Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-09-25

A mob of IL or 10 men lnVaueC
Chinatown at Tonopah, New, and a
the point of guns compelled the occu
pants to dress and ordered them tt
leave town at once. A number o.
Cinnamon not complying at once were
struck over the head and body ant
dragged from their habitations ant
forced to accompany the mob to the
outskirts of the town and told to TAXI
the road to Sodaville. Later on al
Chinese but one returned to town ant
notified the officers.
The general land office has sustained
the decision of the Occur dAlsns lane
office classifying large area of lane
in Shoshone county as nonmineral
About $4,000 acres between Wallace
and the st. Joe river and on the othel
side Of the river are involved. A mum
Der of Wallace people have prospects
in the district and If the secretary
of the interior upholds the commits
sloner, the locators of these claims will
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,9O0 al.
legged to be due on agreement of sale.
The complaint recites that the com.
pany agreed to purchase a group of
placer mining claims in the st. Joe
country from him for $92,150. OF
this amount $1S,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
known mining men Of the northwest,
recently died at his home in Colville.
Wash, after 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 little over $4,000 for
"a days run-the best mill record ever
made in the Hump. The Crackerjack
had five stamp mill and month
ago finished adding five 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 at depth of 1912
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
1885 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
Ruddy and George Ogilsvie were
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
the boxes were being robbed and watch
was set. Ogilsvie later confessed in
Jail that Ruddy and he had been sys-
tematically robbing the boxes Of gold
for many months and returned to the
company over $1,000 worth Of gold dust
which he had in his possession. While
taking Ruddy to jail he secured rifle
and attempted to kill Roy Davidson,
president of the company. During the
scuffle he fired one shot but missed
Davidson. Before he could fire again
the workmen overpowered him.
The Belcher mine, near Republic,
Wash, expects to get into its vein
this week in the lower tunnel. 1t is
now in 275 feet, and should be touch
ing the footwall, according to both the
survey and the Indications.
The session of the Colorado State
Federation of Labor has closed. Reso-
lutlons were adopted indorsing the
strike Of the miners, millmen and smell
termen for the inauguration of the
eight hour day and pledging them the
full power and resources Of the fedora.
ton to that end.
The resolutions condemn "the unwar-
ranted and autocratic action Of Gov.
ernor Peabody in turning the military
arm Of the state government over to
the mineowners for the furtherance Of
their own private interests at the cost
Of the people of the state and against
the interests, welfare and liberty of
the citizens"
Drilling Contest.
A decided surprise was sprung in a
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