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VOL. XVII.
no.
WALLACE. IDAHO, THURS DAY, APRIL 19, 1923.
FIVE CENTS THE COPY.
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WELL KNOWN ENGINEER
Career on Two Continents—
Heirs Press Claim Against
British Government
MONO THE many interesting
uted to the gayety of life
the Coeur d'Alenes. "Barbar
ian" Brown stands out in memory
a distinct type of which we shall not
see his like again. Readers of the
Miner who were here as far back as
1890 and a few years later will re
member him well and will be interest
ed in a story by the Washington cor
respondent of the Engineering and
Mining Journal-Press, published in
the issue of April 7, which tells of the
present status of the long pending
claim instituted by Brown against the
British government and which is still
being pushed by his heirs, the claim
amounting to $1,800,000. It is this in
ternational controversy that recalls
the career of Brown in the Coeur
d'Alene district and how he became
known as "Barbarian."
Located in Wardner in 1890.
A
it must have been in 1890 that R.
E. Brown, mining engineer, and John
R. Stevens, civil enginer, establihsed
an office in Wardner. What mysterious
bond of sympathy drew these men in
to congenial partnership was never
explained, for they were opposites in
habits and temperament. Brown al
ways seeking the limelight and Steph
ens equally inclined to seclusion. Both
were highly educated not merely in
the technic of their professions, but ln
that broader field commonly referred
to as the classics. And herein was
perhaps the common ground upon
which they met in close companion
ship. Mr. Stephens was chief engin
eer for the Northern Pacific Railway
company and in that capacity located
and supervised construction of the
line across the Idaho-Montana divide,
on what was then called the "Missou
la cutoff," an engineering feat that
ranks among the most remarkable
railroad construction in the west.
Brown Makes Name for Himself.
While Stephens was engaged in sav
ing the Northern Pacific the expense
of driving a long tunnel by locating
feasible route over a high mountain
pass. Brown was surveying mining
claims, projecting underground work
Ings. and in off hours joining congen
ial and convivial spirits in some one
of the numerous refreshment resorts
which were an outstanding feature of
life in the Coeur d'Alenes
those
good old days before the Volstead act
robbed the citizen of his sacred per
in
sonal liberty. But with all this Brown
still had time to spare, and he con
ceived the idea of issuing what might
be called a house bulletin, presumably
intended to advertise the engineering
firm of Brown & Stephens, but in fact
to provide an outlet for the wit, satire
and serious stuff with which his real
ly brilliant mind was overflowing,
This bulletin, four pages 8x10, he call
ed "The Barbarian," and it was print
ed in the office of the Coeur d'Alene
Miner, a newspaper published in Wal
lace by the writer and his brother.
It was a literary gem, for Brown was
a master of English and was possessed
of keen wit and cutting sarcasm. "The
Barbarian" was issued at irregular in
tervals and the limited edition was in
great demand. It is probable that
copies are still in existence, preserved
by those who delight in souvenirs of
the early days. Following the labor
strike in 1892, which resulted in divid
Ing the people of the district Into two
warring factions, Brown took over the
Wardner News and changed the name
to "The Coeur d'Alene Barbarian." He
devoted Its columns mainly to the ad
vocacy of the mine owners' side of the
labor controversy.
By this time the
name "Barbarian" Brown had become
inseparably attached to him. His con
nection with the Wardner paper did
not last long, and he transferred his
editorial efforts to Wallace, where he
took over the Press and for a short
time published it as "The Coeur
d'Alene American."
Goes to South Africa.
In the meantime the gold mines of
South Africa were attracting Ameri
• can engineers, among whom were
John Hays Hammond, upon whose re
port the Bunker Hill & Sullivan mine
had been purchased, and Victor M.
Clement, resident manager of the
Bunker Hill & Sullivan. "Barbarian"
Brown, in whom the spirit of adven
ture was strong, followed the crowd,
After a thrilling experience endeavor
ing to secure mining property of great
value, the stroy of which is told be
low, as well as having his life in jeop
ardy during the Boer war, "Barbar
ian" Brown returned to the United
States broken in health, a victim of
tuberculosis, and died in Arizona
(Continued on Page 2.)
ENGINEERS INVESTIGATE
SO-CALLED PLATINUM DIS
COVERIES NEAR WOLF LODGE
In order to get at the real facts
regarding alleged platinum de
posits. and acting upon the sug
gestion of the United States bur
eau of mines, a group of disinter
ested engineers last week visited
the Homebuilder. Caribou and
Wilson properties in the vicinity
Lodge, near Coeur
d'Alene lake. The party was
made up of Francis A. Thomson,
dean of the Idaho school of mines,
representing the federal and state
bureau of mines; F. B. Laney,
head of the department of geol
ogy, Idaho school of mines, repre
senting the United States geologi
cal survey: Rush J. White, mining
of Wolf
engineer of Wallace: Raymond
Guyer. of Spokane, chairman of
Columbia section of the American
Institute of Mining and Metallur
gical Engineers: and L. K. Arm
strong, of Spokane, secretary of
Columbia section. The Home
builder was visited Saturday and
the Caribou and Wilson received
attention Sunday,
large samples were
the three properties
Numerous and
taken from
which will
contain platinum if there is
there.
any
The samples have been
sent to the chemical laboratories
of tlie LTnited States bureau
mines for assay, and also to pri
vate laboratories of unquestioned
standing. The results will
formally announced by the engi
neers making the examination.
Through a singular combination
of circumstances, C. C. Titus, en
gineer and metallurgist for tic
Homebuilder, bad a pressing en
gagement. which prevented him
from accompanying the engineers
to the Homebuilder, and H. A. Do
zier, the Grants Bass assaver who
finds platinum galore at the Cari
bon and Wilson, had been ctiled
away for an indefinite stay when
the engineers arrived.
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WALLACE TO AVERY ROAD
MAY SOON BE A REALITY
TAKE TRIP TO GET DIRECT AC
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At a recent conference of forestry
offlcia,s with representatives of the
j state highway department at Boise, it
1 was announced thüt a rond from Wal
j lace to Avery was a project which the
; forest service had definitely decided to
I carry out - No information was given
I out re sarding the proposed route, but
this now seems to be quite definitely
TION IN DEALING WITH
ROAD MATTERS.
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determined, according to information
obtained following the recent visit t<
of Coeur
j
I ' dl ' s c, ty o1 ^ r ' McHarg,
I d'Alene,
d'Alene national forest.
supervisor of
the
Coeur
Mr. McHarg
: is quoted as saying that after all the
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S routes have been considered, the most
feasible and desirable one is from
I Wallace up Placer creek, across the
[divide to the Little North Fork of the
St. Joe. thence down the Little North
Fork to Avery, the distance being
about 24 miles. While no official infor
mation has been obtained on the sub
ject. it is believed that surveys will
soon be made and that construction
work will soon follow. Aside from
the value of this road to' the forest
service, it will prove a great advan
tage to both Wallace and Avery. In
fact its advantage to the entire dis
I trict as a whole is so apparent that,
! the county could well afford to coop
e,ate to some extenl in it3 construc
tion.
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Commissioners Go to Superior.
Yesterday Commissioners James H,
Taylor, John Wood and D. W. Price
with the
j
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: 'vent to Superior to confer
commissioners of Mineral county re
j yarding the construction of about half
! a mile of road to connect the Bullion
road with the Yellowstone trail at
This small section of
Tammany.
I ,oad desired is said to be in both Ida
■ ho and Montana and it is probable
.
tha.t the commissioners of the
i counties will reach an agreement for
I ds construction.
| From Superior the commissioners
; proceeded Tuesday evening to Avery
two
[ where they conferred with citizens
regarding taking over a bridge across
jthe St. Joe, which it is claimed a
former board of commissioners agreed
to do when the bridge was construct
ed by private parties,
From Avery the commissioners will
g 0 to Calder to consider the question
of building the road from that point
to the Benew'ah county line.
With
this disposed of the commissioners
will continue their official tour to Spo
kane to confer with government en
gineers regarding cooperative road
[work as told in another column,
The government of Paraguay has
'established certain zones of temper
the manufacture
ance within which
and sale of intoxicating liquors
are
prohibited.
MAYOR TOOLE TALKS
ON NEW FIRE STATION ;
Bonds no Burden to Taxpay
ers—Actual Saving an
Offset to Interest
THE weekly luncheon of the
board of trade yesterday May
or Hugh Toole spoke briefly
on the proposition to bond the
city for $25,000 which will be submit
ted to the voters
election. The purpose of the mayor
appearing before the board was to ex
plain the situation that confronts the
A'
at next Tuesday's
city with respect
which in brief is this: The present
frame tire station has been in service
tor upwards of twenty years and Us
condition is such that not less than
$3C00 and probably considerable more
must he spent on it in the way of ub
1 solutely necessary repairs. With this
done the city will be no better off so
far as the benefits of fire protection
are concerned, as it would result in no
reduction of insurance
to lire protection.
I
rates, no bet
ter protection to the expensive fire
equipment, and in no saving to the
taxpayers in any way. In fact. it
■ would be a direct outlay without com
(pensating benefits.
It was this situ
Toolc explained, that
to take up the
question ot building a new brick fire
lation. Mayor
1 caused the council
! proof fire station and which,
■ thorough investigation.
after
they
have
i concluded from every point of view a
j new building would be an advantage
to the city, rather than to spend more
money on the old station,
therefore decided to submit the
It
vas
prop
osition to the taxpayers and the mayor
urged the business
men to give the
matter their earnest consideration.
The Advantages.
Mayor Toole stated that the
propos
ed bond issue did not include the pur
chase of ground and that no definite
! the location,
1 estimated that the bonds would bear]
not to exceed 5% per cent Interest,
j w f,i c h would mean an annual interest
! C harg-e of $1375. As against this he
pointed out that the proposed building!
j would contain an office and court
| room lor the city clerk and police
; magistrate which would represent
j direct SilV ing of $180 a year now being
patd in r en t for accommodations
decision had been reached
•egarding
If the site of the old
j building is used it will be necessary
I to purchase 18 feet of ground along-*
side the building, which could be tak
,'en care of out of current funds.
surance rates generally as a result of
lihe construction of a modern fire sta
tion. Altogether the mayor pointed
out that the direct benefits that would
accrue to the city and property own
cis would go far toward offsetting the
annual interest charge, Throughqut
his remarks Mayor Toole discussed
the question as a practical business
proposition of great importance to the
business men and property owners 0 f
they
for
that officer.
It would also result in a
reduction of the insurance rate on the
fire station Itself from 6V9 per cent
now paid on the old station to 1V4
cent on the new.
probably be a slight reduction in
per
There would also
in
the city, and one upon which
should register a definite expression
next Tuesday. It was further pointed
out that the city is without indebted
ness and that if the bonds are voted
they can be paid without imposing a
burden upon the taxpayers.
Business of the Board.
D, A. Callahan, chairman of the for
est fire protection committee, stated
that his committee had no report to
make, but made the suggestion that
as next week is fire protection week,
the discussion of forest fire protection
might be made the special order for
the meeting of the board next week.
This suggestion was adopted.
A letter from the Northwest Tour
ist Camp association invited member
ship at the rate of $5 per year, this
fee securing advertising for the Wal
lace camp in the official publication.
The matter was referred to the pub
licity committee.
E. F. Mackey, chairman of the pub
licity committee, reported that the
committee had under consideration
advertising matter for distribution at
the tourist camp, but was awaiting
estimates of cost.
Butte Visitors.
Chas. A. Booking, of Butte, general
manager of the Butte & Superior Mi
ning company, and Earl V. Davier, as
sistant general manager, spoke briefly
in appreciation of the courtesies ex
tended to them during their visit
the Coeur d'Alencs.
The reason for the terrific pressure
exerted by water when it freezes re
mains unknown, but the expansion is
almost irresistible, and can burst a
hydraulic cylinder capable of sustain
ing a pressure of 12 tons to the square
to
inch.
RICH ARGENTINE 00E
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VISITED BY CAMPBELL
Making Regular Shipments—
Character of Ore Insures
Good Profits
FTKK BEING dormant and al
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In'now, seems to he entering upon a long
* period of profitable production. These
1 leasers are Milton W. Emmett. Carl
most forgotten for many years,
it remained for a group ot
Kellogg leasers to rejuvenate
the old Argentine mine, about two and
'a half miles west of this city, which
A
! hill brothers, all of Kellogg. A care
ful investigation convinced them that
' there was a large amount of pay ore
1 available in the old workings, to say
nothing of the possibilities of deeper
development. The Argentine Mining
company was thereupon organized,
practically all of the stock of which is
held by the leasers named above. To
tinanee the enterprise was no small
Nelson, John Stoykoff and the Stone
undertaking, for it was evident that
tc place the property on a productive
basis would require a large expend!
ture.
[sight, financing the proposition was
But with the showing of ore in
taken up with confidence and energv
that spelled success. Up to date up
wards of $10.000 has been expended in
developing and equipping the proper
ty and the company is now shipping
ore which should soon return the in
vestment and place the Argentine in
the dividend class. Since taking over
tlie property the leasers have accom
plished much in the way of prospect
ing and development work, provided
electric power, built a tramway more
than 2000 feet in length, ore bins at
each end of the tram, rebuilt the com
pressor building and within the past
few weeks have installed an electric
hoist.
Visited by Mine Inspector.
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Last Tuesday # the Argentine was
visited by Stewart Campbell, state
mine inspector, accompanied by Milton
! W ' Emmett - manager of the company.
jjcJUpon their return Mr. Campbell and
Mr. Emmett gave a most interesting
I account of what has been done and is
doing at this new old mine. The for
Inter owners had sunk a shaft 200 feel
(from the main tunnel and from this
two levels have been opened, one at
(100 feet below the tunnel and the
er from the bottom of the shaft.
(the lower level the drift has been run
in ore for 50 feet, and the face, as de
scribed by Mr. Campbell, shows five
feet of siderite or spathic iron and
Hiroughout the full width of which!
there Is a liberal distribution of gray
copper. This ore carries an average
of 10 ounces of silver to the ton, ac
col 'dlng to smelter returns, and the
showing in the face is a duplicate of
1 the ore for t,le P ast 50 feet ' On the
1 100 IeveI the showing is practically the
same with the exception that the shoot(of
is abou t four feet wide. In an old
tunnel 800 feet above the bottom of
the shaft Mr. Emmett says there is
18 inches of ore that assays 18 ounces
in ■ < d lve ''. indicating that the shoot
widens and becomes richer as depth is
gained. Mr. Campbell was most fav
On
t
|orabl y impressed with the showing at
Hie Argentine as a whole and did not j
hesitafe lo predict that it will be- I
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come an important producing mine.
Ore Shipments.
this the
is shipping at the rate of a carload of
50 tons a day, with 14 men on the
pavroll, and Mr. Emmett stated that |
within two weeks shipments would be
increased to two carloads a day. The 1
ore is shipped to the Bunker Hill
smelter after concentration at the
Sweeny mill. The ore is highly desir
able for smelting and the company has
the advantage of most favorable treat
ment terms.
usual facilities for a small
for delivering the ore from Hie mine j
The skip is automat
The company has un- (
p roper t y
to the railroad.
icaliy loaded from a skip pocket and |
hoisted to a bin on the tunnel level,
transferred to cars which
to the tramway bin.
ore is conveyed by gravity to the
deposited direct to the railroad cars.
railroad bin. from which the ore is
deliver it
From here the
In addition to the large amount of
ore aavilable in the mine, the man
agement estimates that the old dump
contains between 8000 and 9000 tons j
of ore that will average 15 ounces to
the ton which will yield a substantial
profit.
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extend the shaft 200 feet deeper, also j
consideration is being given to drift-j
ing from the Vulcan tunnel a short j
distance east of the Argentine work- j i
ingg This ia an jd Pa j p i an for deep
development and providing a perman
ent out i e t for the mine. The Vulcan ;
1__
Deeper Development.
Plans are now being considered
(Continued on Page 2.)
ROY MARCELLUS RETURNS
FROM THE
ANTIPODES
ON HIS WAY TO LONDON
Mr. and Mrs.
rived in W; Pace
Roy Marcellus ar
i li is week from
Hobart. Tas uania, which has been
their home
or the past six years
is mi his
Mr. Marcellas
London and
the United
soon thereafter
way to
expects to return to
and
States.
n
return
from San Francisco,
remain
Ans
to
tralia, sailing
M ra.
Marcellus
ill
in
Wallace
H. C. Adumi and Mrs. A. Keat
ing.
visiting her sisters. Mrs
and
«ill Inter
visit another
sister. Mrs. Herbert Ling. in Oak
land, California,
join her husband upon his
to the antipodes. WMi
is a former resident
she
« ill
re!I i a
Mr, Marcellus
of Wallace.
having come
here
twelve
some
ard was for a time con
d'Alene
years agi
nected with the Coeur
Iron Works as mechanical engin
eer. He was later connected with
the General Engineering company
with
headquarters
Spokane,
the Ana
A naconda,
where lie remained until about six
at
From there he went lu
con da
company
at
years ago, when he accepted
position with tlie Australia Elec
trolytic Zinc company, of Hobart.
Tasmania, This company has
practically tlie same process as
tlie Anaconda and has an output
of 150 tons of metallic zinc a day,
much of which finds a market in
Europe. Mr. Marcellus is now
connected with the Hume
company, manufacturers of
ment pipe, witli head office in
London.
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BIG HI HAS 6HICHT
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CONDITIONS FAVOR WIDE EX
TENSION OF PRODUCTIVE
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AREA.
While the productive area of the
Big creek section of the
Coeur
yet
ly defined, there exists no doubt
the mind of those who have made
I up.
careful study of the situation that this
area will he extended and that more
productive ore bodies will he opened
This applies in particular to the
from the west
on
| section located south
fork and east from Kellogg peak.
which is located tlie famous Bunker
Hill & Sullivan mine. From the pres
ent outlook it appears that consider
oth-fable development work
during Hie coming year,
ore.
is a steady producer, also
Creek Mining company,
& Sullivan company which has taken
it over on a five-year lease and agreed
to advance the sum of $100,000 to
Big Crock company. Tlie general run
the concentrates of these producers
is about 200 ounces of silver per ton,
but special samples of ore have given
results of 2500 ounces per ton.
properties are located in what is lo
cally known as Hie dry ore belt. A
number of other promising properties
are located in this belt , which arc
'HI be car-i
ried out on properties in this district
The Big creek district lias now twoj
properties located near the mouth of
Hie creek producing high grade silver
The Sunshine Mining company
the Big
The latter is
now in the hands of the Bunker Hill
These
worthy ol especial mention. Among
these are the holdings of Hie Sterling
Silver
This
Mountain
company,
(company has exposed a strong
similar in character
to that of the
The
vein
Sunshine anil Big Creek mines,
«howing in the face of Hie drift is said
to be very g«cd and a number of par
tles have of la *e endeavored to obtain
a least ' on the property, but the com
P an >' is as undecided in the mat-i
ter Considerable development work
is Panned for this property this sea
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First National.
Near the forks of Big creek is noted
n F at this point.
' on that the great lead-silver mines
of the Wardner district are located,
which hold the record of probably
a change in the character of the for
mation, the Revett quartzite appear
It is in this forma
eastern extension of these ore
'-»dies may prove equally productive,
The Revett formation where exposed
having paid greater dividends than
an >' other area of like mineral depos
its ever discovered, and it is possible
on Big creek is said to have a width
fabout one and a half miles and
within which there are a number of
One of these
promising properties.
the First National
Ltd.
Silver Mines,
The holdings of this company
are quite extensive, comprising a solid
group of 33 claims, of which 7 claims
are patented. A remarkably well de
fined vein traverses the property in
an easterly-westerly direction, çrop
ping out boldly and abruptly in var
0 us places. The first work done on
u,« property was for the purpose
determining the dip of the vein
through the sinking of a shaft about
of
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Gil LEDGE SHAFT
SINK 10 800 LEVEL
START WORK THIS W EEK
Chicago Capital Back of Big
Mining Enterprise on the
North Side
HE GIANT Ledge
organization that has taken
over the Giant Ledge
on tlie North Side, a few miles
above Murray.
r
new
property
has completed all ar
and will proceed at
I rangements
f to carry out
j plans.
once
importa nt
development
Last Tuesday afternoon John
J.
Stanford,
mining engineer
Ikonwn in this city where he
j ly resided, now of Spokane. «
tlie Giant Ledge accompanied by
I Geo. E. Höllenstein,
of long and varied
well
formèr
ent over
I •
if Boise,
miner
experience in tlie
mining states of the west ami Mexico,
J who will lie in charge of operations,
'•'he development of tlie property will
lie under tlie general direction of Mr.
I Stanford
in his capacity as consult
ing engineer for Hie company, it wa
upon his report that the sale of tlie
Giant Ledge
vus made to the present
owners and he will continue
to give
much of his time toward placing it
Ion a productive basis.
The controll
ing ownership of the company is held
by u group of Chicago
headed by H. K. Bali, who was here
capitalists
a
few
weeks ago to visit the property
and confer witli Mr. Stanford.
Sink 400 Feet.
In response to an inquiry regarding
development plans, Mr. Stanford said
that lie hesitated to make any defin
ite statement
in that respect except
in the most general terms. The first
thing to be done was to unwater the
mine, which would take considerable
time, as there are more than 200» feet
of underground workings and the flow
of water is at the maximum at this
time. The company has both water
pumping.
Mr. Stanford said steps
With Hie mine unwalered.
vould be tak
on to extend the shaft 100 feet deeper.
,
I making its total depth 800 feet.
! the same lime development would be
At
1 Iahen up on the present 100 level, the
i main feature of which would be drift
I ing southeasterly, and which he fully
! expected would disclose much ore, as
! il will
he in a quartzite
formation
with all other conditions favorable. If
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the[dltlons, the former management of
| the Giant Ledge accomplished much
development work, showing up con
]siderable ore which fully justifies Hie
a g°°d showing of ore.
drift was run quite
northeasterly to get under a shout of
Fold, ore which had been opened by
former owners of the property. A
t,liH expectation proves correct, there
j w di be vast sloping ground above the
I drift and the work will practically as
H,lre a Ia, ge amount of ore to be tap
J ,ed by levels from the shaft below.
j I hese are (be
, ,be development plans, and the pre
diction is freely made that they will
|i"landing features of
( result in making a productive mine of
I the Giant Ledge.
Property Well Equipped.
In spite of prolonged adverse con
more pretentious plans now to be
(carried out. On the 200 level there is
On the 400 a
a long distance
drift was also run In the opposite dl
rection on this level which exposed a
promising shoot of lead-silver
ore,
and Gie present management regards
1this the most favorable place to take
|'P th ® development on this level.
j 'caving the gold for future consider
I ati °n
development, it is evident
former management regarded it econ
j om y to install the best equipment and
P'ovide the most substantial buildings
1 for a " p " rp08 '"'- As a result the new
In doing this large amount of
that the
company finds little lacking in this re
j s P ec t and can proceed with develop
;ment without delay or large prelim
inary expense,
provided with both water
The
compressor is
and elec
tric power, pumps, electric hoist,
blacksmith shop, machine shop,
mill and all buildings
shape and ready for service,
new company
i enterprise w hich
| ance *° * be ^°rth Side.
saw
are in good
The
is understood to be
and all conditions
seem favorable to the success of this
( strong financially
is of first import
BUTTE VISITORS.
i Prominent Mining Men Inspect Mines
of the District.
Charles A. Rocking, of Rutte, gen
eral manager of the Butte & Superior
Mining company, and Earl V. Davier,
assistant general manager, arrived in
Wallace the first of the week for the
purpose of familiarizing themselves
with mining operations and methods
In the Coeur d'Alene district,
mine managers placed every facility
at their disposal and upon their de
parture the Butte visitors were pro
fuse in expressions of appreciation for
c-ourtesies shown them.
Ths