The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-02-06

Ground has been broken for the
site Of the new shaft ON the Lone Pine
claim Al Republic. Washington
The body Of Whitaker Wright was
buried in Whitley parish churchyand |
near London after a brief special ser
vice q, the grave side By the vicar Of
Whitley.
The tank and conical bottom for the
HendryK aEitAior have been set In
place a. the fountain Llon mill al
Republic. and the men are putting in
the Shafting. with the propeller screws
and the Enclosing we'll
The Dumonf Powder company has
secured practical control Of the manu-
facture Of powder on the Pacific coast
through the absorption Of the Cali
forniA Powder company. The con-
sideraiion paid il stated 70 have been
e20o. 600.
Probably the highest price ever paid
for an undeveloped property In Ar
roma was paid the other asy by the
transfer Of the shattnok Costello group
% copper claims from their Bisbee
owners 20 eastern capitalists from
the Lake Superior copper belt, for q
consideration Of tI.l0O.cV0.
Elmer Sinclair. an employee Of the
Standard mill al Wallace, Idaho, was
whirled 70 a frightfnl death AZ the
mill by being caught by belt which
was running with tremendous speed
His- head was drawn down between
the belt and the Pully and was horribly
crushed.
The Gala NJ. Consolidated Mining
Company. after having closed down
the Zala NJ. mine near Republic, for
q few weeks, has leased it for two
years 70 Thomas Hughes and two
brothers. The latter have started work
with Eve extra men, and viii extract
ore for shipment
''Smeltsr returns on 1926 pounds Of
Security ore gave as eT7Aes, or Just
about 80 cents . pound. practically
all in gold" said Elliott W. Beidler.
At Spokane recently. Mr.. Beidler,
who Is superintendent OF the Palmer
Mountain Tunnel. operating near
ANaAhAHR " @nAAAt2 eo4 ~ B@SA AA0AM a.
coma. where be went with the ship
ment Of Security ore.
A miner names Rasmussen was kiln.
ed Saturday night In the White Bear
mine. The deceased got on the cage
at the 1000 foot level with two fellow
workmen. They intended 60 take the
machine drill TO the surface and Ras-
mussen took the bar Of the machine
in his arms instead Of fastening Il to
the side OF the cage. as provided In the
regulations. The cage only went up
Is feet. when the end Of the bar caught
In the timbers Of the shaft. The I'm
pact threw Rasmussen against the
timbers. killing him almost instantly.
When the work Of recovering bodies
from the Harwick mine was stopped
the remains OF $50 victims had been
taken out II IL estimated that 20
more are buried under the extensive
fall Of slate brought by the recent
explosion, ard it will be several days
before they can Be recovered. Mine
inspector Cunningham Is satisfied that
the explosion was caused by . defec.
tive shot
That Whitaker Wright, the London
mining magnate who committed sui-
eide the other day after being
sentenced 60 seven years penal servi-
tOde, was never actnated by criminal
intent, was the opinion expressed
recently by Bernard Mcdonald. mining
engineer Of Spokane, who was in
charge Of the lie Roy property at Ros-
land during much Of the period that
Whitaker Wright was in control 81
that property.
Mahoney CITY. Pa.-Five rock mer
we're instantly killed in the Maple Hn
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