The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-05-06

district. in the Bitter Root mountains
that the snow is still six feet deep
at Packers meadows at the mountain
summit below Lolo Hot Springs.
w. T. Howard, a miner at the Stan
dard mine was severely injured in the
mine by falling rock. His foot was
badly crushed and he was bruised
! about the head. M er
w. M. Wardjon, national organizer
of the United Mineworkers of Amer
lea, was terribly beaten over the head
and shoulders with revolvers by three
unknown men at Sargent, Col, and
lies in a critical condition at the hos
pital at Salida.
Monterey, Mexico.-One of the larg
est mining deals that has ever been
consummated in the republic was the
taking over OF the Velordena Mining
& Smelling company's property The
amount involved is stated to have been
100000, and the Guggenheim in.
terests are the purchasers. The min
ing claims comprise about 5000 acres
values on the Franklin mine, at
Pine, Idaho, are holding out well, y
says Edmund Juessen, mining engineer
about 40 men have been kept at
work since the first of the year and we
shall know by the middle of the sum-
mer whether the pond on the property
ough do take up their bond it is their
intention to install machinery and to
work the property on an extensive
scale'
j. X. Romig, manager of the San.
ger mines, in the Sumpter, Ore, dis
work to be done in improving the
mines this summer is the installation
of large power plant, and he is build
ing the flume and headgate, which he
expects to complete this season.
Patrick Clark and Major B. c. Kings
bury have given up all their bonds on
properties in Goldfield, New. This
comprises 10 claims in the Vernal
group and four claims in the Daisy
group.
Burke.-The Hercules Mining com.
pany is considering the erection of a
tramway from the mine to the rail
road track.
Cody, Wyo.-Prospectors are rush
ing to the canyon of the Shoshone
river, five miles west, where it is re
ported that ore was found assayine
several hundred dollars to the ton
With the old producing mines turn
ing out s1,000,000 per month and with
others about to enter the list of ship
pers, the outlook for the occur d'Alene
is indeed excellent
Boise, Idaho.-Former Lieutenant
Governor j. H. Hutchinson has arriv
ed from the east, where he financed
the Pittsburg-Alaska Tin company
, with a capital of $4,000 900, to oper
up tin mines on Seward peninsula
Alaska, which he holds under a bono
: secured last summer. The Nationa
Lead company has taken hold of the
project and get little over half of the
stock for $4,000, which is to be uset
in developing the property, putting il
mills, etc.
Wallace, Idaho.-After it's long fore
ed idleness development work has re
sumed on the Sixteen to One mine
For the present only about dozen mel
| will be employed. but this numbe
l will soon be increased. The presen
> work will be done in the lower work
ings.
2 Murray, Idaho.-Under the manage
ment of John Murphy, operations hav,
S been resumed on the placer propertie
Of the Occur d'Alene Gold Mining com
pany, and all Murray is rejoicing owe
{ the news. At an expense of 100000
q or 100000 several thousand acres O
Y placer ground were secured by tn
J. company. After working the proper
! ties for some time discussions aros
!. among the stockholders and wor
t ceased. For over a year the mine
al have lain idle.