The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-04-11
MONTANA MINES.

posed OF Montana and Minnesota men.
S actively pushing development IN
ne Galena mine, near Pony.
William Parker Is making prepare
ions to resume operations with MS
Iredge boat at the head OF Hlder
sulch about the middle OF the month.
F. w. Bacorn. president OF the Ca
ole Leasing 4 Mining company. Is At
the famous Cable mine experimenting
n, overhauling Of the mill for the
spring and summer run.
Forty men are working In the
Fourth OF July group OF mines. near
suite, and II Is understood that the
construction Of a reduction plant will
De commenced within a month.
Jack" Butler, one OF the organizers
Of the miners union at Butte, who
was engaged in the liquor Business
for a number OF years. but for the
past 10 years a resident OF Spokane.
died last week OF stomach trouble.
1t Is proposed by J. II. Cowan and
ais associates systematically to de
yelop and extensively mine the plac-
ers existing in the high bed OF the
Missouri river, this side Of Canyon
Ferry.
lhe Cottonwood Coal company. OF
which James J. Hill, president OF the
Great Northern and the Northern Sc
curities, is the principal stakeholder.
has acquired 1000 acres Of coal land
near Stockett, Mont. The considera-
Ion named Is In the neighborhood II
$50. 900.
The Buffalo Gold Mining company.
Of which John A Kennedy. formerly
president Of the Niagara bank at Bur.
falo. Is president, Is planning the ex-
tensive development Of a number IT
claims in the Cooke City district. In.
Guiding the Aspen. fairfield. Queen Of
the Valley, Great Eastern. Peach Tree
and Morning Dew.
For a number OF years Alex Johnson
and others OF Butte have been de-
veloping copper prospects in Cole
canyon and Bear gulch. opposite Iron
Rod. From a reliable source 1t has
been learned that at a depth OF $50
feet a ledge 90 feet wide has been
cut by a crosscut tunnel: that this
ledge carries 25 per cent copper and
from SIS to $22 in gold.
I. s. Hogan. ex-secretary for Mon
tana and at present secretary and
treasurer OF the Crooked River Min
ing company. Is In Butte and has
been placing orders for additional
machinery for the mine Of the com
pany. The properties are at Orc
| Grande. Idaho, in the Buffalo Hump
country. and work has been rapidly
pushed since the company first took
hold. over year ago.
The Michigan & Montana Silver
and Copper Mining company has dis
posed OF Its group Of 13 claims In the
coded strip Of the Blackfoot reserya-
ton to Brown & Platt for S250.0OO.
the purchase price to be paid In three
lnstallments. The values Of the
claims are principally In copper. with
varying amounts Of gold and silver.
Fifteen thousand dollars have been
expended in exploiting the properties
The supreme court has disposed IL
the litigation In the famous Rarus.
Pennsylvania case by Diminishing the
applications OF both sides for injunc-
lions and returning to the district
court in Butte the remittitur in the
case. The court holds that under is
last decision, granting additional
ground Of the Pennsylvania mine n
the owners Of the Rarus. that II has
no further jurisdiction. Unless new
litigation Is started on new issues. this
ends the celebrated case, as far as the
supreme court Of this state is con
cerned.