The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-15
SPOKANE OPPOSES
THE BLUE SKY LAW
Mining Men of Northwest Be.
lieve 1t Would Rctard
Development.
Special 10 The Tribune.

Special 10 The Tribune.
SPOKANE, Wash, March 14.-Mmis
men in this district arc opposed TO tho
enactment of Il blue sky" law. similar
20 the one now in force In kanaas. aud
plans arc under way to start n move
ment TO defeat 1t, The chief Objection
IS that such a law would rctard develop
inent IN the newer districts OF the north
west. Ross r, Brattain of Spokane. sec
retary or the Northwest Bureau OF Mines.
SAWS the proposal is a plan OF the banE
ers, who. I've added, never assisted IN
making any of the big mines OF the conn-
try, but or The other hand most OF them
got their start in mining companies The
Spokane Mining Mems Club has appoint
cd a ccmnnittee, headed by L. X. Arm
strong. president. 10 confer with com
inlttee OF tho Spokane zeal Cs'aiN aSs @
cIation to Investigate the law and s9s
gcst changes made necessary by the IN
duStry in the northwest.
Lewis y. Larsen, pioneer of the pen1
Oreille country in northeastern w aiming
ton has consolidated his mining Inter
ests with eastern capital in the lorna +,
tlon Of the Lead and Zinc Company or
Washington. He Will be mead OF the
company, which is capitalized for 81
100000 Plans invoking an expenditure
of S?5o.00h call for Il reduction WORK
1000 feet of diamond drill work Mr..
Larsen is one OF the founders Of Meta =
line Falls. where the Inland Portland Ce
meDt company operates an eXtenslNe
plant. He owned numerous water power
rights. several OF which he sold recently
10 Pennsylvania parties for 5000 600,
Conquest Mine company, which owns
seVera, promising properties eight mics
north Of Newport, Wash, has been reor-
gsnzed under the name Of tile Kootenai
and Conquest Mining company. with .
capital stock OF El,50o,oo The Conquest
mine was capitalized for So 0Qn, 600 Un-
der tho reorganization sufficient
amount Of eastern capital has boen -
cured to thoroughly develop the proper
| tics Work VIII begin within forty five
davS.
Commissioners Of Ferry county. Wash
inSton, have renewed a lease and bond
on the old Republic mine Tor two years
| beginning March 2. TO the Rathfon Re
granted TO j. I. Harper for the new Re-
public company for two years. who as
| signed il 10 the Rathfon people. C1uah
| ing and other machinery viii be Installed
In the cyaniding plant. IN addition to
which there will he much new develop
ment.
". r. Williams and A. J. Williams have
given bond on tho Mountain View
group OF mining claims to w. RI. Gra =
| ham Of San Francisco for $50. 900, work
to begin withiu sixty days. The prop
| crty, the chief values OF which are gold
silver and lead. is located at the head al
Silver Butte creek, near the boundary
| line, between Sanders ana Lincoln couu-
| ties, Montana. The owners Will recejv 6
10 per cent royalty on ali ore shipped.
Hugh Foster. manager of the Hydraulic
| Placer company. has gone TO tho property
| of the Salmon river, twenty miles south
| OF Winchester, Tds. with a crew Of men
The hume work has been completed and
two giants are Installed The sluice
boxes, arc ready for the washing OF the
| gravel