The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-01-29

Of each machines will be installed
within a snort ume.
President Hill says that the Great
Northern owns a single mine that
yields about S1,000,000 in freight a
year.
High grade silver-lead ore in a
shoot two and one-half feet wide has
been found in the Hypotheek, on
French gulch, near Wardner, Idaho,
according to octave Gray, manager of
the property.
John P. Letter is taking out some
fine rock from the San Francisco. Mr..
Dobbin is getting some good results
from his shaft. The Ajax crosscut at
ITS and caught the lead in two feet.
1t is Is feet wide. Drifting will be
pushed north and south.
A carload of ore is being loaded at
the Snowstorm mine at Mullan, Ida,
from the lower tunnel and will be ship
ped to the Tacoma smelter. 1t is said
that the richest ore ever struck in the
mine has recently been uncovered in
the lower tunnel. 1t is the intention
of the company TO continue with the
shipments as fast as the ore can be
extracted and loaoed.
The present year promises to be
one of the most prosperous in the his
tory of copper mining in Butte. Bar
ring the various properties closed as
The result of litigation between the
Amalgamated Copper company and F.
Augustus Heinze, full forces of men
are working and their increased out
put is shown by the 1act of the Butte,
Anaconda & Pacific and the Great
northern railroads being taxed to the
utmost to handle the numerous trains
of ore being transported from Butte
to Anaconda and to Great Falls.
Switchmen on the Anaconda hill one
day last week broke a record, handling
l78 cars of ore in the course of II
hours.
The WashOe copper shelters at Ana
conda are pracucany working full
blast, every "A hours about 5000 tons
of ore being concentrated, smelted
and reduced to copper ingots.
The supreme court has affirmed the
judgment of the district court of Sill
yer Bow county, IN which counsel fees
amounting to $4,000 were allowed.
Fhe services of the attorneys were in
connection with the famed receiver
ship of the Boston e. Montana COM
pany, the original action having been
brought by Forester and MacGinnis
against that company, and which was
responsible for the recent shutdown of
the Amalgamated properties in this
state. The lower court allowed $780,
900 to the legal nrms of Mediation &
Cotter, Clayberg & Corbett, Robert
B. Smith and Charles Leonard. The
supreme court held that there was no
appeal possible from the order of the
lower court, and the appeal has been
dismissed. Amalgamated lawyers con
tested the allowance on the grounu
that it was excessive, as it did also the
fee of Receiver Kinds, of about $780,
900, allowed by Judge Clancy. The
supreme court now has this under ad-
visement. Kinds had nominal control
for a few days only. In view of to-
days decision, it is thought the SUI
preme court will decline to interfere
with the action of Judge Clancy in
making this allowance, which is IN
precedently large in Montana receiv-
ership cases.
Rumors to the effect that negotia-
tions mare pending for the sale of the
great lead mines, the DAILY West and
Silvre King, to the Federal Mining and
Smelling company are confirmed at
Salt Lake, Utah. President Charles
Sweeney of the Federal concern, said
the mines had been examined with the
view to purchase. He added that al.
though the transaction was not com
plete the report on the mines was favor
able and he considered them fine prop.
critics.
When this deal is closed it will be
one of the largest of the kind ever con
sumateed in the United States.
The DAILY West and Silver King
mines are both heavy producers.
The former pays a regular dividend
monthly of $4,000 and the Silver
King pays $4,000 a month. 1t is un
derstood the value placed on these
mines are: The Silver King, 1000,
600; DAILY West, S7,OOO,OOO.
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