The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-11-20

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that the agreement to curtail the out
put of pig iron is rapidly being ex-
ceeded in tonnage by the voluntary
action of the individual members to
the agreement. The last meeting of
the furnace operators showed that the
curtailment, instead of being 20 per
cent, was 40 per cent. A week later
the curtailment will reach 90 per cent. |
William Cary and Joe Anderson, |
TWO miners seriously injured in the
Bunker Hill & Sullivan mine at Ward
ner, were taken to the hospital this
morning as the result of blast going
on before they could reach safety.
The Pittsburg & Montana Smelling
company of Butte, which recently pur-
chased the John Olsen and Peter Ber-
quist group of claims, near Austin, 10
miles from Helena, has bought for
$4,000 two adjoining claims, owned
by John Olsen and w. M. G. Settles
OF Helena. The Olsen and Berquist
group of claims has yielded consider
able copper ore, which has netted a
good profit. The Pittsburg company
will work the properties vigorously
to provide pyritic ores for its Butte
smelter, now nearing completion.
Livingston, Mont.-The big Coke
dale coal mines, for years filled with
water, have been pumped dry after
slightly over six months of steady
pumping day and night. The collieries
are owned by the Amalgamated Cop
per company, and 300 men will be
put to work at once and coal will be
mined for the smelters of the big min
ing combine at Washoe, Great Falls
and Butte The operation of the Coke
dale mines will lessen the production
of the coal mines at Diamondville,
Wyo., and Pleasant Valley, Utah.
where the Amalgamated company is
now getting the greater part of the
| fuel used in the mines and smelters
Buffalo Hump, Idaho.-A rich strike
has been made in the Miss Juneau by
Frank Stickner. This claim parallels
2 the Mother Lode and is particularly
= interesting as it disproves the old idea
p that the Mother Lode vein was the
The coal miners of Utah have beer
r granted an increase of 10 per cent il
4 their wages. Specials from the differ
= ent camps show that the advance hal
t been general, the rate of pay being
r raised from $3.50 to $2.75 per day.
t The action of Governor J. K. Tool
S in calling a special session of the Mon
r tana legislature has resulted in tn
l. resumption of work in all the proper
ties of the Amalgamated Copper CON
a pany in the state.
e w. J. Harris and Wellington S. Hal
l. ris have returned to Spokane froI
?. Pierce City, Idaho, where the latte
s. has been doing considerable work o
II the Horseshoe group of three claims
ID all of which carry good values in fire
n milling gold ore. A tunnel on one {
h the claims has been run 100 feet an
lie the vein, which is about Is feet wild
has been followed the entire distance
p Two crosscuts at the end of the TUNE
P. one Of so and the other 100 feet, hav
20 been finished. Values have been fOun
1T in both.
i'd Although little has been heard fro
k the HoodOo mining district, which lie
at along the Palouse river east of P
is louise, Wash, the district has bee
ic moving steadily forward and give
a. promise of making a record.
n The anticipated partial closing dow
of the Minnewau steel works, tt
b. plant of the Colorado Fuel & Ire
by company in Pueblo, Col, took pla
n recently, when nearly 5000 men we
ke given their time checks with instru
tions to call at the office Monday fl
ly their money.
ed The men employed in the bar m
Ig. of the Inland Steel company at In,
as ana Harbor refused to accept a ]
* duction of - ~
wage INTERMEDIATES
dow5ay Curtis. Ralph Curtis,
out rtis, Harry Dolan, Ella Dol
ns RS Jacobs. Ervsn Jacobs, Les
' ay the MT, Thomas Martin. Agnes Mu
10 erat1. Jack VanGasken, Wal
20 conf w.
Sequ HUH oNhOJL
he resuEaward Martin, Roderick You
IN ward Moore. Dolly Bruce, Lou
i ne nlap, Sophia Grace, Pearl Ho
Id ~, Mary Mason, Rose Perki
We We Tia Perkins. Alma Raffels
10 CO. mie Martin.
ed nett SCHOOL NOTES
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