The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-09-26

me Everett smelter, with over $500, 600
worth Of ore on hand, and the Monte
Cristo mines. to the American SmeIt-
Ing and Refining company at q price
exceeding one million dollars. This
is more than the Federal company
paid for these properties and adds this
much money 10 the funds in the treas
ury Of the Federal company.
The Wallace samDling works have
been bought by the Federal company
from the American Smelling and Re-
fining company, which bought them q
year ago from the Occur d'Aiene Nine
owners association. The price paid,
$4,000. was less than the real value.
They cost $4,000.
The Everett smelter was owned by
the Puget Sound Reduction company,
whose stockholders were Identical with
those Of the Monte Cristo mines, all
New York men. The smelter and the
mines together were profitable. al
though the mines by themselves were
not.
e. H MONT, who has been manager
OF the Standard mine at Wallace for
several years. and under whose direc-
ion the mine has made a most excel
lent record, has resigned from the Fed
eral company. and is deyoting all his
time TO the management OF the HecIa
mine.
J. +. Mccartney, who has been man.
ager OF the Mammoth mine for q num-
Der OF years. continues with the Fed
eral company. He represents the VIII
son-McKay interests in the merger.
+. H. Allen. a pnospector, was found
dead in his tent in the south part OF
Prairie City. Ore, a few days ago. An
inquest was held and IL was decided
that he had died from natural causes.
w. @. Moore. OF Colorado Springs,
mining man. is at Kendall, Mont, and
has commenced extensive explorations
on claims belonging TO Guy Norman Of
Lewiston. The ground lies Just south
Of he now famous Kendall mine and
in line with the trend Of the mammoth
ore body. Mr.. Moore has secured q
diamond drill. He will thoroughly en-.
plore the ground
A mob OF ~ or Is men invaded
Chinatown at Tonopah, New. and at
the point OF guns compelled the occu-
pants TO dress and ordered them TO
leave town at once. A number OF
Cinnamon not complying at once were
struck over the head and body and
dragged from their habitations and
forced to accompany the mob to the
outskirts Of the town and told 70 take
the road to Sodaville. Later on all
Chinese but one returned TO town and
notified the officers.
The general land ONCE has sustained
the decision Of the Occur d'Alene land
ONCE classifying a large area OF land
in Shoshone county as nonmineral
About $4,000 acres between Wallace
and the st. Joe river and ON the other
side OF the river are involved A num-
Der Of Wallace people have prospects
in the district and IL the secretary
OF the interior upholds the commits
sloner. the Iocators OF these claims viii
be forced to forfeit their rights or to
buy the land from the Northern Pacific
Railroad company.
W. T. Hales has commenced suit
at Wallace against the St Joe Basin
Mining company to collect $7s, 800 al
legged to be due on agreement OF sale.
The complaint recites that the COM
pany agreed 10 purchase q group Of
placer mining claims in the St Joe
country from him for $92,I OF
this amount sI3.25o was paid and it
is stated that the balance was to be
paid from the sales Of treasury stock.
Hale alleges that treasury stock has
been sold to an amount unknown and
that the money has not been paid In.
Harry Miller. one Of the most widely
recently died at his home in colvilIe.
Wash, after a prolonged illness. Of
tuberculosis.
The Crackerjack mine in Buffalo
Hump has just sent out its first clean
up from its new 10 stamp mill. The
sum was a little over $4,000 for q
"a days run-the best mill record ever
made in the Hump. The Crackerjack
had a Eve stamp mill and a month
ago finished adding i've more stamps
to the mill equipment
What is believed to be one Of the
most important strikes ever chronicled
in the history OF the Occur d'Alenes
was made recently, when the Snow
storm tapped the ledge in the lowest
tunnel. This is st a depth of 1919
feet. and the copper ore is OF higher
value than in the upper workings.
-Four feet have been cut through. and
some Of the ore is said to be wonder
fully high grade. The tunnel was in
1855 feet when the ledge was reached.
The strike is especially noteworthy
from the fact that the property is a
copper one.
An Anaconda special says that Tom
Rudy and George ogilsvie we're
caught by W. S. Mahoney and W. r.
Allen. officers OF the French Gulch Gold
Dredging company. in the act OF rob-
bling the sluice boxes Of gold recently.
The company officials suspected that