The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-08-12

ana feducJOn WORKS, is winding up It's
affairs. Dividends to the amount OF
1880, 900 have been distributed. Near
ly all stockholders are residents of
Indianapolis, Ind. The late vice presi-
dent, Thomas A. Hendricks, was one
of the organizing and largest stock
holders.
A definite amount of radioactive
matter has been found to exist in rain
water. Here is a chance for a cloud /
mining promoter
Mullan, Idaho.-Fire destroyed sew
eral buildings at the lower workings OF
the Snowstorm mine. The loss was
Insignificant.
Superintendent w. G. Perkins of the
Northport smelter has left to accept
similar position at Basin, Mont
S. H. Tweedell young man who
was scalded at the Northport smelter
February 5, 1908, is beyond danger and
rapidly recovering, but his body is a
sight Nearly 800 skin patches, from
one to three inches in length, were
grated on his body. Mr.. Tweedell
was caught in a lime bin and subjected
to scalding steam for 25 minutes. The
skin grated on his body was donated
largely by his fellow workmen and his
brother Walter.
Forrest ID. Phillips, foreman of the
matte house at the Northport smelter,
was accidentally caught in the Stag
ditch and seriously scalded.
The Montana Ore Purchasing COM
pany and others have filed an answer
in the district court to the complaint
filed by the Butte & Boston Mining
company to recover damages in the
sum of 81 100000. The suits now pend
ing on similar complaints aggregate
$26,000,000. In the answer the defend
ants state that there are suits now
pending that would cover the present
suits if the complaints had been filed
in good faith. These suits, it is as
serted, are extravagant and unfounded,
and are only filed to injure the creu.,
and standing of the defendants in the
community. The answer describes in
detail the property owned by the de-
PENDANTS and asserts that the ore,
which it is alleged they stole, was i'll
their own property. Upon these con.
tentions the defendant asks that the
: case be dismissed.
1t is reported that a five foot body OF
high grade gold ore has been struck
2 in the Eagle-Comet mine, near Muir
ray, Idaho.
: Ore shipments will megin this weel
from the Ben Hur mine, in the Repub
lie CWash.) district, to the Greenwood
}, smelter.
4 There has been encountered in thu
h tunnel being driven on the Hand Spike
mine, on the North Fork, above King
e ston, in the Occur d'Alenes, body o
n pay copper ore two and half feet il
y width.
y The dump of No. l tunnel of tn
|, Mammoth NINE in the Occur d'Alenes
o is being worked over by the Cornisl
:. Jig. Twenty-Five tons of the product
& carrying values of $50 per ton, are be
D ing shipped.
q High grade ore is being encountere
~ in the west drift on the Snowstorn
!. mine near Mullan, Idaho. The drift i
r. being extended an additional $50 fee
o to reach the shoot of rich ore found i
the upper workings.
A number of prospectors are dali
leaving Priest River, Idaho, for tn
West Branch country, where the recen
20 gold discoveries were made.
~ Six hundred men are said to be mil
ing and prospecting on the Black Lea
| HdahO) mining district
:. j. r. Battenburg, shift boss at tn
y Northport smelter for the past tw
3 years, has left for Butte, where b
- =, will work in a similar capacity.
- A cloudburst in Fisher canyon, thre
., miles north of Trinidad, Col, cause
q the loss of two lives and flooded mine
Ne and property in and adjacent to tn
. canyon.
,e Joseph Letter has sold his min
y stockade and the town OF Zeigler, II
= The deed conveys 1900 acres of lam
including the town of Zeigler, to I'll
p Zeigler Coal company, a corporate
is chartered in Delaware several month
10 ago, for $49S, 500.
y, A four foot vein of ore, carrying 81
of gold to the ton, has been discovere
in three miles south of Butte, Mont.
Is. is outside of the copper zone, and
a creating considerable interest.
" Manager UrQuhart, representing
n Scotch syndicate, is preparing to
or sumo operations on the Monitor min
is near Saltese, Mont.
Mt Funston Goes to Chicago.