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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-03-11
THE MEMS SIDE

lper hour. The standard rate in the
Southern Association territory is $500
for 100 miles or less, 10 hours or lesss
overtime at the rate of 80 cts. an hour
You will therefore observe that the
G. & S. /. brakeman who works twelve
hours is paid $3.50 less than standard
On rnny Is & 10, between Hatties.
burg and eMendenhall. local brakemen
Iare paidd&3.3o day for IL hours. The
idistancet is t31 miles a way, and un-
der standard rates for similar runs
lbrakemen are paid 1898.
Through freight brakemen on trains
81 & SO between Gulfport and Jack
tson, distance 160 miles, are paid 1920
a trip, without overtime, or an aver.
iage of cts. mile. The standard rate
in the Southern Association territory
lis 2 ga cts. a mile. You will observe
that the trip rates net the brakemen
1920 less than standard pay It is
customary for these crews to double
hills without extra compensation. T.
| Men in yard service at Gulfport,
Jackson, Laurel and Hattiesburg are
paid /: Foreman, $500, and helpers
$3.50 per day Of eleven hours. The
standard rates in the territory for
eleven hours follows:
Foremen, days. .................$ IS
Foreman, nights. ................ 4.07
Helpers, days. ............... $3.50
Helpers, nights. 352
Yardmen receive from so cts. to
$107 less for eleven hours work than
standard.
Many of the trainmen are required
to do work at terminals without COM
pensation. Passenger trainmen are
compelled to equip themselves with
expensive uniforms, and they as well
as freight trainmen have to pay their
living expenses while away from their
homes. They are also required to sign
deduction sheets to reimburse the COM
pany for lantern globes and certain
other supplies. The facilities for load
ing and unloading freight at many
stations are bad and trainmen are com.
PEELED to carry freight an unreasonable
distance. AS a matter of fact, there is
not railroad in the United States
that pays its men SO little for the
service performed and hours worked
and treats them as shabbily as the
Gulf & Ship Island Railroad company.
The employees on strike believe that
they are entitled to fair treatment and
living wages and they ask that the
public give their case the considera-
ton, that it rightfully deserves.
Remember that every brakeman,
fIagman, yardman and coach porter
who are now in the service Of the
Gulf & Ship Island railroad company
are scabs who are attempting to de.
feat honorable railroad men and up
right citizens that are now on strike
out Of their jobs, and thereby continue
low wages and unbearabIe conditions
by railroad that has robbed the pub
lie and crucified its employees for
more than thirty years.
Respectfully submitted.
z. S. Wheels, Chairman,
J. I. Alexander, Vice Chairman.
r. e. Morris, Secretary.
General Grievance Committee, |
Brotherhood Of Railroad Trainmen. |
Approved:
A. F. Whitney, vice-president Broth
erhoUd of Railroad Trainmen |
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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-06-22
IDAHO NEVADA.
Property of Real Merit That May
Soon Ship Ore.

Property of Real Merit That May
Soon Ship Ore.
During the last year or more much
interest has been created in the Ida
hoNevada, formerly known as the
Castle Rock, which has been quite ex-
tensively developed by an assessment
company made up wholly of local
people. A snowslide during the win
ter destroyed the buildings of the
company and forced a suspension for
several months. The company is now
again active, the mine has been un-
watered and electric power will soon
be installed which will insure steady
operations. In addition to exploring
the vein by tunnel, shaft has been
sunk 200 feet, from which drifts are
being run both east and west and in
both faces there are good showings of
copper ore. Soon after the company
took over the property a small car
load of ore was shipped which netted
over 5000, and 1t is believed that when
underground work is resumed ore can
be shipped that will to great extent
cover the expense Of development.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-06-22
INDEPENDENT.

The control of the Independent
Lead Mining company has been taken
over by P. J. Gearon, of Wallace, A. P.
McRae, d. e. Keys and NJ P. Curran,
of Mullan, and George McKinnis, of
Kellogg, the last named negotiating
the deal and who will be secretary of
the company. The Independent pro-
perty lies east of the East Caledonia
and has been developed to the extent
of shaft about 60 feet deep and
about 900 feet of tunnel. The develop
ment has disclosed most favorable
showing, some ore having been found
that runs high in both silver and lead.
Plans have been completed for equipp-
ing the property with compressor,
hoist and everything necessary for
rapid development. The Independent
is supposed to be an extension of the
Caledonia.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-06-22
PFIRMAN. SUCCESS CASE.
Company Is Ordered to Give Access to
Books and Files.

Company Is Ordered to Give Access to
Books and Files.
Last Monday Judge Woods granted
the writ of mandate requiring the
Success Mining company to permit
Franklin Pfrman to examine and
files of the company, the only ex-
ception being the engineers reports
and maps of the underground work.
ings of the mine. The case origin
ated over a demand from Pfrman,
who is a stockholder in the company,
to be permitted to examine the new
ore contract entered into with the
Graselli Chemical company and which
took effect May 1. The officers of the
company refused to exhibit the con-
tract, on the ground that it would be
detrimental to the interests of the
company, whereupon Mr.. Pfirman ap-
piled to the court for the order just
granted. In answer to the application
the company consented to an eXamina-
tion of all books and records except
the ore contract and with the further
limitation that copies of maps and en-
gineers' reports on the condition of
the mine should not be made nor a
list of stockholders in the company
taken. The contention of the Success
company was that Mr.. Pfrman, while
stockholder, was not acting in his
own behalf, that the parties back of
the application were Sidney Norman,
W. A. Nichols, the Alameda Mining
company and perhaps others, who
were not stockholders. In the hearing
before Judge Woods it was admitted
that Mr.. Norman was paying the ex-
penses of the action. The case will
be appealed and it is understood that
this will probably result in a stay of
execution until decision by the su-
preme court
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-06-22
WALLACE IDAHO, THURSDAY, JUNE %, 1916.
MEETING OF PIONEERS
At WALLACE ON JULY 4
CALL ISSUED SHOULD BE RE.
SPoNDED TO BY ALL THE
OLD TIMERS.

George Miner, secretary of the Pio-
neers Association of Shoshone county
has issued a call for a meeting in this
city on July 4. The association was
organized about II years ago. and out
side the meetings necessary to COM
! plete the organization, there has not
been meeting since. Perhaps many
of the old timers have forgotten that
there is such an association and that
they are members of 1t. But all the
papers and records of the association
have been carefully preserved by Mr.
Miner, and he has also small cash
balance in the treasury. The question
of what constitutes a pioneer, so far
as membership in the Shoshone county
association is concerned, was settled
by adopting a rule that all persons who
arrived in the Coeur d'Alene district
on or before July 4, 1887, are entitled
to membership. A pioneer society
serves a most useful purpose in pre-
serving historic records, relics and
landmarks, and besides affords a
means of great social enjoyment, and
it is hoped that those who are eligible
to membership will respond to the
call on July and help reorganize
the association on firm basis.
The First President.
The first and only president of the
Shoshone County Pioneers associa-
ton was the late Judge Alex e. May
hew, who was very active in forming
the organization. The list of mem
bers is quite long one. About the
first name to appear on the roll is
that of the late Senator w. b. Hey
burn, and many others follow who
were notable figures in the early his
tory of the district. In looking over
the original list it is observed that
many have responded to the last call
during the years that have elapsed
since the organization, forceful re-
minder that steps should be taken
now to perfect the Organization while
many of the real trail blazers are
still with us.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-06-22
THE TAR BOX.
Shaft Being Sunk at the Rate of
About go Feet Per Month.

ohaft betng sunk at the Rate of
About so Feet Per Month.
Richard Daxon, president and man.
ager of the Tarbox Mining company,
came over from Butte this week and
will visit the mine near Sa1tese, Mon
tana, today. He states that 16 men
are employed at the Tarbox, three
eight hour shifts being worked in the
shaft. The shaft is going down at the
rate of about 60 feet per month At
the 500 level crosscut will be run to
the vein, which will be about 140 feet,
and levels will also be opened at the
600 and 700, the distance to the vein
increasing about 40 feet with every
100 feet of depth. A fine body Of ore
has been opened on the 400 level, from
which winze has been sunk 200 feet
and which has exposed much good
ore. This ore body will be tapped by
the levels run from the shaft. Mr..
Daxon states that there is from 1000
to 10000 tons of good milling ore on
the dump of the Tarbox, and as evi-
dence of its value he exhibited two
assay certificates of average samples
taken from the dump One of these
showed 80 per cent lead, 99 ounces sill
yer and 9 per cent zinc. The secoR d
certificate gave the zinc value In twd
samples 23 and 1876 per cent. The
Butte assayer called the ore rosin
zinc very similar to that found in the
big zinc mines Of Butte.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-06-22
ALL INDICATIONS POINT TO PLACER
CREEK AS A RICH MINERAL SECTION
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS INDICATE PRESENCE EXTENSIVE
ORE DEPOSITS, BOTH COPPER AND LEAo-soME OF
THE ACTIVE PROPERTIES

1t does not require a long stretch of
memory to recall the time when Nine
Mile was barren of productive mines,
and when the wise ones sofemnly said
that it would always remain so. And
! it is less tax upon the memory to re-
call the day when Pine creek was
listed the same way. Today Nine
Mile is credited with having the most
phenomenal dividend payer in the
district and other mines that rank
among the big producers and a score
of prospects that promise to enter the
productive class Pine creek has
proved its merit by having shippers
of lead, zinc and antimony, and with
large ore bodies simply awaiting more
favorable shipping conditions to add
their tonnage to the rapidly incraas-
ing output. It Is not contended that
the 1dctS mere stated are positive
proof that the same results will fol-
low in every other section of this
great district, but they do afford in
teresting and even profitable food for
reflection when contemplating the
possibilities of mineral development In
other fields in which the faith and la
Dor of the sturdy prospector has been
tested for many years without reward.
These comments are suggested by
tracing during recent years and the
renewal of mining activity along that
stream and its tributaries. All of
the early locations were made in that
section at a time when claims were
staked strictly on their surface show
ings, and not because they were with
in an area of proven merit or In line
for an extension of a known mineral
bearing ledge. Experienced prospect
ors, to whom the entire district was
open, pinned their faith to Placer
creek in the early days, and while
years have passed without a mine be-
ing opened to prove the correctness of
their judgment, a more accurate
knowledge of the district has demon
strated conclusively that they were
within the great mineral belt that ex-
tends from Wardner eastward to the
Montana line and beyond. And little
by little Placer creek is progressing
toward the realization of all that its
early sponsors claimed for it, and at
least one mining engineer may yet live
to see the day that he will point with
pride to his prophetic vision In de-
scribing the possibilities of mineral
development of Placer creek. Recent
operations have met with such en-
couraging results that there are indi-
cations that strong capital is looking
toward Placer creek for investment
and it is even stated that tentative
negotiations are under way having in
view taking over three groups Of con-
tiguous claims. The deal may not ma
terialize, but this along with the un-
precedented activity up there indi-
Gates that Placer creek is coming into
it's own and may soon duplicate the
record Of Nine Mile and Pine creek.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-06-22
.HECLA PAYS $4,000
DIVIDEND FOR JUNE
WILL INCREASE MILLING CA
PAClTY IN KEEPING WITH
MINE FACILITIES.

| Last Tuesday the Hecla Mining
company paid dividend No. 157 of Is
cents per share, amounting to $3.50,
600. The total dividends paid during
the first six months of 1916 is $3.50, :
900 and the total credited to the mine
is $4,405,000 The number of the
dividend indicates that Hecla has
been making regular disbursements
for 157 months or for 13 years and one
month. That is a splendid record and
the best of it is that the Hecla is now
just beginning to pay. Up to last fall
the monthly dividend rate of the COM
pany was 2 cents, and at low periods
in the lead market only l cent, and
generally during the year one or two
extra dividends were paid out of ac-
cumulated surplus. The rise in the
price of lead last fall enabled the
company to advance the dividend to
10 cents, which has been maintained
until this month, when the dividend
rate was increased to Is cents.
Increase Milling Capacity.
Accompanying the dividend checks
this month was the following circular
letter signed by James F.. Mccarthy,
manager:
I'VE have recently leased from the
Federal Mining & Smelling company
a concentration located at Wallace, and
having a capacity of 400 to 450 tons
per day. This is approximately the
same capacity as our own mill. We
took possession on June 1 and hope
to have it running by June II.
Our intention is to operate this
mill one shift of s hours per day,
which will increase our milling ca
pacity 125 to $50 tons daily, and to
further increase this output as quick
ly and to whatever extent our facili-
ties at the mine will permit. We hope
eventually to increase our production
so per cent above our present rate"
In addition to the concentrates the
Hecla also makes quite a heavy ship
ment of crude ore taken from the
sorting belt At the meeting of the
stockholders of the company few
months ago the manager reported
sufficient ore in sight to run over six
years at the rate of production at
that time, and it is the opinion of
those who are informed on the con.
dition Of the mine that the statement
of the manager is safely applicable
with the enlarged milling facilities
The outlook for Hecla is better than
ever
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-06-22
SUNSHINE COMPANY
BEGINS DEVELOPMENT
WORK THROUGH ToUGHNUT--
PLAN SALE OF TREAS
URY STOCK.

A meeting of the directors Of the
Sunshine Mining company was held
in this city last Monday evening for
the purpose of devising plans for the
extensive development of the prop
erty. The meeting was attended by
d. l.. McGrath and G. w. Dougherty,
of Wallace, and DR., e, G. Ellis and
David c. Smith, of Missoula, all of
whom are heavy stockholders in the
company. The Sunshine company
owns a group of six claims on the
Carbon creek slope of Sunset, corner
ing with the Tuscumbia and lying
west of and adjoining the Idora, and
alongside the Toughnut In fact the
company has also acquired the
Toughnut and has now begun devel-
opment through that property. Ap-
for all the Sunshine claims.
Highly Promising Ground.
The Sunshine Is regarded as one of
the best undeveloped properties in the
Sunset district. The vein that is to
be explored is identical with the
ldora, and in the upper tunnel a nice
showing of ore has been exposed. A
lower tunnel has been extended to
within 40 or so feet of the vein. The
work that has been started, however,
is in the Toughnut, where a crosscut
ho 1oJ ~ %,
set vein. Drifting has now been
started on this vein to the east and
stringers of ore are scattered through
the face, one of which is three or four
inches wide and almost clean ore The
appearance Of the face along with the
showing on the surface indicates that
these stringers are the beginning of
an ore shoot.
May Cut dora Vein.
BY extending the Toughnut cross
cut about 200 feet the Idora will be
cut at a depth 400 feet in the Sun
shine ground The fact that ore has
been found in this vein in the upper
tunnel of the Sunshine indicates that
commercial body may be encoun-
tered at this additional depth The
Toughnut tunnel is considerably low
er than the lower tunnel of the Sun
shine.
At the meeting of the directors it
was decided to ask all stockholders to
pool their stock as means of estab-
fishing a market for treasury ST ok.
However, it is not the purpose of the
company to offer the stock to the
public at this time, as 1t is believed
that by prosecuting the work now
under way a showing will soon be de-
veloped that will greatly enhance the
value of the stock.
Mr.. McGrath, DR.. Ellis and Mr.
Smith attempted to visit the property
Tuesday and yesterday, but the severe
storm caused them to abandon the
trip on both days. DIR. Ellis and Mr.
Smith left for Missoula yesterday af-
ternoon.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-06-22
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN.
Work Begins on One of Biggest Sur
face Showings on Pine Creek.

face Showings on Pine Creek.
Active development has begun on
the Lookout Mountain, one of the
more recent discoveries on Pine creek
and one that gives promise of being
among the most important. The pro-
perty is located near Beeler and the
ground crosses the wagon road, giving
ideal facilities for shipping ore. Car
Donate ore was found practically on
the surface which assayed as high as
so per cent in lead. The present work
is confined to opening the ledge on the
surface, and when this is accomplished
to the extent desired it is proposed to
drive crosscut that will explore the
vein at depth of several hundred
feet The development of the pro-
perty is under the direction of F. w.
Galloway, mining engineer. The rich
surface showing indicates that the
Lookout Mountain will prove to be a
shipper when depth is attained.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-06-22

merely a side line, and that his main
purpose is to prove the value and ex-
tent of the gold deposits of the Gold
en- Chest The old 20-stamp mill has
been overhauled and is now making
tests of the ore. These tests are 60
ing to be quite exhaustive and if the
results are satisfactory, that is, If
there is enough gold value in the ore
made for a modern mill which will
embrace the most approved processes
Of gold saving. The money is ready
to carry out this plan the moment it
is shown that the ore contains suffi-
cient recoverable gold. Provision will
also be made to recover the tungsten,
but Mr.. Green regards the gold as Of
first Importance.
Tungsten in the Daddy and Mother
lodes is now receiving attention. Mr.
Coplen, who years ago operated the
Daddy and was one of the main own
ers, has secured a lease and bond on
both the Daddy and Mother lode and
is preparing to begin work on both
properties.
Road Open to Thompson.
Last week an automobile arrived at
Murray from Portland and found that
the wagon road across the divide to
Thompson was blocked with fallen
trees across the summit. The tourist
would not turn back for an obstacle
like that, so he and his son who ac-
companied him provided themselves
with AK and crosscut saw and devoted
two days to opening the road. There
was very little snow on the summit,
and thanks to these enterprising and
Industrious tourists, the road be-
tween Murray and Thompson is now
open and in good condition for travel
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-06-22
THE PARK.
Work Will Begin on the Property
Next Week.

Next Week.
Men will go to the Park Copper,
south of Mullan, next week for the
purpose of resuming work on the pro-
perty 1t is expected that there is
considerable snow there yet, which
may delay getting necessary supplies.
However, there will be considerable
work to be done on the wagon road
and this will be the first thing to re-
ceive attention. 1t is stated that there
is considerable copper ore on the pump
Of the upper tunnel and much more
that can be extracted, and 1t is pro-
posed to make a shipment just as soon
as the road is in condition for haul
ing. Work will begin in the lower
tunnel as soon as practicable with a
view to extending 1t to cut the ore
shoot in the upper. Thomas Brennan,
manager of the Hunter, will direct
operations at the Park.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-06-22
THE ALCIDES.
Will Further Prospect Ground With
Diamond Drill.

Will Further Prospect Ground With
Diamond Drill.
The tunnel which will be driven by
the Alcides Mining company from the
Gertie crosscut will wait for a few
days until some further prospecting
can be done in the upper tunnel. The
track and air pipe used in the upper
tunnel will be used in the lower, and,
for that reason it is decired to COM
plete all work in the upper tunnel be-
fore it is moved. The ground was
tested with a diamond drill several
months ago, but the management was
not wholly satisfied with the results
and will now make further investiga-
tions with the diamond drill before
pushing the work below. The diamond
drill will probably be taken to the
property today or tomorrow.