Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-01-08
Mining Notes.

Mining Notes.
Governor Peabody of Colorado has
declared a modified form Of martial
law in Telluride and that city will be
placed under the same restrictions as
now prevail at Cripple Creek. The
object of the order is understood to
be to prevent the return of the men
who were arrested and sent out of
the district. These men are consid-
cred by the military as agitators who
are responsible for the whole trouble
in Telluride.
The Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining
& Concentrating Company, owning
silver-lead mines at Wardner, Idaho.
started the new year by paying divi-
dend No. rs of 100000 This makes
a total paid since January~1, 1908, or
$12S,000, and total to date of 81, $50, 900.
Judge Morgan has decided the Her
cules-Ambergris mining case at Wal
lace, Idaho, in favor Of the former.
The case was hard fought in the dis
trict court. The action is an adverse
| of patent suit, and involved title to
several acres of the Anna claim, one Of
the Hercules group. Application for
patent was made by the Hercules
company, for the Anna claim. This
the Ambergris adversed, holding that
the location on the Anna was not val
id. The court, M. A. Folsom of Spo-
kane represented the Hercules.
I Without any spectacular announce
ment of the fact, the Sumpter, Ore,
smelter made its initial blow in re-
Gently. A few invited guests were on
hand to witness the first run, and
were each presented with specimens
of matte as souvenirs. The plant
works satisfactorily to the manage
ment and good results are. assured
from the large quantity of ore now
on hand.
John Geraghty, an old time associ-
ate of Patrick Clark in western min
ing ventures, is dead at Butte He
was one of the best known and most
popular mining men of pioneer Mon
tana.
The Banner & Bangle Mining COM
pany has extended it's bond on the B.
& B. mine, near Troy, Mont, and has
1 given Larson & Greenough six months
longer time to work the property The
price in the bond is 100000, or cents
per share.
The quarterly statement of the val
ue OF foreign coins issued by the d.
Proctor of the mint shows a net in
crease in value of silver of .0231S cents
an ounce.
Samuel Olson was instantly killed;
Fred Dryvel fatally injured, and Fore
man John Penaluma overcome by gas
in what appears at first to have been
slash between the Amalgamated Cop
lper company's miners from the Penn
Isylvania mine operating in the Mich
ael Dewitt property, and miners from
the Rarus mine. Heinze property ad-
Joining, at Butte.
4 Government reports show 80, 500 900
pounds of copper exports in Novem-
Der against z3,500,OOO in the previous
, November, the amount sent to Ger
many being trebled. France nearly
doubled, but England one sixth less.
1t is reported at Boise, Idaho, that
J the Franklin mine, at Pine, had been
!, purchased by Larson & Greenough,
owners of the Morning mine, at Null
Ian. The price is said to have been
about 100000. The property has been
, opened during the past year. 1t shows
great shoot of ore that mills about
$40 on the plates. A 10 stamp mill
has been running on the ore nearly a
lyear.
The Hecla mine at Wallace. was
closed few days recently owing to
break in the main shaft of the COM
, lpressor.
During the last year California pro-
duced twice as much gold as Alaska.
and Colorado more than three times as
, much.
Peter Sherlock, the hermit placer
miner, believes that he will take out
much gold next season from his placer
claims near the st. Joe basin, at the
head OF the st. Joe River, Idaho.
i Bernard Mcdonald, of Spokane, for
merry manager of the lie Roi at Ross
land, has commenced the expenditure
OF 100000 on the development of the
Cornucopia mines in eastern Oregon.
HIS project is one of the most extern
sive that has been undertaken lately
In the northwest. The Cornucopia
mining district is near the easterly
END OF Baker county. about 20 miles
due west of the Snake river, and about
90 miles by wagon road from Baker
City, which is the nearest railway sta
ton and the commercial center Of
, eastern Oregon.
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