Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-05-29
MINING NOTES,

zeal lnVolVlng the ownership of
the Flagstaff mine, six miles northeast
of Baker City, Ore, is being nego-
tiated.
Fred Burbidge and A. Burch of Spo.
kane are developing a gold prospect
at Winston, Mont. IS miles east Of
helena. They will sink a shaft.
A man named Murphy sustained
bad strain at the Standard mine re-
Gently and had to be brought to the
hospital. His injuries are not thought
to be serious.
Frank Walters, an employee of the
Hercules mines at Burke, Idaho, had
massive piece Of rock fall upon him
while he was in the stope. The leg
will have to be amputated.
The Gerber mine at Sand Coulee,
Mont, is making preparations to large
ly increase its production of coal, for
which it finds ready market with the
Boston & Montana smelters at Great
Falls.
John Boyd, general manager of the
Palmer Mountain Tunnel company,
has returned to Loomis, Wash, from
New YORK. He is accompanied by
A. M. Welles, a mining engineer of
Denver, Col.
Senator Clark recently inspected his
extensive plant at the United Verde
mine at Jerome, Ariz., and gave final
instructions for the completion of
smelter at the Iron King mine, three
miles south of Jerome.
The original boiler plate mills Of the
Central Iron G Steel company were
destroyed by fire recently, entailing
loss of 100000, and throwing large
number Of men out of work. The loss
is fully covered by insurance.
Since the strike made in the Glas-
gov tunnel of the Highland group, in
the Rock Creek district, Oregon, still
better grade Of ore has been encoun-
tered and this week the assays made
gave values of from $40 to SIS per ton.
Several feet of ore averaging about
$25 ton has been encountered in
crosscut from the 800 foot level of the
DAILY mine at Wickes, Mont. 1t is pro-
posed to concentrate much of the ore
this summer, and the old mill at Cor
bin. several miles down the valley, will
be utilized for that purpose.
The coal companies of the Lehigh,
Pennsylvania, region have commenced
the enforcement Of the new age limit
law regulating the employment of
boys in and about the mines. 1t is
estimated that nearly 500 boys will be
ineligible. The discharge will in some
cases work hardships on families de-
pendent almost exclusively upon their
minors.
Excitement is intense at Pocatello,
Idaho, over a new strike of copper ore
in the Moonlight claim of the Pocatel-
10 Gold & Copper Mining company To-
Gated nine miles east. A foot Of 40
per cent copper has been uncovered.
The Big Four Mining & Milling
company at Butte, which was incor-
porated in March, has been carrying
on the development of its properties,
and the latest assays show very rich
values in silver. The claims Of the
company are situated about six miles
west of Ferguson, and within few
miles of several other valuable silver
and gold bearing properties.
Roderick Cameron, thought to be
from Inverness county, N. s., and
Charles Lesigates, a Greek, were
drowned May 10 in the Pelly river. II
miles below the mouth of Ross river.
Alaska. John Mcconnell. miner. en-
route from Vancouver to Dawson, was
also drowned in the Yukon after saw
ing two companions. None OF the
bodies were recovered. This makes
nine men drowned in the upper Yukon
within week.
The recent strike in the California,
near Sumpter, Ore, has proven to be
the richest find made in that mine.
Assays from $50 to 1910; the balance
of the vein, which is over six feet wide.
goes $22 The strike was made In an
upper crosscut which was started $50
feet above the mouth Of tunnel No.
1. Since then No. has been driven
to point of intersection with the vein,
At a meeting of the Mill & Shelter
ren's union held recently in Anaconda.
II is reported to have been decided to
ask the permission of the American
Labor union to strike unless the men
recently discharged at the Washoe
smelter be reinstated 1t is the opin-
ion of a majority of the labor leaders
that there will be no strike.
A phenomenally rich strike has been
made in the Sunnyside at Thunder
Mountain. In drifting on the ore body
at 400 feet from the point where the
tunnel cut the deposit, the level came
into very rich ore. Superintendent Abb
bolt has sent Manager Purdum sam