Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-11-30
MINING NOTES.

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tested In properties there.
MINING NOTES.
Although no new concentrates. y
been built in the Occur d'Alene. ?
year the milling capacity of the q
has been materially increased +
the possible exception Of the Pm,
Hill and Sullivan, which has been
rating its new plant, built last
after the destruction of its old 4
there is not a concentration in the q
d'Alenes that has not a greater cam,
than it had year ago.
The Mammoth mill was comn,.l
just at the beginning OF the year
before it ended an addition was put
to make room for more vanners 1
Whitley tables. At the same tin
Huntington mill was added. and
capacity Of the mill was thus incrs,
so to Is tons per day, while the ann
Of concentrates saved showed eve
greater increase than the amoum
crude ore handled. The milling ci
tailings was more perfect, and bec,|
of its greater slime capacity it Is d
BILE to crowd the jigs harder win
waste.
Before the completion of this
the Mammoth had been using thu
Gem mill, working it under a ID
AS soon as it was abandoned by
Mammoth the work of remodelp1
for the Hecla began, and it has
busy on Hecla ore ever since its CON
ton BY the changes made at that
the mill was enabled to handle cn|
erably more ore.
At the Standard the changes
mainly been in the addition of
slime machinery, which saves the
closer than before, and at the d
time permits more crowding al
The latest work there has been
building of more settling tanks, vi
are not yet quite completed.
At the Tiger-Poorman and the N
Consolidated the changes have
slight.
The Morning has added a lot OF
slime machinery. increasing the q
ity considerably.
The Empire State-Idaho com,
has added little slime capacity b
Last Chance mill, but the addk
there have not been what they u
had not the company been prep
to build new concentrator at and
point, which work is we'll under nj
The Little Silver King mill, ths
concentration Of the camp, is in
the same position as a year ago, q
that then it had just been starte
and by changes at different tins
has been increased viii
any material additions of machinl
The 10 concentrators running
a combined capacity Of about 4Sse
each "a hours, and except for few
days during the winter, when the
freezes in the fumes, and an occa
al shutdown on account of breakA
alterations, they are run to Their
capacity. twenty-five days out q
year is undoubtedly an ample
ance for idle time, so that at their
ent capacity they would handle J.
600 tons Of crude ore, and allowinl
tn lesser capacity Of the ~
months would indicate that ~
from 100000 tons of ore woul
through the c0ncentrators durine
last year Of the century.
The amount of concentration
this ore will have produced Is .
OF the Occur d'Alene mine owner
a fair estimate would be ton f6
eight tons Of crude ore, or an
gate output for the year of 1S7,5W
or concentrates, valued at about
100000. after allowing for the
smelling, of which one-third VI
the railroads for freight and the
ers for treatment, leaving the
to pay the 5000 mea
have been employed in taking On
working the ore. supplying me-
chinery. paying taxes and insul
increasing reserve funds and
to the owners.
The Bull Frog people are 1u
over what Is practically new
When the Bull Frog company
organized. about Is months g
company came into possession o
is known as the Wyandotte pN
consisting Of IL claims and q
mill at Loomis. Wash. This ws
dition to its 4S locations on
where it has done tns
cipal work and where the ores
gold-bearing and easily cyan'd0
main object in acquiring the
dotte property was to secure u
ide mill. a splendid plant, WIN
been installed at a large cost
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