The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-08-13

! Mullan. Tdaho.-Fire destroyed sew.
eral buildings At the lower workings Of
the snowst0rm mine. The loss was
Insignificant.
Superintendent w. q. Perkins Of the
koFfhport smel,sF has left 20 accept q
similar position at Basin. Mont.
s. IL. Tweedell. a young man who
was scalded at the N0rthport amelteT
February 8. 1903. IL beyond danger and
rapidly recovering, but his body Is .
sight Nearly 500 skin patches. from
one TO three inches in length. were
grated ON bis body. Mr.. Tweedell
was caught In lime bin and subjected
TO sealding steam for IS 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 It the Northport smelteF.
was accidentally caught In the Stag
ditch and seriously sealded.
Ore shipments win megin this week
from the Ben Hnr mine. IN the Rspub-
tic WASH district, 70 the Greenwood
smelter.
The dump Of No. 1 tunnel Of the
Mammoth mine. in the Occur d'Alenes.
Is being worked over by the Cornish
iig. Twenty-Five tons Of the product.
carrying values OF $50 per ton. are be
Ing shipped.
A number Of proapeetors are daily
leaving Priest River. Idaho, for the
West Branch country. where the recent
gold discoveries were made.
J. n. BattenburR. shift boss at the
NorthpOFt smelteF for the past two
years. has left for Butte. where he
viii work In = similar capacity.
A eloudbarsi in Fisher canyon, three
miles north of Trinidad. Col, caused
the Loss o. two lives and flooded mines
and property In and adjacent 20 the
canyon.
Manager UFquhArt. representing a
Scotch syndicate. IL preparing 70 70
sumo operations on the MonitoT mine.
near saliese. Mont
u IL reported that Eve foot body og
high grade gold ore has been struck
In Ihe EaEieco mine. near Mur
Fay. Idaho.
There has been encountered in the
tunnel being driven on the Hand Spike
mine. on the North Fork. above King.
stnn. In the Occur d'Alenea. a body q
pay copper orc two and 4 half feet in
width.
Joseph Letter has sod his mine.
stoekado aud the town Of ZaiEleF. III
The deed conveys 1900 acres of land.
including the town Of ZetgieF. 20 the
zsiEisF Coal company, q corporation
chartered IN Delaware several months
ago. for ttss 800
HiKh grade ore 10 being encountered
IN the west drift on the snoWstoFm
mine. near Mulian. Idaho. The dFift h
being eHtended an additional go feet
10 reach the shoot uf rich ore found In
the Upper workings,
A four foot vein % ore. carrying $50
of gold 10 the ton. has been discovered
threc miles south ~ Butte. Mont. II
IL outside ug the copper zone and IL
creating considerable interest
Tho Montana Ore Purchasing com. |
pany and others have hied an answer
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hlod BY the Butte Boston Mining I
company 20 recover damages IN the l
sum of 81 500 600. The suits noW pend. |
ink on similar complaints aggregate |
sac 000. coo, In tho answer the defend. |
ants state that there are suits nov |
pending that would cover the present |
suits n the complaints had been fiied |
in good faith, These suits. I, Is a..
serted. arc cHtrAvREant and untouHded, |
and are only alcd To tnture the cree.
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 II Il alleged they stole. was tn |
their own property. Upon these con.
teniiona the defendant asks that the
case be dismissed.
cRAZEp ~ A LONG SWIM.