The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1906-05-25
MINING NOTES.

Messrs. Pierson and Pelkey, owners
of the Yankee Girl group in the Deer
Creek district, Ore, who have bonded
the property to the Citizens Colsoli-
dated Gold Mining company of Wheel
ing, Va, say the bonders intend to be
gin development work within a few
days.
The Magnolia mine, in the Granite
district, Ore, is working full handed
and the mill is running steadily. The
output is said to be highly satisfactory
to the owners.
The contract for the erection of a
new hoist for the Centre Star at Ross.
land, B. c., has been let to a Milwau.
kee concern against nine competitors
The new hoist will be the largest lode
mining hoist in Canada, with a capa-
city of 1000 horse power, and will be
steam driven.
James Richie, one of the victims of
the explosion at the CRANKY smelter,
succumbed to his fearful injuries.
Congressman H. M. Hogg has been
retained by the Mine Owners associa-
ton to assume charge of the prosecu-
ton of Vincent st. John, president of
the Burke, Idaho, Miners union, and
now accused of the murder of Benja-
min Durham,
Last Monday attorneys for the de.
Tense left Denver for Boise, Idaho, to
look after the interests of Meyer, Hay.
wood and Pettibone of the Western
Federation of Miners, accused of the
assassination of Frank Steunenberg,
former governor of Idaho. The trial,
1t now appears, will commence June
Sth instead of June 18th. 1t IS likely
that the trial will cost the federation
fully $4,000, while the state expects
it's outlay to amount to $4,000. Mel
Their T. M. Patterson nor Bourke Cock
ran figure in the trial.
CONSTRUCTION of a zoe or 3OO-ton
smelter on the Furnace Creek Copper
company's property in Death Valley,
Cal. will in all probability be com
menced this fall" says Patrick Clark,
president Of the company.
Rhyolite, the principal town in the
Bullfrog, New, district, was the scene
recently of double tragedy. Steve
OBrien, miner. shot and killed his
wife. Deputy Sheriff Mcdonald at
tempted to disarm and arrest O'Brien,
who drew revolver and was about to
shoot when Mcdonald fired and
O'Brien dropped dead. The shooting
occurred at the Hotel Golden on Gold
field street
Now that the snow has all disap-
peared from the town of Roosevelt,
Idaho, a general exodus to the hills
will soon result.
Assays of the samples brought to
Spokane by A. M Stevens from the
Eddy mine in the Occur d'Alene noun
tains in Sanders county, Montana,
show $29 gold, $1O.33 silver and s6.7S
lead.
Five hundred coal and oil prospect
ing licenses, for which the provincial
government has received $4,000 in
fees, have been reduced to waste paper
by the finding of the full court in a
recent test case, and endless confu-
sion has been created as to the owner
ship of coal and oil lands in the inte-
rior of British Columbia. Men who
have improved the properties they had
staked in good faith have awakened to
find that they have no legal claim to
them.
Following the announcement of the
discovery of oil at Merritt the excite
ment over the prospect still continues
in that vicinity and numerous mining
locations are being filed upon the prop
critics adjoining.
The discovery of gold-bearing quartz
on the N. R. Shepard place, west of
Troy. Idaho has created considerable
interest. While digging a well, some
good looking rock was thrown out
which assayed $1O.15 per ton in gold
and silver. Mr.. Shepard will deyelop
the property.