The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-03-20

from Wnlcn the WOrk is carried on 10
make a mine.
About 40 men employed at the North
Pole mine, near Sumpter, Ore, have
Oeen laid off, because they would not
sign slips stating the amount Of work
done and powder, candles, etc, used
during the days service. The mine is
short handed and partly shut down in
consequence.
Never in the history of the Occur
d'Alenes were prospects as bright as
now for a prosperous season this sum-
mer. The 40 cents advance in lead
which recently occurred has not only
had its effect on mining, but it has
placed renewed confidence in all class
es of business.
The gold output of the Yukon terri
tory, properly that portion Of the Brit
ish Yukon basin north of and exclusive
of the camp of Atlin, since the country
was first entered by the whites, aggre-
gates in round numbers, $80,50O, 900.
The second and third payments have
Deen made by the ElkhOrn Gold Min
ing company on the Maxwell group OF
claims in the Elkhorn district, Oregon.
The amount was $4,000, making $43,-
900 paid to date. The original price
was $4,000 The third payment was
not due until June.
Mr.. Wundram, the discoverer of the
marvelously rich gold strike on Cave
gulch, 30 miles south of Lewiston, Ida,
recently brought from the mine a can
of gold dust and 400 or 500 pounds Of
rich selected ore from the paystreak,
which it is thought will yield perhaps
$1,000 The gold will assay perhaps
$500 more.
The Monongahela River COnsoli-
dated Coke & Coal company of Pitts
ourg will acquire the immense hold
lngs of the James w. Ellsworth COM
pany, according to reports. The Els
worth cOmpany's holdings amount 10
$1,000 acres and the total price to be
paid by the combine for the coal will
be $16,000,000
Suit has been filed in the district
court of Ell Paso county by John R.
smith, the attorney employed by the
Western Federation of Miners, naming
Sheriff Gilbert and others defendants,
asking of the court an injunction to
determine the extent of the authority
of the militia as aides to the sheriff
in administration of justice.
Seattle capitalists, together with
pany operating the iron works ut
Irondale, have organized the Seattle
Iron and Steel company, with CAPT
talization of $6,000000, for the pur-
pose of establishing a steel and iron
manufacturing plant at Seattle. The
company controls extensive deposits
on Barclay sound and Texada island.
The American Smelling & Refining
company has made another advance of
15 cents per 100 pounds in the price of
lead paid to the mineowners over the
advance of 25 cents made previously
This makes a total advance in one
week of 40 cents, and the price paid
by the trust for lead is now $3.50 per
100. This gives the mineowners of
the Idaho district an extra profit of
100000 per month.
Fl. M. Williams, the promoter of the
smelter proposition on Lake Pend
d'Oreille, Idaho, has completed ar
Judgements for the installation of his
smelter. The matter of a site is still
the question. 1t has been announced
that it would be located at Standpoint.
but those familiar with the situation
say this is hardly probable and that
the plant will be constructed near
Black Tail mountain, where the ore
will be more handy for transportation
The smelter at this point will mean
much to the Pend dOreille district.
The Tonopah mining district in Ne
vada is unique, said Mining Engineer
John G. Ralston, who is home from a
professional trip to that camp. The
town site is on a wide, treeless desert,
5000 feet above the sea, with nothing
growing around it but sage brush. 1t
is an ineXpressibly dreary place, but
gold and silver are there in paying
quantities, and a bustling camp of
5000 people has sprung up. To get to
TonOpah you first go to Reno. There
you take a narrow gauge railroad
which runs $50 miles to the south. At
the end of the railroad journey you
take stages for a so mile ride. The
camp is still in the development stage.
No mills have been erected, but more
than S1,000,000 worth of ore has been
shipped.