Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1901-08-16


the ore can be hauled OUT, the mines
will ship Is cars month from now on.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
The Wonderful mine in the SLOGAN,
has started shipping ore and will try
to keep up regular shipments.
The CRANKY smelter during last week
treated 4463 tons of ore. The total ton
mage treated to date Is 1858 tons.
The American Boy mine in the Slo-
can. Is showing up well, and the COM
pany will increase Its force in few
weeks.
The Rambler-C ariboo directors make
glowing promises of dividend every
60 days. They say improvement in the
mine has been nothing short Of phe-
nomenal and the earnings will be
doubled.
For the last month or two the size
Of the ore body in the Wilcox, as we'll
as It's average values have been stead
lily increasing until today 1t is unques-
tionably the richest shoot of ore in the
Ymir camp.
the week were: Rambler Cariboo, 100
tons, value $11,2O: SLOGAN Star, 126
tons, value $12,286: Last Chance, AZ
tons, value 1891. From Rossland:
Iron Mask, 1000 tons; LeRoi, $50 tons.
Another dividend Of $4,000 has just
been distributed to the shareholders of
the Ymir Mines. This brings the total
dividend returned to shareholders to
date up to $4,000. out of which $144,-
900 has been distributed during the
present year.
A pronounced improvement has come
over the mining situation III the SLOGAN
in the last three weeks, and the hard
luck stories are getting fewer. At least
200 men have been added to the forces
Of the camp and the list of working
properties is steadily increasing.
A deal has just been consummated at
Vancouver, B. c., by which the Brit
ANNA mines, one Of the richest copper
properties in British Columbia, has
passed into control Of an American syn
dictate. The Investment was made on
the report Of George H. Robbins, con.
suiting engineer of F. Augustus Heinze
Of Butte, Mont, who after inspecting
the property acquired a controlling in
terest on behalf Of his principals, hav-
ing invested 100000 in buying shares.
Under the new management the mine
will be actively operated and many i'm
provements made.
Amazing improvements are under
way at the lie Roi in Rossland and
! at the Northport smelter. where its
ores are handled. When the new ma
I chinery Is in place the handling Of the
ore will be automatic from the time
that 1t Is broken down in the slopes
until 1t lands in the furnace of the
smelter. During all that time it will
not be touched once by hand, nor will
1t be so much as shoveled. 1t Is hardly
stretch Of language to declare that
the ore will flow in an endless stream
from the slopes into the smelling fur.
naces IS miles away.
The improvements at the lie Roi are
practically completed. The new sur
face plant. which cost quarter of a
million dollars. was started in January
i"St. ~ haS capacity IOT udQullUE
about 1000 tons of ore in 10 hours. Sc
completely has machinery taken the
place of human labor that out Of the
late force of 700 men only about 20 pei
cent were muckers. The rest of tn,
crew was made up of skilled miners
engineers, mechanics and the like
When operations at the mine are reop
ened the workmen will have one Of tn,
! finest plants in the country.
/ Tho lie Roi Is peculiarly we'll suited
for economical mining. I. has an i'm
, mense body OF low grade ore. Slope
} 140 feet wide have been opened on tn
| 700 foot level. Ore is being quarrie,
) rather than mined across the whole O
. that extraordinary breast. The or
body extends with varying widths 70
1 a quarter Of mile.
, 1t was once the practice to pick n
+ the ore broken in the slopes and thro,
4 1t into the ore car. Now. however.
l chute is built underneath the stop,
and all the ore falls into it. The cal
man opens a gate at the bottom of tn
$ chute and the ore falls into the ca,
He wheels it to shaft and dumps it int