Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-09-07
MINES IN MANY CAMPS,

.AlcNduueI Murphy mas received from
the government a patent to the New
York lode claim in the Placer Center
district.
An order for 3O-horsepower cleo
trio hoist for the East Snowstorm
on the east, has been placed.
The double compartment shaft at
the Alice mine is now down to the $50.
foot level and as soon as the pump
and station are completed drifting to
the east will be begun.
The Nabob mine, on Pine creek, is
now pumped out and drifting will
soon be begun for the bottom of the
shaft which is down to the 3SO-foot
level.
a ledge of copper ore from % to 40
feet wide, samples from which have
assayed rs high as $72 to the ton. has
been uncovered one-half mile from
Mulkens hay at the east end of Hay
den lake 10y the Big Prong Mining
company.
A good surface find has been made
near Bolster townsite and DEVELOPMENT
work will ensue.
The galows frame for new hoist
for the Tip Top property in the Bound
airy is now erected.
The domestic troubles of Eugene
l., GirouX, which are attracting a great
deal of attention throughout the west
at the present time because of the
prominence Of Mr.. Giroux in mining
circles, had their beginning in Baker
City, Oregon, several years ago. when
he was engaged in mining ventures
there
Grand Forks, B. Give furnaces
were running at the CRANKY last week.
Manager Hodges banked all furnaces
on Monday morning early to permit
the closing of the works to enable the
employees to celebrate Labor day
After driving a tunnel $50 feet, the
ledge on the property owned by the
| Orlando Mining company. located five
and one-half miles from Burke on the
Montana-Idaho state line, was struck.
yesterday. The property is producer
| of galena and anthony ore, averaging
SIS to the ton in values.
The Silver Queen group of mining
claims, located about two miles south
Of Kettle Falls, has been bonded by
James j. Budd, president of the Ark
Group Mining company of Spokane
According to rumors from Wallace
the 250-ton concentration which is be,
ing built on the Stewart mine, re-
Gently acquired by the Helnze inter.
operation on September 8. The out
put of the Stewart is now approx.
mately 500 tons daily.
Rather than take out mineowners'
recognition cards, 125 men out of $50
employed by the Portland Gold Mining
company quit work at Cripple Creek,
Col. This includes II out of so tim
Der men and their helpers, who had
demanded an increase of so cents a
shift. The timbermen have been re-
ceiving $3.50 a day and thir helpers
So day. 1t is predicted that between
800 and 400 men will refuse to take
, out cards and will quit work.
Negotiations have been completed
between r. NJ. McEntire and J. w.
Upton, owners of the Silver Crown
mine, located II miles from Libby
Mont. and }. l., Drumheller and John
Sens feldcr, whereby the latter take
over 10000 shares Of treasury stock
in tho company at ten cents, payments
made on the stock to revert to the
treasury to be used in active develop
ment of the mine
John A. Drake, the multi-millionaire
of New York, is at Lewiston on his
annual visit to inspect his mining in
terests in that section. He will visit
Gilt Edge and Cone Butte and will
spend some time at Kendall looking
over his property there.
A. p. Low, deputy minister of the
dominion department of mines, is in
the Kootenai. He is making a general
tour of investigation all over the west
1t is probable that with him will be
taken up the question of the coke
shortage.
The Lightning Peak company is
shipping 5000 silver ore from it's prop
erty 20 miles north of Franklin camp.
The Trail smelter gets the ore.
The B. c. Copper company is to be-
gin the development of its Minnie
Moore claim at once. The property is
an extension of the Emma and Jumbo.
The owners of the Greyhound prop
erty in the Boundary have taken an
$1,000 bond on the Pluto claim an
adjoining property lying just west Of
the Greyhound.
The Montana & Wyoming Oil com
pany has struck large quantities of
gas near Garland, Wyoming, while
drilling for oil in that vicinity, asserts
recent report.