Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-11-06
next its mine with the Great North
ern branch at Port Hill.

next its mine with the Great North
ern branch at Port Hill.
Because of over production, the
Somerset (Pa.) coal company ant
several companies in the George
Creek (Md.) region have shut down
Other companies in both fields are
working on short time. Several thou
sand men are affected.
A broken flange caused a wreck IN
the Northern Pacific ore train on the
high line running to the Standard
and the Mammoth mills in Idaho. Thu
train was on the long trestle when the
accident occurred. The engine and
one of the ore cars were derailed and
the trestle somewhat damaged,
In the United States circuit court
of appeals motion has been made nv
Kennedy ]. Hanley, appellant in a
suit against Charles Sweeney. r.
Lewis Clark and the Empire State.
idaho Mining company, appellees.
praying for an order restraining tho
latter from extracting ores from the
skookum mine, in Shoshone county.
Electric power generated at the falls
of the Spokane river will be used to
operate the Tiger-P oorman mill at
Burke, Idaho, this week. The power
was turned on Sunday, when the mill
machinery was connected with the
Occur d'Alene transmission line of
the Washington Water Power com.
pany. So far all of the Occur d'Alene
properties operated by electric power
here are said to be working success.
fully.
One hundred miners employed at
the Tomboy mines at Telluride, COL,
have struck, pursuant to an order
issued by the miners union. The
strike was called for the purpose Of
preventing the resumption of opera
tons at the Tomboy mill with nom
union men on 10 hour scale. Out of
500 stamps in San Miguel county only
SO, those at the Silver Bell mine, are
in operation.
Chris Knutson, superintendent Of
the Last Chance Mining con- pany, be-
tween six and seven miles from North.
port, Wash, on Deep Creek, reports
a strike of five feet of shipping ore
when the 440 foot tunnel cut the ledge
Monday.
John Mitchell of the United Mine
Workers is reported to be quite i'll IN
Scranton, Pa, and has broken sew
eral local engagements. 1t is prob
able that he will be compelled to
postpone his visit to New York
and remain here several days on &C.
count of his weakened condition. 1t
is said that Indications of appended
tbs are pronounced.
Harry Payne Whitney, multimillion-
aire, club man, owner Of one Of the
leading racing stables in the United
States and son-in-law Of the late Cor
nelius Vanderbilt, is expected in Spc
kane soon. He, with John Hays Hum
mond. the famous mining engineer,
and Darrell Guggenheim, one Of the
directors of the American Smelling
{. Refining company, is making tour
of the West. They spent last week
in Colorado. They are expected to
visit the Occur d'Alenes on their way
hcme. From Spokane it is understood
their plans provide for trip to F, c.
The property Is the old Silver
Butte, over which there has been so
much litigation, and from which over
1900 tons of ore has been shipped
since 1900.
Information has been received from
Weiser, Idaho, from Black Lakes,
about 100 miles from that place, that
the Gold Coin cyanide plant, located
on the Gold Coin Mining company 8
properties in the Rapid River distlic'
had been totally destroyed by fire.
The plant was OF rs tons per day
capacity and had been in operation
about six months. A number of phe'
nomenal cleanups has been made on
the property. The mill cost originally
about $4,000. 1t was insured fer
$4,000.
Orders have been received to bank
all the furnaces Of the Carnegie steer
company in the Youngstown (Ohio)
district. Lack of orders is given IS
the cause.
Hump News.
Twenty additional stamps have been
ordorod for the Jumbo for December