The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-02-20
Mtntna Notes


IS still raging.
G. q. Jones Of Weiser. idaho, has
scared hvo years Lease from tho (
AMERICAN mining company ~ Helena,
Mont TO the White Mountain, the /
Peacock aud the Helena copper claim 4
Ia the famous seven Devil : copper dis 1
trict. The properties Are Anons thc .
best developed ia the district They I
arc ia good shape for mining opera I
Iions, being e'iai pped with eam hotat- (
ing plants, drills, etc. Mr. jones OK I
poets To have 50 miners az WORK within /
four or i've weuks.
Much important news reaches Boise
trom Thunder Mountain, showing that
the WORK thew tnlA winter is prudac-
ugs OF good results A large body u
ore mas oeen opened Ia tho property u
tho Nebraska Con nerctAI Mining com
pnAy on the divide bet~ cen Rush AID
Marble creeks, the grade u 0rs being
considerably above the average ot tho
camp. The tunnel hAs been run too
feet, For too nrst u feet values were
small, bat a sampsl EaAou at - feet re-
turned sT1 IN gold and one at % fees
S.54
Five Thousand laborrrs and coal mlr
ers have gone on strike. says a Va
pAralso dc Chile Dispatch % tho Nrw
YORK Herald 81 far 10 disorder has
been reported
George Gobie. a miner employed A.
the Minnie Moore mine. one mile from
Bellevue. Idaho, vas caught BY anoW
slide on the trail To the mice recently
and lost his life The worst storm
tor many years has been raging
Dan Lavsrty, manager Of tho Pitts
urg-IdAho Mining company. which
owns a group Of ten claims ia the t.olo
district, near kamiah. Idaho. says that
this company lower tunnel Is now in
$50 feet, giving vertical dspgh %
about 800 feet. Tho tunnel viii oz1 run
IN so feet further. when crosscuts will
BE- r1n. The workings Ia the lywsr
tunnel are now almost directly beneath
the rich oreshoos Of good copper orc
struck in the upper workings.
The failure Of VI. L. Loekw wood, ono
Of the largest operators in the Kansas
oil fields. Is announced. The hAbtll-
ties, II Is said. probably will reach
$3.50, 900. The assets ars stated so BE-
close to 800 900 Mr.. lockwood ia
heavy operator IN the Pvunsy lvaniA oil
lie ida.
The old Evolution mine near Ward
ner, Idaho. Ia now scene Of activity.
A new shAfthnuse has been constructed
and seven men are pushing develop
ment work. while preparations ara
being made for tho installation Of
pumps, hoist and compressor.
II i7 anrornced At Sumptsr. Ore
that the Morning mine In the Green
i ss...a atst4lCJ. has been bonded By tho
Eastern Oregon Development company
for Sl25.000 The company il repre-
seuted by Mari. Browne 4 Davidson
and G. w Boggs Of Tacoma. The own.
trs are Cooper. Chiaholm, Ames an!
/ simmons.
Mining claims near Elk City. Idaho.
the Homestead group. have been
bought by the Le Roy Mining company
Tor $50 900. accor ling to W. II. Plum
mer, secretary aud general manager Of
the company. who has Just returned
from trip east made to cIose the deal.
! Canol & Martin, of Helena, Mont.
have secured control Of the Whitlach
Union, Mao and several adjoining
properties In the early days tho Whit
ZACH Union was Montana's most noted
gold producer. and at = depth of lesa
than 300 feet more than 85 900 600
was extracted. Orders have been
placed for machinery for sinking 500
feet and levels and crosscuts will bs
run from tho old 800 foot level. The
company will spend siOO, 900 in de-
velOpment work.
| Electric power was shut on on the
Occur dAlene transmission line OF
the Washington Water Power com
pany for about two hours one day this
week, 1he shutdown il made neces.
sary to permit workmen to connsc,
the transmission line with the machln.
cry In the substatlon, so the current
can be diverted to operate the Occur
dAlene & Spokane railway cars.
A snow slide in the Alta mining dis.
trict. southeast Of Salt Lake. Utah
recently swept away the cabin at tho
mouth Of the Granite mine. entombiny
three men. two Of whom were killed,
The dead: John Johnson, ]. J. Burns
wood. both miners.
John Olson. the third man. succeed.
ed In digging his way through the
snow after two hours hard work. John
Perkins. another miner. was caught
by the avalanche and carried nearly
1000 feet down the mountain side. bu,
sustained only a few bruises.
Another payment has been made m.
on the Highland Chief. the we'll known
Pine creek. Idaho. property under bond
to julius Goodrich. representing Min.