The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-12-03

severely crushed that he died shortly
after being taken to the hospital. Two
Austrian miners fell while ascending
a ladder. and one was probably fatally
hurt while the other was seriously
injured.
Mace Idaho.-In a fall of ground
in the Standard mine William Seitz
and Andre Konga were struck and
severely injured.
Springfield, Ill.-State troops have
been added to the United States dep
uty marshals guarding Joseph Lei
ter's coal mine at Ziegler, Franklin
county.
The famous Minnie Healy mine at
Butte, which was closed by an in
junction secured by the Amalgamated
company against Heinze, has been re-
opened. The injunction was dissolv-
ed by Judge Clancy who changed his
mind and rescinded his order, on the
ground that the Amalgamated was not
acting in good faith. Five hundred
men are employed.
The Colorado Fuel & Iron company
has filed with the county recorder at
Denver, Colo, a mortgage to secure
the issue of $45,000,O00 of per cent
80 year gold bonds. The property con-
verified by this mortgage consists of
the fuel company's coal and iron lands
and other property in nine counties of
Colorado and two counties or Wyom-
ing also $14,S6S,0 900 par value con-
vertible debentures of the fuel COM
pany; $6,000,000 general mortgage
bonds; all of the capital stock of the
Colorado & Wyoming Railway COM
pany; first mortgage bonds of the same
railway amounting to s4,500000; all
of the capital stock of the Rocky
Mountain Coal & Iron company, in
amount s3,000,000; all of the capital
stock of the Cripple River Railway
company and two notes of this rail
way company, the latter amounting to
$50, 900 each.
Des Moines, Ia-Leston Balliett,
who pleaded guilty to charges prefer
red by the government of using the
mails with intent to promote a gigan-
tic mining swindle. was sentenced to
three months in the county Jail and to
pay fine of $500.
DR.. ]. Mcintosh Bell, an instructor
in the mineral department of Harvard
has received the appointment of of
fficial geologist by the government OF
Hector.
The No tunnel on the Belcher
mine at Republic, Wash, now about 6
thousand feet in length, has been driv
en- along the footwall of the big vein
} for over 300 feet. In a crosscut the
ore is said to have given an average o.
$244S a ton, all values. The CHIEF
value is in copper, some of the ore
running as high as per cent in tina
metal
, The Federal Mining & Smelling sc
curities are now being called on the
New York mining exchange. On No
vember II the common stock sold a
s45, but on the 18th gained to $47.5O
, while the preferred moved at $79.75
= Both shares have a par value of S1O'
and during the year ended August 81
yielded dividends at the rate of pc
: cent per annum on the $5,250,000 out
} standing common, and per cent oil
, the $1O,5OO,O preferred. The com
) pany will retire 100000 par value pre-
f perred stock and $25O,OOO common
) thus leaving the issued capital stool
= $40 100000 preferred and $5,000,0OO o
( common. There are no outstanding
> bonds or mortgages and no floating
debts.
r Portland, Ore.-One of the most com
4 plete exhibits of the mines of the west
T. ern part of the United States eve
4 grouped together will be shown il
working order at the 1905 centennial