Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-11-22
BRITISH MRIA.


Sid Norman, of Spokane. has bonded
the Transfer group, situated on the d.
vide to the south of the Arlington.
Matters are coming to head in con.
nection with the silver-leai Industry OF
the Kootenays. A smeiter and indie
pendent refinery may be established
The second payment of $4,000 on the
Bayonne group near Ymir, b. c., has
been made by A. l.. Davenport OF Spo-
kane. This property. which is a large
free-milling proposition, is situated
about 20 miles west of the lower end
, Of Kootenay lake.
A new departure has been made in
matte shipments from the Greenwood
smelter. Heretofore matte has been
sent direct to New York for refining
AID sale. Now the output will be sent
to the CRANKY smelter at Grand Forks,
where a converting plant is being in
stalled
J Paul Johnson, manager Of the smelt-
ing department of the British Column
bia Copper Company, and w. H. Thorn
as of New York consulting engineer,
have returned from Grand Forks, after
completing negotiations. The Green
wood smelter produces from 20 to IS
tons of matte per day. This amount
will be doubled early in January, when
| the second furnace is installed
Ore from the Lucille Dreyfus Mining
company is being delivered to the
CRANKY smelter at Grand Forks at the
rate of II tons per day. The output al
most equals the shipment. The ore Is
taken from the Wine. which Is down
80 feet below the tunnel level and still
holds both in values and size of ledge.
Work on the Surprise, which has been
suspended for nearly year, was re-
sumed last week.
Despite reports to the contrary,
James Breen has neither resigned the
general managership nor sold out his
i large interests in the Brooklyn and
Stemwinder group at Phoenix, owned
by the Dominion Copper company Mr.
Breen is expected to visit Boundary
within week. His expected coming
! has given rise to the belief that devel-
opment operations on the Brooklyn
group will be resumed without delay
A most important feature of the new
lead situation is likely to relate to the
attitude or the American Smelling and
Refining company toward British Co.
lumbia lead ores. At present the smet-
ing company refuses to buy ores from
/ British Columbia lead mines. The
smelling company is now considering a
plan by which it will re-enter the Brit
ish Columbia field, and will take at
least part Of the ores from the SLOGAN
and East kootenay.
The present outlook is that 1t will
be some time before the Canadian Pa.
cific starts work on its proposed silver
! lead refinery at Nelson. Before start
ing work on proposition that will
require the investment OF quarter OF
a million dollars, w. A. Aldridge of the
I Canadian Pacific company is seeking
information about sufficient supply OF
lead matte to keep 100 ton refinery
In daily operation. That quantity OF
matte would require about 10000 tons
OF silver-lead ore per annum, while the
output of the kootenays is only about
10000 tons.
w. w. Werner, who Is operating the
Wonderful mine in the SLOGAN says
another rich body of ore has beer
struck in the mine. He says that the
find has been made on the surface
where a slide revealed a large body OF
high grade carbonates. He has start
ed a tunnel into 1t and has worked on
the vein with no wall in sight for Il
feet. The carbonates continue to show
IN well. He has one car OF ore on hand
ready to ship and he expects to get on,
another during the month. The ship
ment Of 90 tons which was made to tbs
Trail smelter last month gave net re
turns OF 1920.
Oliver Wethered, one OF the directors
of the London & British CoIumbia
Goldfelds company, has just returned
to London after a visit OF inspection
to all the properties in this country In
which his company Is interested. Ths
results OF his observations have beer
i published in the form OF a circular u
the stockholders, which contains mucf
valuable information, particularly with
reference to the ymir mines. He say.
that during the next year this propert,
will astonish those who have been the
strongest believers in its future.
The net profits for last month Of }22,
900 shows that the profits are distinct