The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-10-04
BRITISH COLUMBIA.

ID. Z. Corbin'S King Solomon mine in
Copper camp is now a steady shipper
to the CRANKY smelter. 1t will shin
three carloads a week. There are ]. 1000
tons on the dump.
The London and British Columbia
Goldfields has thrown up it's $3.50, 900
bond on the Eva group, owned by the
Development syndicate of Nelson and
situated on Lexington mountain. in the
Lardo.
The Waterloo company will be re-
organized on an assessable basis-new
stock for old, share for share. 1t may
be assessed up to the total of four
cents. The mine is in Camp McKin-
ney.
The construction of an Independent
smelter on an adjoining site for the
City of Paris and other mines, which
are to be consolidated into a separate
corporation, will also likely be under
taken next summer.
There will be no hating stages in the
development of the mining and smelt-
ing of the CRANKY company. The en-
largement of the present plant from
capacity of $50 to 1900 tons day will
be completed within five weeks.
Howard c. Walters has leased to Will
liam Fowler, we'll known in the Bound
airy and American Okanogan districts.
the Providence mineral claim, situate
near Greenwood, for IL months from
September l, inst, the lessee to bear
all costs of working Same and to pay
lessor 10 per cent of net returns of all
ore sold.
Once baffled in his attempt to suicide
by taking poison, because of the prompt
efforts of a physician, John Schneider.
prisoner in the Grand Forks Jail, sue
ceeded recently in making way with
himself by deliberately opening three
arteries in his wrists and neck. When
found by Chief of Police Mcmillan he
was in his last gasp Schneider is a
prospector who had resided in the
Boundary for several years
Lieutenant ]. A. Leckie, NJ E., and
Aeneas Shaw of Greenwood have Just
returned from a trip to the headwaters
of the Tulameen river, where they To-
Gated a nickel claim. The deposit is
believed to be very extensive. but no
work has been done in the way of de-
velopment. The discovery is notewor.
thy, as nickel hitherto has not been
found in the province in paying guam
titles. A small stringer of nickel was
found near Fort Steele several years
ago, but the showing did not Justify
development.
Since the arrival there of the presi.
dent, S. H. c. Miner, it has been decid
ed, after a conference with Jay P
Graves, the general manager, and A. c.
Flummerfelt, the assistant genera,
manager, to continue the enlargement
Immediately in order to bring the ca
pacity up to the 1000 tons daily. Two
additional furnaces will be ordered al
once, but as their construction Will oc
cupy three or four months the plant
will not be brought up to the maxi
mum capacity before next spring. A
converter is also being installed in con
nection with the enlargement now il
progress.
Possibly no mine in the Boundary
has had a greater variety of ups am
downs than the Winnipeg, located il
, Wellington camp, a little over tw;
q. miles from Phoenix. 1t is pleasure t.
state that at present the prospects O
this property becoming one of the larg,
mines of the Boundary are decided!
bright. Shipments from the new or
bodies were resumed about a month
ago, and several cars of ore have beer
sent out each week to the CRANKY smel
ter This ore varies considerably il
value, but it is reported that one ca
gave net returns of $94 per ton. Other
probably did not run as high, but still
were encouraging to the directors.