Electric rail link proposed Wallace Burke to aid mining families
Wallace and Burke face a push for a rapid transit solution to draw families to the canyon district. The Board of Trade favors electrifying a Canyon Creek line with trolley power, two motor cars and several coaches. The plan envisions frequent service from morning to night, low operating costs, and cooperation between mining companies and rail firms to boost stability and regional prosperity.
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Wallace Board of Trade
Burke
Wallace
Canyon
Canyon Creek
Board of Trade
Wallace and
Eldorado Vein Development Near Kellogg Resumes
Arrangements underway to resume work at the Eldorado mine near Kellogg. A contract will drive 50 feet of crosscut to reach the vein under the big blowout at about 400 feet depth. Contractors to be paid entirely in company stock. Experienced miners have led development, signaling confidence in finding ore.
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Eldorado
Kellogg
Ajax Starts Sinking On Good Shoot Of Ore At Shaft Level
A C Bixby of AyX Mining says development shifted from drifting east to sinking on the vein at the shaft level. Ore is continuous for 580 feet with 180 feet commercial, a station is cut and a foot of good ore is found. The crew expects the shoot to thicken with depth and contemplates a deep tunnel for a permanent mine outlet.
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A. C. Bixby
Ayx Mining Company
J. A. Havighorst
Spokane
Bixby
Change of Time Sparks Public Protest in Burke
After promoting the shift to Rocky Mountain time the local board of trade faced a backlash. Critics blamed daylight saving for confusion and train delays harming Burke shoppers and express deliveries. A special committee will study the issue and may seek restoration of standard time to fix Burke rail connections.
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Rocky Mountain
Board of Trade
Ciss Wolds
Sullivan
Burke
C. R. Mowery
M. A.corner
Harry Maren
Slavonian Bond Payment Schedule
Wardner Leasing company held 2 bonds on Slavonian Mining. The first payment of 10 percent was made on May 1. The final payment is due on February 1 next year.
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Slavonian
Wardner Leasing Company
Slavonian Mining Company
Return to Coast Time Favors Public Mood Shifts
Public sentiment appears to favor restoring standard time as protests against the Rocky Mountain time shift grow. Citizens cite train and bank schedules, legal filings, and ailing school routines as reasons to rewind clocks, urging the city council to reinstate coast time promptly.
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A& N
M All
Stiumlard
Chicago Boston ore shoot 200 feet long on 200 foot level
The Chicago-Boston cave on the 200 foot level is cleaned and ready for development. The 200 foot level ore shoot averages 10 feet wide at the cross cut, with 10.7 percent lead and 7.8 ounces silver. no zinc detected. Samples from the full length average 4.14 percent lead and 2.9 ounces silver. Drifting will continue. four carloads will be milled for test. The crosscut to the south meets Kin Buck vein, suggesting a rich strike. John A. Percival holds bond control and plans full development. Twenty men employed, with more to come.
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Tts
Chicago
Carbonate Hill Vein Drifts On Four Hundred Level
Drifts will be run on the 400 level at Meho Carbonate Hill to map the ore shoot extending over 100 feet in length and 5 to 6 feet wide. Crews will drift east and west then sink deeper toward 800 feet as a diamond drill previously found ore to 500 feet. W D Greenough leads the venture, seen as a major district test.
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Anvuea
Callahan
W. D. Greenough
Wallace men in oil promote promising Montana field
George J Richardson of Washington Water Power Company reports Wallace investors hold substantial oil rights in the Porcupine district near Forsyth Montana. A 1700 foot well targets oil sands amid favorable US Geological Survey notes. Wells planned as roads allow machine movement. leases to Midwest Oil Company and a Texas firm.
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Montana
George J. Richardson
Washington Water Power Company
Porcupine Oil District
Wallace
United States Geological Survey
Forsyth
Northern Pacific
Richardson
Midwest of Company
Standard Ot! Company
Texas
Drit Wells
Bryan to Ship Ore From Bryan Group Mines
Siltese correspondent reports Bryan group of mines at Packer creek head will ship ore this year. Owners Mr Shirne and the Days say shipments would require wagon-road work as silver ore runs high in value. Mr Burns, with years of experience, aims to place the Bryan on a productive basis now that silver prices rise, prompting action without delay.
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Burns
Bryan
Perton
Burne Hee
Washington Company Looks to Resume Mining by June
J W Evans vice president of the Washington Mining company and major stockholder says work should restart by mid June. The current assessment funds the operation and snow won’t delay supply intake. Crosscut near the vein will be extended to about 400 feet depth. The Washington group lies about two miles from Burke at Granite Creek head.
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J. W. Evans
Washington Group 4
Burke
Granite Creek
Valentine Mining Work to Start After Snow Melt
A. L. Thurston of Debermia Montana, manager of the Valentine Mining company, said work will begin as soon as snow disappears, likely about a month. A creascut will be driven from the main tunnel to the vein, where a shaft shows ore and promising prospects. The Valentine group lies beside the Rock Island claims, with activity planned once conditions permit.
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A. L. Thurston
Debermia
Mont
Valentine Mining Company
Valentine
Deborgla
Valentine Company
Rock Island
Miners to Play Ball Forming a Coeur d Alene League
Morning Mine workers organize a baseball club with support from management at the Morning mine. Kellogg’s Bunker Hill and Sullivan and nearby mines at Mullan and Wallace are urged to form teams. If several mines field clubs a busy season of high quality baseball is promised for the district.
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Morning Mine
Coeur d'Alene
Morning
Hunter
Mullan
Bunker Hill & Sullivan
Kellogs
Kellogg, Wallace and Mullan
Lease Arranged for Flume and Ground at Success Mill
A recent lease between Success Mining Co and FS Hobson with W J Hughes grants rights to nine the concentrates from the Success flume and under the mill. They may use two concentrating tables to reduce material to shipping product. The flume drains a long-accumulated tail water, with the ground near the mill described as promising after years of prospecting. The agreement provides a royalty to the company, recalling earlier profit from the Standard flume of the Federal Co in a similar nearby operation.
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Success Mining Company
FS. Hobson
W. J. Hughes
Callin
High Grade Shipments by Monarch Leasers
Leaders on the Monarch above Murray now owned by Fidelity shipped 24 tone of crude ore to the Bunker Hill smelter yielding 45.15 percent lead and 6 ounces of silver. Net value stood at $1297.10 though considered low grade compared with recent shipments.
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Monarch
Murray
Fidelity Company
Bunker Hi
Delta
Bunker Hil
Widelity
Bear Creek
Meeting of Good Roads Association boosted by free aid
Shoshone County Good Roads Association continues to offer free roadside assistance to motorists along the Yellowstone trail within the county. Since inception five years ago the program has cost about $75 and attracts riders as a powerful advertisement for the Missoula Spokane corridor. The group plans a membership drive, new windshield cards for car owners, and signed leadership from M. H. Sullivan, A. P. Hutton, and others. The association also promotes the Coeur d'Alene to Spokane route with a Missoula signboard and repainting by Walter J. Sullivan.
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Shoshone County
Good Roads Association
Yellowstone Trail
Yellowstone
Missoula
Spokane
Nows Roads Assortation
Nex Three
Variou
United States
Coeur d'Alene
Rond Roads Association
Walter J. Sullivan
Shoshone County Roads Association
Into
Good Roads
The
M. H. Sullivan
A. P. Hutton
Kelloge
BE. R. Denny
F. E. Stone
EF. Gentry
Wallace
H.W. Ingalls
Mullan
MH. Sullivan
F. F
John P. Gray
Hecla Company
Water H. Hanson
Gertle
Gertie Hecla case set for May hearing on inspection
The hearing on the Gertie Mining companys bid to inspect Hecla Mining underground workings is scheduled before Judge R N Dunn for Monday May 10. The application was filed January 23 and seeks allowance for Gertie engineers to inspect and survey Hecla workings.
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Gertie Mining Company
Hecla Mining Company
RN. Dunn
Gertie Company
Hecla
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AJAX
Ors
Callahan Directors
Boston
Carbonate Hill
Washington
Success Company
Paragon
Patrick Burke
Bear Creek Mining Company
Gamre
Murray Hum
Giant Ledge Company
Utilities Commission
Acton
Meeting OF Good Roads Association
Gertie
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