Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-11-04


berley. 1t will be $500 feet in length.
The Quebec-Boundary Mining com
pany is pushing work on the Straw.
berry and Orphan Boy claims which 1t
recently acquired.
In spite of the long-continued strike
more than 700 miners are at work in
the SLOGAN. Nearly all of them are EN-.
ployed on mines not included in the
Owners Association.
Cascade prospectors should know
that If the demand and use of copper
increases at the same ratio during the
next ten years as it has in the past de-
cade, the present production will have
TO be doubled to meet the demand.
In the final settlement of the affairs
of the o. X. company, Sheep Creek, the
creditors will be paid in full, but the
shareholders will receive nothing, al
though their stock represents an invest
ment of 20 and 80 cents per share.
The Humming Bird, north fork of
the Kettle river, has 200-foot incline
shaft. In the bottom the vein has be-
come almost vertical, and the twelve
feet of ore measured is claimed to aver
age $40 ton. There are 1000 tons on
the dump and 1000 of this class of ore
on the dump.
Already the output of Rossland camp
has passed the 5000 ton mark, and it
may soon be expected to equal 10000
tons per week. The lie Roi has doub-
led its capacity, and will in future ship
400 tens daily from the mine alone.
Meanwhile shipments from the dump
Will be made at the rate of 200 tons
per day, in addition, so that the mine
will actually ship 4200 tons per week.
The War Eagle is producing 1000
tons per week, and the Centre Star can
be relied upon to furnish at least 1000
tons weekly until its hoist is in place.
when the output will be equal to the
War Eagles. These three mines-The
lie Roi, War Eagle and the Centre Star
will ship 1900 tons per week, or over
1000 tons daily, and this is not all, for
when the War Eagle and the Centre
Star make their contemplated improve
ments, it will bring the output of Ross
land up to 10000 tons per week.
These figures do not include the pro-
duction of the Iron Mask, l. Y. L., Vir-
ginia, Columbia and Kootenay, or the
Josie and No. l, which are preparing
to join the shippers.
The increase in the output of the lie
Roi is made possible by improvement
in the shaft. The knuckle on the 800
foot level has been cut away and the
skip can be raised clear to the surface
at full speed-1500 feet per minute. Su-
perintendent Wilson started work with
full force after the recent shutdown
for repairs.
MINING NOTES
Nevadas mining outlook has never
been SO favorable.
Zinc ore has been found in McPher-
son county, Kansas.
Southern California has 1000 mines
and prospects in operation.
Operations have been resumed on the
Gold Hill claim, near Keller.
Idaho also comes forward with big
tunnel enterprises in the older gold re-
gions of the state.
The Rocky Mountain states are now
entering upon the most prosperous per-
iod in their history.
Last year 100000 pounds of alum
mum, valued at $1,716,OO0, were pro-
duced in the United States.
A contract for 150-foot shaft on the
Delhi, a promising property on Shaw
mountain, near Boise, Idaho, has been
let. Indications are promising.
A dredge is being erected by the
Florence Gold Mining company at Flor
ence, Idaho. The number of dredges
in the state is increasing rapidly.
Ore similar to that of Index, and in
large quantities, is reported to have
been found in the Leavenworth dis
trict, on the east side of the Cascades.
The Magnolia group on Miller noun
tain, has been bonded to a Boston COM
pany for 100000 the company agree
ing to extensively develop the proper
ty this coming winter.
The copper belt which crosses the
country just south Of Mullan, Idaho, is
attracting a good deal of attention. 1t
has already been shown that there are
a number OF veins running through
there which carry ore assaying we'll in
| gold and copper on the surface. The
only question is as to whether they will
carry their values with depth.
The United States still occupies the
second place as a silver producing coun-
! try to which it was relegated by Mex
leo in 1897. In 1898 it produced 54,438,-
| 600 ounces fine of silver, with a COM