The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-08-28

John D. Rockefeller, Jr, Charles
Sweeney and party of friends visited
in the Occur d'Alenes this week to
examine the mines which their new
Federal Mining & Smelling company
expects to acquire. M
| A good strike is reported on the
Sugrue group, on Thunder mountain.
The property Is situated on the head
of Little Indian creek, and the ledge
discovered is said to be over 800 feet
wide, and has been traced for 5000
feet.
Forest fires are reported from sew
eral sections in Montana. Northwest
Of Anaconda, near Blue Eyed Nellie
mine, the largest fire in the memory
Of the earliest settlers is raging and
unless the wind shifts thousands of
dollars worth of fine pine timber is
doomed. I'D
Word from Virginia City, Mont,
says: The Watseka Gold Mining COM
pany, at Rochester, was attached for
$4,000. Proceedings were begun by
F. Augustus Heinze and George Rob-
inson Of Butte. A. w. McCune. the
Salt Lake millionaire, is behind the
Watseka. The money is said to be
due on promissory notes.
A. H. Wright, a Whatcom. Wash,
mining man, arrived home recently
from the Mount Baker country, on the
line OF the B. B. & r. G. extension,
with the report that a cleanup had
just been made on the Post-Lambert
mines, and the net result of rs days
run Of the 10 stamp mill was $27, 900.
The mine is owned by Henry Hahn
and Leo Friede of Portland. There is
large reserve Of high grade ore
blocked out in the mine
w. G. Hussey, claim agent of the
Union Pacific. company, has made a
settlement with the estates of Al min
ers who lost their lives in the Hanna
explosion Of June 80. near Rawlins,
Wyo. The sum Of $500 will be paid
to each widow and $50 to each child
and $45 for each unmarried man.
Details concerning the organization
OF the United Lead company, which
has been under way for several
months, have been announced. The
company will have capital of $27, O0O,-
600. 1t is understood that Baton Sew
all, vice president Of the American
Smelling & Refining company, will be
made president of the new combine.
The relations of the new company with
the American Smelling & Refining
company are expected to be very close.
Fred NJ Cummings is back to Spo-
kane from Morgan county, Ind, south
OF Indianapolis, where he was exam
lining the placer gold fields that have
lately attracted considerable attention.
He has with him a vial containing
some beautiful fake gold with garnets
and black sand, taken from the riff
fes. He said he examined the
ground for 80 days in company with
New York and an Oregon expert, but
we could not get values anywhere suf-
ficient' to warrant development.
The Highland Chief, Klondyke and
other mining properties on Pine creek
have recently cut ore bodies, which
place them among the best strikes
made in the Occur d'Alenes. this year.
The Pine Creek district below, Ward
ner now comes to the front as one of
the most prosperous in the Occur
d'Alenes. A wagon road nine miles
long, for which the county appropri-
ated $1,000 and the interested mining
companies made the additional ne
essary appropriation, is nearing com
pletion.
Steps have been taken in the district
court at Butte by attorneys for the
Boston & Montana Mining company of
the Amalgamated group to compel F.
Augustus Heinze's United Copper COM
pany to cease operations in the rich
Minnie Healy mine, pending second
trial of the noted mining case, as re.
Gently directed by the afidavits filed
by engineers for the Boston & Mon
tana company. Judge William Clancy
has granted temporary injunction
and issued an order for the Heinze
people to appear in court next Satur-
day and show cause why the injunc.
ton should not be made permanent.
While John McCush OF Whatcom,
Wash. was drilling well six miles
east OF that city, recently, to secure
water supply for his single mill a
how OF natural gas was encountered.
The men were in ignorance of what
1t was, and proceeded to strike a
match to light pipe. An explosion
followed which knocked Charles H.
Jones, one Of the laborers, insensible,
and the flames severely burned Nc.
Cush. His face is blistered, and only
the glasses he wore preserved his