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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-03-08
STOCKHOLDERS MEETINGS.

Aetna Mining & Milling Co,-Annu-
'al meeting to be held at Burke on
Tuesday. March 20. at 100 p. NO.
W. Lewis, secretary.
East Occur d'AIene Mining Co..
Annual meeting to be held at Mullan
,on Monday, March 10, at 500 p. M
Mrs r. A. Westervet, secretary
Highland Surprise Consolidated Mi.
ming Co.-Annual meeting to be held
at Kellogg on Monday April 2, at 500
p. m.---Chas Weigand, secretary.
Lead Crystal Mining Co.. Annual
meeting to be held at Wallace on
Tuesday March 20, at 900 p. M
Geo S. Lesher. secretary
Nabob Mining Co.--Special meeting
to be held at Kellogg on March 81 at
800 D. m. to pass upon resolution
adopted by directors regarding sale Of
property.-Harvey M. Ross secretary.
Tarbox Mining Co.--Special meet
ing to be held at Wallace on April 23
at 1880 p. nL. to consider proposition
to Increase the capital stock Of the
company.--R. f. Seysler secretary.
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distance Of approximately 1900 feet
into the Evening Star and Mary r,
fraction claims; that defendant has
extended a level $50 feet below the 500,
known as the 1860 level. for approx
mately 500 feet into the Evening Star
claim; has extended it's 1850 level
over 500 feet. has extended It's l4oO
level $50 feet; its 1850 level approx
mately 500 feet; its 1850 level 800 feet
within and beneath the Evening Star
lode That actual stopping operations
are being conducted on each level eX-
cept the 1850 and 1850. and that "affi-
ant estimates that the said defendant
has already removed over 100000 tons
of ore within the veins beneath the
said Evening Star and Mary r frac-
ton claims" Afiant further says
that defendant is now removing a2-
proXimately 400 tons per day from
said claims and is preparing to re-
move much more per day That on
No, 6 tunnel or the 500 level in the
Evening Star ground a stope extends
upward $50 feet at which point it Is
caved, and that it does extend fur
Their.
Afiiant says that prior to May !.
1915, he had for some years been en-
ployed as chief engineer and superin-
tendent of mines by the Federal com
pany. Reference is made to the OPP
ton taken by the Federal on the Star
and the work accomplished in No. :
tunnel level which was not however
done under the direction of affiant,
and no other work within the knoWl-
edge of aniant was done under the
option.
In making a recent survey and To-
eating the common end line OF the
Morning and Evening Star. affiant
recognized certain workings west of
said end line in the Evening Star
ground as having been made by the
Federal company before or during
said. option: that such workings are
on the 800. 1850 and 1850 levels. and
accosding to atlantis best recollec-
ton some ore was stopped from said
levels in Evening Star ground. Aft
ant says at the time he left the en-
ploy of the Federal the extension OF
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ner by the defendant have been prac-
tically exhausted and that such ore
as remains is of very. low grade and
under ordinary market conditions
could not be protitably mined,
"Atiiant further says that the only
property of amy value which the said
defendant still retains, SO far AS afti-
ant has been able to learn. is the
Morning mine. and it has been work
ed at very great depth,
"Atiiant further says that 10 permit
the said defendant To continue re
moving ore from the Star ground
would, as aliiant verify believes sim
ply result in the distribution of the
profits received therefrom' and the
payment to the smelter which con-
trolls the said defendant of high rates
for treatment, and would place the
said moneys where it would be diff
cult, if not impossible. for the plain
tiff to recover the same.
THAT it is atlantis Judgment that
the property of the said defendant
under ordinary market and mining
conditions, is worth very little more
than enough to pay the damage al
ready done by the hespass of the de-
PENDANT"
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Mining and Development
Companies of the Occur dAlenes
Assessments Levied Meetings Called Delinquent Lists-Doing
Companies @ Special Interest TO Stockholders
independent Copper Minine G. Mill.

Independent Copper Mining & Mill
| ng Co.-Levied December 10, 10 mills,
payable January 10 to Otto A OLSON,
ecretary- treasurer. Wallace. Delin-
quent sale February Is, Postponed to
March IS,
lvanhoe Mining Co.-Tevied Jann-
airy Is, ~ mills, payable February ii
to treasurer of the company, Mullan
Delinquent sale March IA. Postponed
to April II.
Little Butte Mining Co.--Levied on
February 3, mills, payable March
to IL. J, Ross secretary treasurer,
Wallace. Delinquent sale March go
Lucky Friday Mining Co.-Ievied on
December l., 4 mills, payable Janu-
ry 20 to James A. Wayne, treasurer,
Wallace, Delinquent sale February IL.
Postponed to March I.
February 8, 2 mills payable March 10
to L. l., Brainard secretary treasurer,
Wallace Delinquent sale March 81.
Raven Mining Co.-Levied January
II, mill, payable March IA to Frank
lin Ptirman, treasurer, Wallace. De-
llnquent sale May II.
Square Deal Mining g. Milling Co..
Levied January s, / mill, payable on
February L. to Ross Black, secretary,
Occur d'Alene Idaho. Delinquent sale
March T.
Wonderful Mining Co.--Levied Feb
ruary s, / mill, payable March IL to
A. II. Featherstone, treasurer, WAL
ace. Delinquent sale April 2.
Tarbox Mining Co.--Levied Febru-
Try %, 10 mills. payable March % to
r, f., Seyser. secretary. Wallace. De-
inquent sale April %,
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said drifts westerly had been stopped,
and that the westerly faces We're far
east of the present westerly faces:
that he was not again underground In
the Morning until commencing the
survey and geological examination
last November in the employ of the
Star Mining company. Maps are at
taChed showing the claim Of the con-
tending interests and maps of the un-
derground workings. No. 6 or the 500
level is 500 feet beneath No. 5 tunnel.
No. is 435 feet beneath the Star tun-
mel. and the Star tunnel is from 900
to 900 feet beneath the surface.
Afliant says that ore so removed Is
mixed with ore from the Morning
mine and sent to the mill and then
sold to the smelter: that he is farnil-
lar with the going smelter rates of
the district and with the terms of the
smelter contract between the de-
PENDANT and the smelter to which 1t
ships; that he believes that the smell
ter owns control of the voting stock OF
the Federal. and that the terms of the
said contract are not as good as in
dependent producers receive, all OF
which shows the difficulty Of estimat-
ing the value of said ores as the set
Element by defendant with smelters
affords no adequate estimate Of the
value thereof. That defendant will
remove said ores. unless said ore Is
protected by an order from the court.
"Affiant further says that he has
estimated the ore developed within
the property of the plaintiff by the
workings of said defendant and that
in his judgment the same amounts to
at least 100000 tons. and may
amount to very much more" AS a
further reason for seeking the pro-
lection Of the ore by the courts. affi-
ant says that metallurgists differ In
their views as to correct methods of
treatment, and in estimating the value
of said ores the court would be met by
conflicting opinions as to the grade
which could be most probably made,
rendering the adjustment difficult and
always more or less speculative; and
that the ore does not contain a uni
form metallic content.
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STEWART.NAB0B DEAL
PRACTICALLY CLOSED
WILL ORGANIZE NEW COMPANY
WITH STRONG FINANCIAL
4 SUPPORT-MEETING.

A meeting of the stockholders of
the Nabob Mining company will be
held at Kellogg on March 81 for the
purpose of ratifying or rejecting the
proposal of the Stewart Mining COM
pany to purchase the entire holdings
been accepted by the directors and it
is practically assured that it will be
ratified by the stockholders. Under
the terms of the deal the Stewart
company agrees to organize new
company to be called the Nabob Con-
solidated company with capital of
b $500 900 with an equal number of
shares of the par value OF 81 each. The
company will place 1,650,000 shares
and 100000 in cash in the treasury.
and will purchase all the holdings of
the Nabob Mining company, including
the Denver and Mascot claims held
under bond. The payment to the
Nabob will be $65.O00 in cash which
will enable the company to take up
the bond on the Denver and Mascot
and clear up all Indebtedness, and
10000 shares in the new company in
exchange for the outstanding stock In
the old company.
May Build Mill
A fine body of ore has been devel-
oped in the Denver. the amount OF
avail able ore being estimated at
about $4,000 tons. which is said to av-
erage IL per cent lead, Fl per cent zinc
and 5 ounces of silver Deeper de-
velopment is planned by the new or
ganization, and also consideration is
being given to the construction of a
mill and tramway. No positive an
nouncement has been made in this
connection. but the cash to be placed
in the treasury and the large reserve
of treasury stock amply provide fol-
these additions and all other equip
ment for extensive operation.
1t is pointed out that in organizing
new company to take over the Ma
bob instead of assuming the owner
ship direct. the Stewart Mining COM
pany will escape from its contract
with the American Smelling & Rein
ing company, which has several years
to run. thus enabling the new com
pany to obtain more favorable terms
for its product.
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MILLIONS INVOLVED
Continued from Page y

| Continued from Page ID
s leges that defendent has been contin-
uously mining said ores for some time
PAST.
I Plaintiff alleges that in the month
of January. 1913, in connection with
an option which the defendent then
plaintiff upon their stock. the plain
tiff and defendant entered into con-
stract by the terms of which the de-
PENDANT was permitted to do certain
plaintiff; that by the terms of said
agreement, defendant agreed that t
would not remove any ores or min
erals from the property of plaintiff
except in driving the workings fo-
development purposes; that the only
workings that defendant constructed
in connection Herewith We're at the
No level Of the Morning mine and
above there. so far as the defendant
informed plaintiff or the plaintiff
knew
Plaintiff now alleges upon informa
ton and belief that during the life Of
said option and prior to its cancella-
ton in the month of September. 1914,
the defendant did, through deep work.
ings in the Morning mine, extend the
drifts over, into and beneath the pro-
perty of plaintiff and remove there
from ores in violation of the rights OF
plaintiff; that plaintiff had no knowl-
the defendant had so penetrated and
wrongfully removed ores from the
property of the plaintiff until the
month of November. 1916
Plaintiff alleges that the defendant
threatens that it will, unless restrain
ed by an order of the court, extract
and remove from said property the
remaining mineral deposits and ores
in the said claims. and that it will
further extend it's present workings
into said mining claims and take from
that defendant is constructing new
openings within the said claims Will
the view to more rapidly moving the
ores therein
Plaintiff alleges that the value Of
1.-The Evening Star claim is more thar
100000, and that the value of thu
ore bodies actually developed is more
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Affidavit of Stanly A. Easton.

StanlN y. EaSton, mining engineer
and manager of the Bunker Hill &
Sullivan Mining x Concentrating
company, afiirms that he has made AT
Investigation of the workings of the
Star Mining company except in No
tunnel; that his investigation disclos-
ed that the defendant company haC
driven levels from the Morning mine
across the common end line of the
Morning and the Evening Star claims
and upon the 1850, 1850, 1i50. 1850
! and 1850 levels of the Morning mine:
! that from said levels. except the 1880
and the 1880 slopes have been and
ARE being opened and ores being re-
moved, and that at least one of said
levels has been extended westerly be-
meath the Mary r fraction claim and
Slopes are being extended therein.
Atiiant says that the ore bodies are
large and contain lead, zinc and sill
Yer: that many thousands of tons of
ore have been removed. and that many
of the Slopes have been filed with
waste and debris SO that the exact
tonnage removed therefrom can. not
accurately be ascertained. Affiant
says that he believes it essential to
protect the rights of the Star Mining
company that an injunction be issued
restraining the defendant from min
ing therein; that it will be difficult, if
not impossible, to determine the char
acter and value of the ore because it
is mixed With the ore from tie Nor
ming mine
"Afliant says that throughout the
drifts beneath the Evening Star and
Mary r. fraction lodes there are still
in place unremoved, but being opened
Iup for removal and being removed
hundreds. of thousands Of tons Of val
liable ore. That there is already, in
atlantis judgment, reasonably deVel-
oped in said ground at least 1000,
900 tons of commercial ore"
Affiant says there are many reas-
ons why an injunction should be is
sued The smelling contracts of the
defendant are not as advantageous to
the miner and do not secure as ample
returns as do the prevailing rates
which can be secured by Independent
producers in the Occur d'Alene min
ing district for similar ores" Atliant
says that metallurgsts and engineers
differ as to the dressing of ores for
shipment and the methods to be en-
Iployed; as to the grade that can be
most prOfitably made and the saving
which good practice should secure
In this connection atfiant states that
the price received for ore does not
always depend upon the content. but
also upon the grade, particularly in
| the case of zinc, and in addition the
grade always to considerable eX-
tent controls the freight rate. That
the ore being extracted by defendant
is not uniform in metallic content and
that the matter of sorting such ore is
another question upon which engin-
GERS and metallurgsts differ.
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The accompanying table gives the
quotations of silver, lead, zinc and
copper as obtained by the Engineer
ing and Mining Journal and which are
generally specified as the basis Offset
Element in ore contracts with the
smelters. The quotations published In
the daily press are usually higher for
the reason that they represent sales
in small lots while the figures here
given are based on large transactions
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-03-08
Daily Quotations Of Silver, Lead, Zinc and Copper
Which Are the Actual Basis Of Settlement

and are generally determined from re-
ports made by producers and selling
agencies. Both the New York and st.
Louis prices of lead are given, the diff
ference being due mainly to the differ
ence in freight between the two points
The quotations for spelter are for
prime western brands. To arrive at
the New York price add II cents per
100 pounds to the st. Louis price.
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Affidavit of Rush j. White.

Rush J. White, mining engineer and
geologist, states that he has been en-
ploved by the Star Mining company
since November 1916. making Il sur
vey and geological investigation Of
certain workings extending from the
Morning mine into and beneath the
Evening Star and Mary r. fraction
claims. Affiant states that his in
vestigation disclosed that defendant
has extended No. tunnel level. or
the 500 as sometimes called, for a
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-03-08

When the last taxpayer had had his
say, the council Immediately took up
the bids Councilman Smith moved
that the bid of the Oregon Engineer
ing & Construction company for FL
Oso paving be accepted. This motion
was lost Councilman Smith and Nc
Kav voting in the affirmative and the
other five councilmen in the negative.
Councilman Johnson then offered a
resolution to accept the bid of Henry
J. Kaiser for bitulithic paving with g.
inch base. The resolution reviewed
at considerable length efforts Of the
council through exhaustive investiga-
ton to determine the most desirable
paving. pointing out the general sat
sfaction with bitulithic which had
the motion to adopt the resolution the
council voted as follows: Yes-Bea-
mer, Reeves. Gilmore, Johnson and
Moson. No-Smith and Mckay In
order to forestall any move. that might
be contemplated by the opposition to
again block the paving contract. the
council proceeded to sign up the con-
tract the representative of the sue
cessful bidder being present. The five
conncilmen who voted in the affirma-
tive signed after Mayor Mowery had
declined to sign until he had given
the subject further consideration
Councimen Smith and Mckay also
declined to sign. Clerk Walker also
declined, saving that he desired legal
advice before doing so, and also stat
ing as further reason that he did
not have his official seal with him
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ASSESSMENTS LIVED.

Albany Lead Mining Co.-LsNied Oh
February H. | mill, payable March q
to {. w. Belts, secretary, Wallace
Delinquent sale April IA.
Ambereris Mines Co.-Levied Janu
arE5 cents, payable March to e.
r. Day treasurer, Wallace. Delin-
quent sale April 3.
Arctic Mining & Milling Co,-Ley-
led January II, / mill, payable Febru-
ayr ~ to George IL. Heller secretary
box -, osbam. Delinquent sale at
623 Cedar street, Wallace, March 81.
Benton Mining Co.--Levied January
Is, mills, payable February 20, to
+. p Candee, secretary Wallace, De-
linuuent sale March 20.
Big Elk Mining Co.-Levted Febru-
AIRY 5, l mill, payable March II to A
II, Featherstone, treasurer Wallace
Delinquent sale April ,.
Copper Chief Mining co.--Levied ON
February 20, mills, payable March
~ to j. II. Taylor secretary treasurer
Wallace. Delinquent sale April 30.
East Caledonia Mines Co.--Levied
February 81, / cent, payable April J
to Franklin Ptirman, secretary, Wal
lace Delinquent sale April 20.
East Hercules Extension Mining Co.
Levied November IL, u mills, pay
able January to w Ii. Macfarlan,
secretary treasurer, Rookery building,
Spokane. Delinquent sale February 2.
Postponed to April 2.
Four Timbers Mining Co.-Levied
January S. mills, payable February
s to $. &c. Kiham, secretary treasur-
er, Colfax, Wash, Delinquent sale
March 8.
Friend Mining Co.-Levied January
II, mills, payable February "a to
" illam Schierding, treasurer, sos
Jameson building, Spokane. Delin-
Quent sale March 10
Honolulu Mining Co.-Levied Janu-
airy 6, mills, payable February IA to
John p. Mahoney secretary Wallace.
Delinquent sale March 10.
Idaho & Los Angeles Mining G.
Milling Co.-Levied December ,12, 3
mills, payable January II to A. j.
Dunn, secretary treasurer, Wallace.
delinquent sale February Q. Postpon-
ID to March 3d. sitl,
Idaho Nevada Exploration Co.
Levied February 20. 2 mills, payable
March % to E. r. Turk. secretary
treasurer Wallace. Delinquent sale,
April 23
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Big Creek Shipments.

Since the first of the year the Big
Creek Leasing company is reported
to have shipped six carloads of high
grade silver ore. 1t has the lower
ground of the Yankee Boy under
lease.
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Council Awards Contract for Bitulithic
Paving--Mayor Mowery Joins Majority

After giving the taxpayers a
chance to be heard" last Thursday
evening the council awarded tie con-
tract for paving Improvement district
No. to Henry J. Kaiser, of Everett
Wash. his bid being the lowest for
bitulithic paving. The council cham
Der was crowded with taxpayers and
il was evident when they began -
talk that they were in no mood to
consider postponing action on this
important Improvement which has
been held up by the opponents of paw
ing for almost two years. A petition
to defer action and to invite bids for
other types of paving, purporting To
frontage in the paving district, was
presented. and one citizen and posi-
bly, two spoke in support of it, and
also an attorney who stated that he
tain taxpayers. On the other hand,
dozens of taxpayers who crowded the
council chamber, representative citi-
zens, protested against further delay,
favored the acceptance of the lowest
bitulithic bid. and in substance told
the council to do it now Besides
the large number who spoke in favor
of immediate action, many letters and
kilograms were read from taxpayers
who could not be present, all urging
the council to award the contract and
most of them specifying bitulithic.
The taxpayers had been heard and
there could be no doubt as to what
they wanted.
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= Now that Il contract has been en-
No, 4 under terms and conditions that
seem proof against successful attack
in the courts. the opponents of pay
ing and those who are responsible fol-
desired Improvement are disposed to
take much credit to themselves for
saving the property owners of the city
many thousands of dollars. In the
first place it may we'll be doubted
whether this opposition was prompt
ed .by a desire TO save money; it was
probably due to opposition to paving
at all, or at least opposition to allow
ing this council to do it, The saving
was purely incidental to the main pur-
pose, thus detracting from whatever
credit to which the opposition might
otherwise have been entitled. But
was there really any saving when time
lost and expense of litigation are con-
sidered? Let us see. The $contract
cheering and Construction company
which was knocked out by the court
last summer. called for $75. 4S7.75 for
paving and maintenance. The con-
tract now entered into for bitulithic
calls for $73,O795O, difference of Just
$2448,25. For the actual paving we
are going to pay $1.37 per square yard,
while the contract knocked out was
for only $1.35. The reduction in the
total cost is made up in trimming the
cost of excavation, concrete work. etc
A total saving of less than $500 is
not much to boast about. even If that
had been the purpose in view. when
one considers the time and expense
consumed in bringing it about. How
ever the people are very well salts
fled, for they are to get a paving that
they know is good and which they
really wanted from the start. Perhaps
the opposition will take credit for this
also.
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Albany Lead Mining Co.-LeNied ON
February II, | mill, payable March 26
to G. w. Belts secretary, Wallace,
Delinquent sale April II.
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;, Two days later Mayor Mowery an
nounced through the organ OF the OPP
ponents of paving that he had decid-
ed TO sign the contract, at the same
time facilitating himself upon his sue
cess in protecting the interests of the
1 taxpayers against the cupidity of de-
! signing contractors and a council
careless and culpable in handling this
important public Improvement. Thus
did the mayor abandon his first line
of defense which he has SO calamity
held for almost two years and joined
the ranks of the property owners
whose wishes in the matter of paving
he has persistently opposed. This
coup by the mayor is accepted as the
end of opposition to paving, and in
view Of the near approach of the city
election, there are those who are UNI
kind enough to attribute the change
of front to political considerations
rather than to a desire to facilitate
paving.
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However, he acknowledged having
witnessed the signature of the five
'eouncilmen and that of the represen-
tative of the contractor.
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Ambereris Mines Co-Levied Janu
arE5, > cents payable March to t.
Il. Day treasurer Wallace. Delin-
Quent sale April 3.