The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-06-10

before in mining circles in the history
Of the Boundary country. Hundreds
Of properties are being developed, but
the demand for mining still continues
The big War Eagle electrical plant
is now running full force.
The work Of grading the site for the
proposed CRANKY smelter on a bench
overlooking Kettle river. one mile from
Grand Forks, has commenced.
Recently the Crows Nest Pass coal
mines in East Kootenay shipped con-
signment of 100 tons of coke to the
smelter at Northport. The shelters
supply ordinarily comes from Pennsyl-
vania, and this is a trial shipment to
determine the relative merits of the
two.
The British-American Corporation,
1t Is said, has let contracts for four 1861
horsepower electrical hoists, to be d.
vided as follows among the mines OPP
Grated by the corporation: Two for
the lie Roi mine. one for the Number
One and one for the Josie.
On his return to the city recently,
Superintendent w. A. Carlyle. Of the
British American Corporation, an
nounced that he had received cable in
structions from the London office Of
the lie Roi company authorizing him
to go ahead with the elaborate plans
he had submitted for the further de-
velopment Of this famous producer.
Mr.. Carlyle's plans recommended the
of a new vertical six-compart-
ment shaft, arranged to have only four
compartments, two of which will be
double in size Of an ordinary compart-
ment. The dimensions of this new
shaft, inside timbers, will be 1918 feet.
The two cage compartment for hoist
ing purposes will be four feet four
inches by nine feet six inches. to con-
tain cage large enough to carry two
mine cars, or timber car. In one OF
the smaller compartments there will
be a cage for ordinary traffic. The
whole plant is on design powerful
enough to sink to depth of $500 feet,
with capacity OF from 1900 to 1900
tons per day.
The shaft will be sunk to depth Of
1000 feet with the utmost rapidity and
will take fully year to complete. It |
ID to be sunk from the end of a new
500-foot double track tunnel that will
be run In at point little above the |
plant, and from the place |
The shaft will be sunk to the surface |
will be distance Of about 225 feet. A
raise will be made of the same general |
of the tunnel to a height |
Of 100 feet, above the tunnel level, or |
l25 feet from the surface, at which |
point a large station will be cut out |
and here will be installed two enor-
nous and powerful electrical hoists of |
'00-horse power each.
MINlNG NOTES.
The Big Buffalo, In Idaho, has two |
'oot pay streak that Is remarkably rich |
and all ore being taken from the chute |
8 being kept separate.
Superintendent J. w. Cunningham of |
he United States assay office in Boise,
has completed his statement of the
mineral production Of the state Of Ida
40 for 1898. 1t shows falling of as |
with the production of 1897
II $138.607. The decrease in the gold |
production of 1898. as compared with
1897, amounted to $229,767, while the
decrease in silver production was $685.
$50. There was q marked increase,
lowever, In the lead production. Of
'397,940. The comparative production
s shown as follows:
1897 1898
aold .......... $2.125,S13 1896, 566
silver .......... 7,103,321 6,796,541
,oad 0E1 QC1 600 O7o