The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1905-10-20
WI I n I ri G
IN OWHYEE COUNTY

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Articles of incorporation of the
stormy Hill Mining Company, formed
under the laws Of Idaho, we're filed for
record here yesterday. The lncorpor
ators are c. w. Hill, of Silver City,
Matthew A. Carton, George S. Ballard,
John 6. slauson and William e. Hays,
all of Utica, N. Y The capital stock is
placed at S1000O0O, II, 100000 shares
par value $l00. Its purpose is stated
to be to carry on and conduct gen
eral mining business; to buy and sell
and lease mines, mining claims and
properties; to buy or hire mills and re-
duction works; buy and sell ores and
mineral products; to own and transfer
water ways and electric powers, appro
pirate water and acquire water rights,
etc The principal place of business to
be Silver City, Idaho. The number of
directors are five The amount of
stock actually subscribed is S545,000.
Nugget, several weeks since, noted
the departure of Mr.. G. W. Hill for
Utica, N. Y, stating that he was going
there-his former home-to interest
capital in several mining claims on
War Eagle, which he held under bond
or had purchased. Among these claims
we're the well known Stormy Hill and
War Eagle mines, bonded from James
Inglis and Judge r. II. Leonard, Jr.
We are pleased to learn that Mr.. Hill
hsmpIed MN until ne is a cripple Tor
sd, and she killed one of the rescuers,
lending fiercely the man she had
alshed.
Good elephant men, ones who can
in the animals, command big sal
les. One whom / know receives $3.50
week. but the ordinary bull man. re-
lifted from among the canvas hands
laborers who have no fear. receive
lall salaries and accent the positions
cause the work is easier, being willing
risk their lives to escape hard work
wtese men, Of course, are under com
dtent trainers"
years III ueveI0p1r1zy errsvz-7=zzz -. =.
ported to be showing up we'll. An
assay recently made shows that their
ores carry values in platinum. Further
tests will be made by them for this
metal, quite as valuable as gold. Mr..
Goodwin contemplates remaining in
Nevada for some time, and if they
prove as promising as reported. may
go to Colorado to try to negotiate their
sale.
*x*
Goodman brothers, who own some
mining claims few miles below Pixley
Basin, on Castle creek, which are re-
puted to be quite valuable, we're in
town the early part of the week, in
in company with G. H. Williams and
Lew Foster of Nampa, who it is re-
ported have bonded the properties
The price agreed upon and the length
Of time the bond is to run was not
made public, but it is known that a
cash payment vas made on the con-
tract
*x*
VIM Sommereamp Jr son of w. +.
Sommorcamp who will have the man
agement for the Potosi Mining Com
pany, arrived here from his Weiser
home Wednesday, AID says that his
father will be here next week to begin
the work of constructing a new shaft
house and putting in pumps and ma
chinery. The younger Sommercamp
was born in Silver City, but has not
been here before since the family re-
moved to Weiser, about II years ago.
*x*
Robert Noble was in town couple of
days this week. aud while here com
pleted arrangements for making appli-
cation for patents for the Sullivan &
Noble group of mining claims and mill
site on Jacobs gulch, Florida noun
tain. The surveys and plats for the
surveyor generals office have been
ready for nearly year past.
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A couple of gentlemen were here for
couple of days this week, examining
the Neversweat and Republic proper
ties, bonded to Mr.. johnson hailing
from Boise.
Death Of Mrs. Justice.
Mrs. Caroline Justice, one of the
early pioneer residents of Silver City,