Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-08-17
Mining Notes.

A carload of machinery for the Gold
en- Wizard mine, Sumpter district, Ore.
gon, has arrived at Sumpter.
The machinery for the l. X. L. hoist
in the Greenhorn, Oregon, district, is
on the ground and being put in po-
sition.
w. D. Greenough and ]. A. Huyebe
Of Mullan, Idaho, are inspecting the
copper properties of the Eureka, Ore,
district
Owing to the construction of the
smelter at the new town of Landore
Idaho, by the Ladd Metals company,
the place is very active.
Arrangements are being made for
the installation of electric power at
the 16 to l mine on Nine Mile creek,
short distance above Wallace, Ida.
A short test run with hydraulics on
the grounds of the Libby Placer CON-
pany, situated rs miles south of Libby,
Mont, resulted in a $4,000 cleanup of
gold.
John McKeirnan, miner in the New.
ersweat mine at Butte, was instantly
killed recently while walking back.
wards. While carrying a heavy plank
he stepped into a shoot, falling 800
feet.
The new two compartment shaft be-
ing sunk on the Golden Chariot in the
Bear Gulch district, Oregon, is down
30 feet. A station will be cut at the
100 foot and a crosscut run to the
vein.
The timber for the construction Of
the mill for the Fortune Mining COM
pany in the Sumpter district, Oregon,
is on the ground, and the building will
be ready to install the machinery upon
it's arrival.
]. B. Williams, an employee of the
Federal Mining & Smelling company
at the Standard mine in the Occur
d'Alenes. sustained severe injuries
about his head by being struck by
falling rock.
A. M. Paul and associates have bond
ed the Imperial group Of claims in the
Gable Cove district. The Sumpter re-
duction plant, owned by Arthur & Nc
Even, has been purchased and is be
ing removed to the property.
Spokane is fast becoming a center
Of copper mining, and in the last half
dozen years the copper camps near
there In southern British Columbia and
in part of northern Idaho have reached
a size to rival the silver-lead camps.
General Manager Wilson cabled the
following answer to the Northport
Smelling and Refining company's re-
quest for him to remain in their EN-.
ploy for longer period: personal
affairs prevent my remaining with the
company longer than August IT,"
w. A. Coplen, superintendent Of the
mining department of the Spokane In
terstate fair, which opens October g.,
was In Northern Washington this week
arranging for exhibits from all the
leading mines of that section which
did not have displays at the fair. last
year.
The conference between the owners
and the representatives of the miners,
members of the United Mineworkers
of America, employed in the mines op-
Grated by the companies, embracing
Rosslyn, Gle Elum, Ravensdale and
Malmont, WASH, terminated after a
session covering five days. The COM
pany entered into an agreement with
the miners for a period Of one year.
Reno, Nev.-By the contamination
of a deal with the Alta Mining COM
pany at Gold Hill, every mine, both in
Gold Hill and Virginia City. will now
be drained. and thousands upon thous-
ands of tons of ore that are known to
be covered with water, and which have
been flooded for years, will be laid
bare. Old time activity in what have
been two of the greatest mining camps
in the world is promised.