Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-07-27
Mining Notes.

Patrick Clark is back to Spokane
after a trip to San Francisco, Salt
Lake and Butte.
Three of four carloads Of shipping
ore are on the dump Of the Sisters
mine, near Wallace, Idaho.
The Concord Mining company, op-
Grating in Buffalo Hump. Idaho, is
installing a four drill compressor.
The Alpine mill, In the Gable Cove
district, Oregon, will be completed and
ready for operation in a little more
than a month.
The old mining town Of Big Oak
Flat, CAL, was almost wiped out of
existence recently by a fire which
originated in lodging house.
J. w. Larkin of Spokane, part own
er of the Cougar mine in eastern Ore
gon, is on a trip to Portland to ar
range for making additions to the mill.
On the west branch Of Priest river,
about eight miles north Of Priest
River, Idaho, free milling gold has
been taken from the Farmer Boy
mine.
Machine drills were put to work on
Wednesday, for the first time, in the
Jumbo mine, in the Rossland district.
The drills are to be used in driving
the intermediate level.
Experts said to be acting in the in
terest of Spokane capitalists, are ex-
amining copper prospects near Troy.
Mont, near the Banner and Bangle
mines, now under bond to Larson &
Greenough.
A mining shaft at Sombrerete, Mex,
is almost exactly on the tropic Of Can.
Ger, and at noon on June % the sun
shines to the bottom, lighting up the
we'll for vertical depth Of HOO feet
or more.
The Ladd Metals company's mines
at Mineral City, Idaho, have shut down
until the railroad is completed and
the capacity Of the smelter increased,
as the properties cannot be operated
profitably under present conditions.
"A large amount of development
work is being done in the Trussell
creek district" said l. j.. Brant, who is
in Spokane. This district" continued
Mr.. Brant, "is located about one mile
north of Pend d'Oreille lake and seven
miles from Standpoint in Idaho.
With view Of increasing its output
and at the same time adding materially
to profits, the Snowstorm Mining COM
pany, with properties about two and
one half miles from Mullan, In the
Occur d'Alene country, last week COM
menced work on 500 ton copper
teaching plant.
Houston Rail- was dangerously hurt
in cavein at the Friday mine at
Pearl, Idaho. A great mass Of rock
fell upon him, injuring his back and
head. The full extent of his injuries
is not yet known, but the doctors pro.
nounce them dangerous.
John Bourne has started work on
his Is claims on Ruby mountain, Okla.
hogan district, Washington, after an
idleness of over eight years. Mr..
Bourne's people suspended develop
ment on the Okanogan properties in
1894, after expanding something like
S4OO, 900.
The railroad has been completed to
Tonopah and the arrival Of the first
train was announced by blowing of
whistles, ringing of bells and shooting
off of dynamite. Monday two special
trains carrying Governor Sparks and
his suite arrived to take part in the
big celebration, when the golden spike
was driven.
Two men were killed and several
others met with narrow escapes from
death in a cave which occurred in the
Morning mine at Mullan. The dead
miners are Oscar Olson and Charles
Johnson. Thirty miners worked to
recover the bodies, which were taken
out at late hour this afternoon after
being buried underneath hundreds of
tons Of ore for Is hours.
Thomas James Of Spokane has re.
turned home from a trip to Slate creek
mining district In tho Nocoodae Gaia