Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-09-06
MINES IN MANY CAMPS.

Alexander Murphy has received from
the government a patent to the Narv
York lode claim in the Placer Centar
district.
An order for a 30-horsepower eIoo
trio hoist for the East Snowstorm
on the east, has been placed.
The double compartment shaft AZ
the Alice mine is now down to the 4so
foot level and as soon as the numn
and station are completed drifting to
the east will be begun.
The Nabob mine, on Pine creek 10
now pumped out and drifting will
soon be begun for the bottom oe tba
shaft, which is down to the 38O-foot
level.
A ledge of copper ore from 28 tn An
feet wide, samples from which have
assayed as high as $72 to the ton has
been uncovered one-half mile from
Mulkens bay at the east end of Hav-
den lake by the Big Prong Mining
company.
A good surface find has been made
near Bolster townsite and DEVELOPMENT
work will ensue.
The gallows frame for a new hoist
for the Tip Top property in the Bound
airy is now erected.
The domestic troubles of Fsuoero
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 tunnel ESQ 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 Heinze inter-
operation on September 8. The out
put of the Stewart is now approx
mately 300 tons daily.
Rather than take out mineowners'
recognition cards, 1875 men out of 45O
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 a day 1t is predicted that between
300 and 400 men will refuse to take
out cards and will quit work
Negotiations have been completed
between R. M. McEntire and ]. w.
Upton, owners of the Silver Crown
mine, located IL miles from Libby
Mont, and J. L. Drumheller and John.
Sengfelder, whereby the latter take
over $4,000 shares of treasury stock
in the 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.