Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1913-01-23
FROM THE MINING CAMPS

creased from 100000 to $2,000,000.
The Black Horse mine, in the Occur
d Alene region, is earning at the rate
of $4,000 to $4,000 a month above ex-
penses.
Samples of gold-bearing ore from
the Golden Era mines at kitselas, the
latest new strike in British Columbia,
are being exhibited at Spokane.
Receipts of $31,SS1 on 1907 tons of
ore from the property of the Lucky
Jim Mines, Ltd, in the SLOGAN section
of British Columbia, is announced.
Adjustments in the several depart.
ments of the Bullwhacker teaching
plant at Butte are proceeding salts
factorly and will soon have placed it
in a condition for production.
Judge w. w. Woods of the district
a decision in favor of the defendants,
the Ontario Mining company, in the
celebrated case brought by the Stew.
art
The purchase Of half interest in
the Maher-O Hearn group of about II
claims in the Occur dAlene region of
Idaho is reported to have been made
by Harry l.. Day and associates for
100000.
The directors of the Success Mining
company announce the declaration OF
the quarterly dividend of 3 per cent on
an issued capitalization of 100000. or
$4,000. The prior payments amount
ed to $370,O00.
John P. White of Oskaloosa, Iowa,
was reelected president of the United
Mine Workers of America. Other Of
ficers elected were Frank J. Hayes of
Illinois, vice president, and Edwin
Perry OF Iowa. secretary-treasurer.
Nome, Alaska.-A rich gold strike
on the Holyoke claim has disclosed
pay streak is five feet thick and 700
feet long. The dirt runs four cents to
the pan. A similar strike was made
on the adjoining claim.
Delta, Cal.-Edward Treadwell, SUI
perintendent of the Bonanza mine,
near here, and son of James Tread
well, one of the two brothers who dis
covered the famous Treadwell mine of
Alaska, met death in snowslide at
the mine January 10. Dave Williams,
killed and two other men narrowly
escaped death.
Butte, Mountaineering that he was
assaulted December II by committee
of miners acting as pickets when at
tempting to work on the Moonlight
mine, Thomas Fadden has started a
damage action in the district court
against the Butte Miners union No. 1
Dennis Murphy, Joseph Penhall and
John Hartigan. The plaintiff alleges
that he has been damaged to the ex
tent of $4,000.
Dividend payments have been re
sumed by the CRANKY Smelling com
pany and a disbursement made of ~
per cent ON the issued capitalization
of 100000 shares at $100 a share
which makes the amount of the divi
dend $225,000. The last dividend pay
ment prior to this was December 80
1910, to which time the total amour
distributed was $4,048,630, and the dis
tribution of the new dividend will
make the aggregate payments to dat,
$4,273,63O.
Warfare between two great powe
companies, backed by millions of dol
lars, with the state of Washington a
the scene of initial skirmishes and al
the northwest states and British &C
lumbia as the ground of battle, is fore
seen by mining men in the activity a
Republic of men regarded as friendl
to the Washington Water Power CON
pany and of the 10-year contract close
at Chewelah by the West Kootena
Power and Light company. which ha
its principal plant at bennington Falls
b. C.
Word has been received from Prince
ton, b. c., that the negotiations il
between the British Columbia Cope
company and Emil F. Voigt relative t
the taking up of the bond held on tn
Voigt mines, near Princeton, by tn
: b. G. company, had resulted in tn
properties being taken over unde
the bond agreement, and immediat
resumption of activities at Voigt camp
: suspended a short time before tn
conference was called, is anticipated
The deal involves approximately $3.50
600.
New York.
Copper-Unsettled; standard, spot
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