Hecla injunction hearing set for October 4
Spokane superior court judge grants extension of time to October 5 for hearings on the Day and Smith complaint seeking to permanently restrain Hecla Mining officers from ratifying the Star mine purchase from Bunker Hill. Plaintiffs cite Star mining examination and protest stockholders’ rights amid Day–Smith campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster
Superior Court of
Spokane
Eugene J. Day
Sarah E. Smith
Hecla Mining Company
Bunker Hill & Sullivan Company
Star
Plummer
Day
Bunker Hill
Hecla
Day- Smith
Columbus Pressor On The Ground Awaiting Operation
A new compressor for the Columbus Mining Company has been delivered at Eagle Creek and is being installed. A boiler from Dudley’s Mining Timbers Company, managed by I R Work, is in good condition. A carload of brick from Spokane will enclose the boiler. Drifting in the Eagle tunnel continues with encouraging results as J P Gallagher, Philadelphia president and chief stockholder, is due soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus Mining Company
Eagle Creek
Mining Timbers Company
Dudley
I. R. Work
Columbus
Spokane
Eagle Tunnel
J. P. Gallagher
Philadelphia
Columbus Company
Develop Hill Group on the Caledonia Vein
Patrick Brady and W. J. Stratton secured an option on nearly all Hill Mining & Milling stock to develop near Wardner. The vein is four feet wide with 4 percent lead and 6 ounces of silver, exposed in crosscuts and tunnels as plans aim to drift from the East Caledonia shaft and extend the 400 level toward Hill ground for a possible ore shoot akin to the Caledonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Brady
W. J. Stratton
Treasury
Hill Mining & Milling Company
Hill
Wardner
Caledonia
Josiah Hill
Wardner and Kellogg
Messrs. Brady and
Stratton
East Caledonia
Paragon official visits Murray mining property inquiring on power
F O Hammer secretary treasurer of Paragon Consolidated Mining arrived in Murray with an engineer and J C Feehan to inspect the old Murray Hill Blackhorse property. The mill has been idle due to water power failure and reports say Paragon seeks electric power by extending lines from Giant Ledge via Washington Water Power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. O. Hammer
St. Paul
Paragon Consolidated Mining Company
Murray
Hammer
J. C. Feehan
Blackhorse
Paragon Company
Washington Water Power Company
Cedar Creek Company Western Union Leases Plans of Development
The Cedar Creek Mining and Development Company plans continued underground work after a recent strike boosts prospects at the Western Union mine. An assessment was levied to fund repairs after a fire destroyed the cook house, with leasing kept as the operating method. Four lease outfits will work No. 3 and No. 4 levels, extending tunnels and crosscuts to find new ore shoots while maintaining strong returns for leasers and the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Creek Company
Western Union
Cedar Creek Mining and Development Company
Cedar Creek
William Becker
Colling
No. 3
Reinhart Mattus
John Backman
No. 2
No. 4
John Loney
Mr. Swanson
John Kron
Peter Johnson
J. W. Robinson
Eric Hagman
John Stevens
Harry Norman
Kron
Argentine Leasing Firm Elects Officers In Kellogg
Stockholders met in Kellogg last week and elected Karl F. Nelson as president John Stoykoff as vice president M W Emmett as secretary treasurer Steve Carrick as manager. George Newsome joins them on the board of directors. The firm now works on the old Argentine mine two miles west of the city aiming to locate a lipping ore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kellogg
Karl F. Nelson
John Stoykoff
M. W. Emmett
Steve Carrick
George Newsome
Macedonian Group to Organize Company for Slate Creek Property
A. M. Mundell, long active on the west fork of Slatecreek, seeks to organize a company to finance further development of the Macedonian group. Exhibits at the Carter Home show gatena and iron forms typical of the district. The 21-claim Macedonian group spans several veins, with tunnels and shafts yielding encouraging results, located about six miles from the Milwaukee railroad via wagon road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slate Creek
A. M. Mundell
West Fork
Slatecreek
Carter Home
Milwaukee
Ajax Mining plans deep crosscut tunnel to access ore
Ajax Mining Company manager A C Bixby announced in the city that a deep crosscut tunnel will be driven about a mile above Durke and 300 feet from the wagon road to drain and explore below current workings. Preliminary work includes wagon road buildout, site grading, and removal of old equipment from the Moonlight tunnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Bixby
Ajax Mining Company
Durke
Ajax
East Drift
Jena
Burke
American-Commander Compressor Ready for Motor Work
H B Kingsbury manager of American-Commander Mining Milling reports the new compressor is in position and ready for operation once the motor arrives. An attorney pipe is laid to the upper tunnel face and work continues near the east end to explore an exposed vein, with a short tunnel likely to be driven there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Kingsbury
Banquet for Bain Promotes Mines Bureau Contact
Dr H Foster Bain director of the United States Bureau of Mines visited the Coeur d Alenes for a banquet attended by about 80 mining managers engineers and officials. Speakers stressed safety efficiency and closer bureau field cooperation with Moscow station highlighted as solving local metallurgical problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Foster Bain
United States Bureau of Mines
Coeur d'Alene
Bain
Donald A. Callahan
Callahan Zinc-Lead Company
Board of Trade
Bureau of Mines
Coeur Walenes
Bureau
Hula
Holmes
Dr. Hain
Moscow
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Star Mining Company
Federal Mining & Smelting Company
Wallace
Paragon
Collins
London
M. van Sicklen
Joplin
Coeur d'Alenes
T. T Reed
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