Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-03-07
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Cut Ou from escape.
delegation oI Baker Civ Ore
mining men, headed by Attorney G.. A.
'ones' are asanst the approval OF the
Ailhlng bureau bill, enacted by the
recent Oregon legislature.
Ane minIng engineers who have
been exporting the Kendall and Barnes
Ming properties, near Kendall Mont.
lor the Gates-Drake syndicate. have
left. A thorough examination was
made of the properties.
The famous and historical group of
mines in Guanajuato, Mexico. known
DIS Mlnas de la Casa Rul, has been sold
20 an American syndicate for the sum
OF $l,0o0,O00 Mexican currency.
Ihefe is a scarcity of coal in Wal.
'ace, ldaho district. and it is feared
mat II relief is not soon had some CT
me mining companies will be forceo
20 close down.
In his oticial report of the bureau
OF mines for 1901 and 1902 Commis
sloner HARRY Allen Lee shows that
colorado still leads all states and ter.
rltorles in precious metal production
A carload of machinery for the Jay
Gould mine, near Chewelah, Wash,
arrived few days ago and has been
delivered at the mine. With this ma
chinery was so horse power boiler
and engine to be used in sinking to the
500 foot level.
James A. Cobban, one of the large
stockholders of the General Petit mine
In the Atlanta mining district of Ida
no, announces the sale of the property
to syndicate of New York capitalists
for $4,000. A cyanide plant will be
installed in the early spring.
Because the mills can not handle the
ore, owing to the scarcity of water and
other reasons, 80 men have been re-
leased at the Standard mine, at Wal
lace, Idaho, and about as many from
No. tunnel of the Mammoth. Pre-
vious to this a number were laid off
by both companies.
Robert Strang and Joe Meyers of
Spokane, have sold the Noisy group of
mining claims on Sugar creek, in the
Thunder Mountain district, for $4,000
Eastern parties secure the property
and will begin active development
work on the claims as soon as the
weather permits.
London reports say unofficial, but
trustworthy accounts from the Trans
vaal say that the recent increases In
the production Of gold have brought it
up to the rate of $60,000,000 a year.
1t is confidently expected in London
that South Africa will by midsummer
be producing at the rate of $50, O0O, 900
year.
The Abbey Cyanide Gold Mining &
Milling company, whose property is
north of the Barnes. King group, near
Kendall, Mont, is preparing to do
some deeper mining, and has com
menced work on an incline shaft,
through which it is proposed to ex-
plore and work the great ore body
known to exist on the property.
Reports from the Golconda mine,
near Sumpter, Ore. state that anoth-
er strike has been made. this time
on the 200 foot level. The vein is six
feet wide and is continuation of the
same shoot found on the 100 and 300
foot levels. Three feet of the ore as
says $126 and IS inches $2O9.60. The
rest, from two samples, went $50 and
$3.50.
The Amazon-Manhattan group of sill
ver-lead claims, on Sunset peak in the
Occur d'Alenes, has been bonded to
London syndicate for approximately
100000 and stock considerations. The
owners are Ben Stanley Rivett, Hor-
ace M. Davenport and Barry N. Hill
ard. The claims are believed to be
on the same vein as the Hercules mine,
which has been making such remark
able showing of late. The owners have
been steadily developing the mines for
the past four years and have 1000 feet
of workings on the various claims. The
vein is large and carries high values
in silver and lead.
Records in the Office of United
States Consul Saylor,' at Dawson, show
300 men left Dawson for the new Ten
ana strike in the last 10 days. 1t is
estimated that 500 to 1000 are now
there and probably as many more on
the way from other Alaska points.
Henry Waldron, carman in the
Bunker Hill & Sullivan mine at Ward
ner, Idaho, was severely injured re-
Gently by being caught between two
ore cars and having his leg BADLY cut.
Robert e. Talby, the assayer at the
Zala M. mine, at Sheridan camp. Wash.
reports the mine looking well. Since
work was resumed in the Zala M. the
shipments of ore to the smelters have
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