Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-05-31
In the Occur d'AIenes.

The United States Silver-Lead COM
pany has been incorporated at Wallace
by Missoula men.
| A strike of galena ore is reported
from the North Bunker Hill mine, near
Wardner.
Nathan Wittner of Wallace is or
ganizing a company to take over and
develop a group of six claims near
Mullan.
A rich surface strike is reported to
have been made on the Blue Bell, one
of the Rhode Island group of claims.
The East Hercules Mining company
will soon let contract for 70-foot
extension of it's 100 foot tunnel.
W. A. Nichols of Spokane has bond
ed the properties of the Father Lode
Mining company, limited, for the sum
of 100000 and the first payment of
$4,000 has been made.
| The Morning mine at Mullan, one of
the properties of the Federal Mining
& Smelling company, ranks as one of
the biggest producers of the Occur
d Alene district. The mine was pur-
chased from T. l.. Greenough and
Peter Larsen less than two years ago,
and prior to it's sale paid its former
owners profits approximating $4,000
000.~ Larson and Greenough received
| 100000 cash for the property.
Eastern Oregon Mines.
The Buffalo Monitor mine, near
Sumpter, will begin Shipping ore from
the 300-foot level before the middle of
June.
The new stamp mill for the Present
Need mine is now en- route from Baker
City to that property and should be
working within 40 days.
H. E. Currey of Baker City and A.
Murray of Unity have purchased the
Trail Greek placers from w. ]. Pat
terson of Baker City and will at once
begin operations on large scale.
Mining Notes.
| The Illinois Steel company, employ
ing more than 1000 men, supporting
10000 persons and operating a plant
valued at between $50 900, 900 and s40,-
100000 may abandon South Chicago
and become absorbed in the mammoth
steel plant in progress of construc-
ton at Gary, Ind.
1t was admitted by a representative
of the company that no further extern
sions are contemplated at the South
Chicago mills and that ultimate
abandonment of the local site is prob
able.
The Gary mills, when completed,
will be the largest steel center in the
world, and the home of the United
States Steel corporation.
After a closedown of 10 days, the
smelling plant of the United States
Smelling & Mining company at Bing-
ham Junction, Utah, will reopen. The
company has reached an agreement
with the 100 men who have been on
strike. Upon being assured of new
scale of wages that would be generally
satisfactory, the men voted to return
to work.
No word in connection with the
closing of the deal for the control
of the Alameda stock by H. F. Sam
uels of Wallace from Mayo, Sachs &
Co. of Butte has been received as yet
nine-foot ledge of gold-bearine
quartz. which runs more than s12 a
ton, has been cut at depth of 80 feet
Ou d group Oh cldllnB On C0eldn Quite
which were recently located by High
Rooney and H. G. Dennis of Cripple
Creek, Col, who went to Chelan
Wash. as soon as the first strike was
made.
The Porthill Copper Mining com
pany, which is developing a group OF
claims, near Porthill, Idaho, has let a
contract for a 200-foot extension OF
the 300-foot tunnel on the property.
Gold and silver bearing quartz has
been found in a 165 foot well in the
town Of Waverly, Wash.
State Land Agent Henry Neill and
H. M. Collins of Helena have made
the announcement that they had Sc
cured the control of the Monitor
mine, just across the Idaho line from
Saltese, Mont. The mine is a pro
Queer of high-grade copper and gold
ore.
i Rossland, B. Civilian Yolen
Williams, who has been appointed
superintendent fer the California Min
ing company, is arranging for be-
ginning work on the Giant and Calf
ornia claims of the company.