Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-06-08
Mining Notes.

to be built to get water for Tyson
placers In Idaho.
John A. Finch, who has been i'll at
his home In Spokane for a month, is
reported as steadily improving.
After a closedown of six months, the
Gold Hunter mill near Mullan, Idaho,
has commenced grinding again.
A dividend of IL per cent on COM
mon stock Of the Federal Mining and
Smelling company has been declared.
William Bakka, treasurer of the Red
Lodge( Mont.), Miners union, has. dis
appeared and $1,054 Of the organiza-
tion's funds are missing.
Extensive plans for increasing the
output Of the quarries of the Crystal
Marble company and for enlarging the
finishing plant In Spokane are being
made.
The convention Of the Western Fed
GRAFTON Of Miners has reafhrmed its
political action Of the 10th and 11th
annual conventions In favor Of go
cialism.
Five dollars ton for freight and
smelling is the new rate under which
the Mountain Lion mine at Republic,
Wash, will resume shipping its ore to
the smelter.
T. G. Campbell. assayer at the Stan
dard mill at Wallace, Idaho, was held
up at the front door of the mill once
and relieved of $50 cash and q watch
fob valued at $40.
The Hercules won contest The Pc
tition OF Ambergris Mining company
to reopen the case was denied. The
suit involves the right to q patent on
the Anna claim in the Occur d,Alenes
Seventy.three per cent lead, with q
trace of silver. is the result Of an as
say from sample Of ore taken from
the recent strike on the Douglas prop
erty. in the Pine creek district, Idaho.
Il intend to open up the Black Bear
fraction this summer" says Peter Ber-
nier, mining man. of Wallace, Idaho
The property is quarter of mile
from Gem, Idaho, and adjoins the
Frisco mine.
The Senator Stewart lead-silver
mine. near Government gulch, near
Wardner. which has recently begun
shipping ore, has installed Cornish
Jig to handle the second class and
lower grade ore.
The United States circuit court Of
appeals has denied the plaintiffs petit
tion for rehearing in the following
cases: The Tacoma Mill company vs..
Black Hills 4 Northwestern Railroad
company, Bunker Hill, q Sullivan Min
ing company va. G. T. Jones.
w. H. Plummer Of Spokane has tax.
en- . bond on the Cougar gold mine, in
eastern Oregon, ~ miles northeast Of
Sumpter, and leaves for the east this
morning to negotiate with New York
and Boston people for the purchase Of
the mine. The bonding price il given
at 100000.
'The Central Idaho Mining bureau,
through its members, will ask the next
session Of the Idaho legislature for
$4,000. to build q wagon road from
Sites up the south fork Of the Clear
water, and other water courses to
Buffalo Hump" says Fred Wood. Sec
retary Of the bureau.
The highest price ever heard Of for
mining stock was for stock in the Ma
aca mine, In Chihuahua state, Mexico.
The quotations on this stock we're $11..
900 bid and $4,000 asked. The COM
pany was Incorporated for only 300
shares at the par value Of 500 each,
and 1t was . big producer.
Jealousy between Butte workingmen
and smeltermen's unions resulted re-
Gently In visit of 13 whitecaps, to the
High Ore mine Of the Anaconda Min
ing company's group Of properties and
the serious wounding of James raige,
q timekeeper, who was beaten and
kicked into insensibility by masked
thugs. The gang Of whitecaps was In
search Of Morgan Howell. q nonunion
man, who professed willingness to al
~ himself with the workingmen's un-
ION but not with the smeltermen.
Paige attempted to save Howell and
was assaulted. Howell escaped In
jury.
Hundreds Of prospectors and miners
have taken locations within the past
few days on Nipple mountain. about Is
miles south of Cripple Greek. Colo.
where gold bearing dixie has been
discovered. Samples Of ore from the
dixie which have been assayed run
from $12 to 800 . ton in gold. It 10
estimated that 1000 claims have al
ready bean staked in the new district.
The camp has been named Bullville,
from the pull quarts found there in
abundance.
After 10 hours Of desperate EFFORT
the party Of rescuers at work at the
blackberry mine in the Big Butte dis
trict, near Prescott, Arix.. came to the
bodies Of the two Imprisoned miners.
Mason King and Perry Hawkins. The
men were Imprisoned by the ire which
broke out at the mouth Of the mine.
Governor Mcbride Of Washington
has appointed william f. Merchant
| OF Walla Walla and L. X. Armstrong
Of Spokane delegates to the seyenth
annual American mining congress,
which meets at Portland August 20 to
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