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WEST SHORE.
The special liquidator appointed by the Scottish Besion
court to represent the capitalists of that country owning the
Oregonian narrow gauge railway lines in the Willamette val
ley, had filed in Salem a quit claim deed conveying the proper
ty to Andrew K. leventer, who, in turn, hag transferred the
road to the recently-Incorporated Oregon Western Co., which
is iupioMd to represent Southern Pacific interests. This lust
transfer ms made for a consideration, including bonded in
debtedness, of $1 ,270,000. The Southern Pacific some time ago
obtained control of the Portland & Willamette Valley, and the
new purchase gives that company entire control of the railroads
of the Willauif tte valley, except the Oregon Pacific, extending
across the valley from Yaqulna bay. The Oregonian railway
includes a line from Hay's Landing through the east side of the
valley to Coburg, in Lane county, a distance of ninety miles,
and from Dm dee, on the west side of the river, to Airlie, In
Polk county, a distance of fifty miles, besides a branch four
miles In length from Sheridan to BalUton.
The flitt matting furnace in Idaho is now in successful
oieratlun at Mineral, In the Seven Devils copper district. It
has been at work all this month and the results thus far at
tained show that to be at least equal to the lead smelting pro
cess. The works have a capacity of smelting thirty tons a
day, which capacity may easily be doubled. The company
pays cash for ores. Mineral is the only camp in the northwest
tint has a local cash market for its ores. In the process of
matte smelting the ores are first mixed in the right proportions
to form a proer slag'and a suitably rich final product called
matte, and are then fused in a blast furnace, using coke as
fuel. The matte produced by this Porphyria company is said
to be the richest made in this manner in the United States,
carrying u it dues the valuable metals from many tons of ore
concentrated Into one. The matte Is shipped eastward for final
separation, and is purchased by refiners at so much per ounce
for the gold and silver contents.
A rich strike of silver ore has been made in the San Gabriel
canyon, I,os Angi ls county, California. The assays are of a
fabulously high character. The discovery of a good quality of
bituminous coal at Klsinore, San Diego county, is confirmed.
Three men took tfl.OOO in two weeka out of a mine at Chip's
flat. Sierra county, which bad Wen abandoned by the former
owners. The Idaho mine, in California, has declared regular
monthly dividends (or twenty years. The liig Bend mine is
now definitely announced to 1 in a solvent condition. The
most glowing accounts are given of a discovery of placer and
quarts mm,., in White Pine county, NVvada. The Mammoth
mine, In Ariiona, has been sold to an Knglish company on the
strength of having a million tons of $15 ore in eight The
placer and quarts mines along the Colorado river above Yuma
are retried u I doing well, (iood rerts come from many
of the Antona districts.
On the llnmertake lode, In Park canyon, .boat three miles
to U.e eastward of Itutte, Mont.,,., . ,,ft has leen sunk 80
feet. At or near the bottom cf the shaft . vein of comr ore
.1. feet wide , Wen cut, which is . .trong argument In favor
cj U.. copper lU on whh ,be Anaemia, Itutte A Huston and
I.ton i A Mot-lan. properties tn h., .,
of the lln.t, A Wun, that they have decided to sink a shaft
on the fa, Kvond ,h. Silver Bow mill to detern 1 nil et
l b M nown H ,w tWp tlli, hifl , u "JJJj
a pjUW.,, U will, aent deep enough to Mtletne n
talked of question of te!t continuance.
Finally the contract binding the Boston & Montana ton
pany to erect the big copper smelting and refining plant it
Great Falls, Montana, has been signed. The agreement coven
all the matters connected with the site and water power im
provements. It includes the construction of an immense dim
at the Black Eagle falls, which is to be completed by Septem
ber, 1890. The Boston & Montana company, on its pal, ipt
to erect both a copper smelter and a refinery, each of which
will be of large capacity. It Is estimated that the enterprise
will involve an expenditure of $1,500,000. The new enter
prise will retain in Montana millions of dollars which might
otherwise be expended for refining Montana copper in Balti
more, Newark, N. J., and elsewhere.
Beginning with January 1st next, the Rev. T. De Witt Til
mage, D.D., will become one of the editors of the Laditi'IIm
Journal, of Philadelphia. The famous prescher will have i
regular department each month, written by himself, with the
title " Under My Study Lamp." His first contribution will ip
pear in the January number of the Journal. Dr. Talmage'i
salary is said to be one of the largest ever paid for editorial
work.
The Silver Mountain Mining Company has been incorpo
rated in Montana with capital stock of $3,000,000. The field
of operations will be in Madison county, near Melrose, and the
head office in Butte. The Elliston Fluming Company, of Deer
Lodge county, has organized a scheme to build a flume through
nine miles of mountain country to float 1,000 cords of wood
per day to the Anaconda smelter.
The Oregon Railway & Navigation Co. has let the contract
for the construction of a new steamer to ply on Puget sound.
She will be a screw propeller about 245 feet long and thorough
ly modern In every paiticuUr. She will have a capicity for
300 passengers, and a speed of twenty miles an hour. Tin
boat ia being built in Portland. She is expected to be ready
for service early next Bummer.
The Oregon Railway & Navigation Co. has made a proposi
tion to build a branch line from LaOrande to Elgin, in the
Grande Ronde valley, Oregon, a distance of about twenty
miles. The proposition to the citlrens of LaGrande to pJ
7,000 to the company to build this line has been accepted and
all the money raised. The branch is eipected to be In opera
tlon early next summer.
Anent the prospective admission of Idaho to statehood
Boise City is asking for a federal building. The poet office
receipts there now exceed $7,000 per annum and when tin
amount reaches $8,000 that office will rank as a second elm
office.
Gtmania Is the name of a periodical recently established t
Manchester, New Hampshire. It is designed to aid in tlJ
study of German language and literature, and is pubtiiM
fortnightly, the subscription price being $3.00 a year.
The Great Northern, formerly the Manitoba railway and
its connections, will have engineers in the field all
selocting a route west from its line in Montana, bo that
construction work may be begun in the spring.
Electrical mining machinery ia being Introduced into
Wellington colleries of Vancouver island. Some other'0
provementa are being adopted from the Pennsylvania colM