Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-01-24

hSoiAS AV,VVV,VVV pOuuuS per ulOulHp
or almost twice the late monthly pro-
duction of the Anaconda company
ID. b. Lyman, for two years super
intendent of the Bonanza mines on
the Comstock in Nevada when they
were at the zenith OF their production,
died at Reno, New, recently. He was
65 years Of age.
ID. p. 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. MIR.
Bowers says that the company is ar.
ranging to spend about $4,000 during
The coming summer in charging 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 1871
fine and ran $16.14 to the ounce. The
value of the two bricks is accordingly
$3434.79-considerably more than had
been estimated.
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 long time.
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 a 5000 purse. Overdorf said
he would accept the challenge.
The report that the Amalgamated
Copper company was contemplating a
new issue of $60,000,000 of stock for
the purpose of taking over the United
Copper company or the Copper Range
and Tri-Mountain properties, is denied
by one Of the highest authorities in
Amalgamated affairs.
The Stray Dog mine, in the Meteor
district, Washington, has let con
tract for hauling four carloads of ore
from the mine to the landing on the
Columbia, where it will be taken on
board steamer and shipped to We
natchee. At that point it will BIZ
transferred to the railroad and sen
to the Tacoma smelter.
The Fisher Maiden company ha,
shipped three carloads of ore to the
Trail smelter. This is the seconc
shipment of ore made this year from
the mine and they will be continued
steadily throughout the winter The
ore is said to be of a higher grade
than the last, though the men are
still shipping from the dump.
A deal has been closed at Boise
Idaho, by which the Bull Run group
OF mines, including mine claims and d
10 stamp mill is transferred to the
Leonard Taylor company of Albany,
N. Y. Sixty thousand dollars was paid
today and 100000 more is to be paid
in installments. The principal owner
was A. H. Smith of Tuscarora, New.
At recent meeting of the stock
holders of the Gold Ledge ConsolidaI-
ed Mining & Milling company, to con-
slider the offer of an eastern capitalist
to put the property on a working pa
sis, 100000 shares were represented
out of total of 100000, and it was
unanimously agreed that the PROPOSE
ton be accepted. The Gold Ledge
mine is near Republic, Wash.
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain AMI
the leaders Of the mining community
at johannesburg have arrived at an
agreement in the matter of financial
settlement. Under this agreement the
Transvaal war contribution will
amount to $150,000,000. A guarantee
also will be given for an imperial loan
of $150,O00000, which is to be expend-
ed in reproductive public WORKS in the
Transvaal and in the Orange River
colony.
At Ell Paso, Tex, Chamberlain and
Make OF San Pedro, Mexico, broke the
worlds record in the double-handed
miners granite rock drilling contest
for purse of $1,000, by making a
score of 43A inches in IA minutes.
The worlds record was Al 5-32 inches,
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