The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-12-14

the year TO the end or November as fOl- |
lows: January, 1,49S,000; February,
794 1000; March, 1,717.000; April 1885,
600; May. 3,036,000; June. 4,573,000; |
July, 1881 900; August, 2,4SS,265; Sep |
TENDER, 4,011 ,000 October, 4,S9S,140; |
4,740,00Q. Total, 81 ,636. 4S5. |
During the month the Payne shipped
1915 tons via Sandon; the Last Chance
shipped S54 tons; SLOGAN Star, 142
tons; Ruth, 112 tons; Trade Dollar SO
tons; American Boy, 81 tons; Sover-
eign, 40 tons and Cube Lode 15 tons.
or this the Canadian Pacific railway
handled 631 tons and the Kaslo & Slo-
can 1889 tons. This makes the Payne
the largest shippers, 46S,000 pounds
of ore having been shipped from that
mine during the month.
The CRANKY smelter, which was
blown in on August 81, has in los
working days treated $4,000 tons of
ore. which yielded 1850 tons of so per
cent matte. This is equivalent to S25
tons or 10000 pounds. of metallic
copper, in addition to the gold and sill
yer values. 1t requires no extraordi-
nary knowledge to figure out that the
annual turnover of the smelter, with
its daily capacity of 500 tons, will con-
siderably exceed 100000. The plant
will be doubled early in the next year,
when a matte converter will also be in
stalled. OF the ores above referred TO-
1000 tons was custom ore from Bound
airy and Republic mines, the rest being
contributed by the Knob Hill, Old Iron
sides, Victoria and City of Paris mines.
"The CRANKY smelter is clearing 5000
per day." was the comment of Paul
Johnson, superintendent of the Mother
Lode smelter at Greenwood. Under con-
tract 200 tons of the monthly product
of the CRANKY smelter is sent to re-
finery at Swansea, Wales. The great
err part is refined in New York
After being closed eight months,
the Brooklyn mine in the heart of
Phoenix camp, started operations re-
Gently.
Fifty tons of sacked ore from the
Morning Glory mine in Republic have
been received at the CRANKY smelter.
Another shipment of similar size is ex.
pected immediately.
The we'll known Buckhorn group
which is situated about 20 miles north
of Bonners Ferry, on Deer creek, has
been bonded by M. d. Winters of Spo
kane. The deal, which was made in
Spokane few days ago, is of great
importance to the mining industry OF
this locality, because this group is con
sidered the most promising property
in the Deer Creek district, and If II
equals expectations many other claims
which possess good surface showings
will be developed. A cash payment o.
$4,000 was made and $1,000 more ad
vanced for development work. The
balance is to be paid in 80 days.
The Rossland-Bonanza Mining com
pany has secured the Our Hope claim
adjoining the Bonanza on the dip sid'
of the Bonanza vein
The st. Eugene, at Moyie, B. c., ha.
contracted to furnish $1,000,000 worth
of silver-leaf ore annually to the Gug
genheim smelter at Antofogasta. Chill
MINING NOTES.
Francis T. Freeland of Aspen, Col.
has been appointed general manager o
the Frisco Consolidated Mining com
pany, Ltd, of Gem, Idaho, and he hal
selected Gus Gutenberg as assistan
manager and A. d. Marshall as min'
foreman.
The plan of employing men for th'
Mullan and Canyon Creek mines by al
agent in Wallace, Idaho, has been il
effect just week, and during that tim
the opponents of the plan have express
ed themselves in no uncertain term
as believing that it is much wors
and more unfair plan than the permi
system, which has been the object o
so many attacks during the year and {
half that it has been in effect in tn
Occur d'Alenes.
The Murray Development compan.
has commenced sinking on the cope
ledge which crosses Prichard creek, jus
above Murray Idaho. This ledge wa
discovered when the ground was beini
worked for placer gold in 1884, nativ
copper being found on the surface an,
considerable chunks of it came from
the sluice boxes for some distanc
down the creek. Little was thought o
it at that time copper ore under sucl
circumstances having no value, but tn
ground was located and has been he'll
ever since Barry ~ Hillard becam
, one of the owners years ago, and sine
he began operating around Murray il
an extensive way he has succeeded i
having the Murray Development con
pany undertake its development.
, shaft house has been built and tn