handling 1000 tons Of crude ore per
day now and will handle $4,000 per
month when the full capacity Is
reached. making 1900 tons Of concen.
trates. with $125,OOO net earnings. Mr..
Sweeny says no new railroad con
struction is contemplated at present
It is said the Federal lead tonnage
will be divided equally between the
railroads reaching its mines and
plants.
Eleven hundred miners in the
Springfield Ill, subdlstrict have struck
because the operators have refused to
comply with the law providing that
the operators shall erect washhouses
near the mines. II Is believed the strike
will not last long.
Rapid progress is being made on
the construction of the new $4,000
schoolhouse at Mullan. Il is expected
that the brick work will be completed
this week and that the entire build
ing will be complete within two
months.
The final payment on the Denyer
& Rock Island group has been made,
and It is now the property Of the Du-
quesne Mining company Of Pittsburg.
The bond was secured by W. T. Hales
Of Wallace IS months ago from the
owners. A. l.. Thurston and George
Cox. The amount of the bond was
$4,000 and the previous payments
were $500. The payment made yes
terday was 81. 800 The property, which