The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-10-03
NINING NEWS Of THE week
NORTHWEST Is MORE ACTIVE
,.<eresting ltems Of . Miscellaneous
Nature Gathered During the Past
week-All Districts Showing Vast
MISREPRESENTATION Mines Begin-
ning to ship-Mining Accidents.

Bradshaw and Freethy of Butte, and
Dayey and Stephen sof Marysville,
Mont, four Of the Spokane drillers,
will enter the big contest at Leadville,
Col, for the worlds championship.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
D. C. Corbin's King Solomon mine in
Copper camp Is now steady shipper
to the CRANKY smelter. 1t will ship
three carloads week. There are 1000
tons on the dump.
The London and British Columbia
Goldffelds 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-
organised 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 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 a
capacity Of $50 to 1900 tons day will
be completed within five weeks.
Howard c. Waters 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-12 months from
September i, 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 banned in his attempt to suicide
by taking poison. because Of the prompt
efforts Of 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 J. A. Leckie, M. E., and
Aeneas Shaw Of Greenwood have just
returned from trip to the headwaters
Of the Tulameen river, where they To-
Gated 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, 8. H. G. Miner, At has been decid-
ed. after conference with Jay p.
Graves. the general manager, and A. c.
Flummerfelt, the assistant general
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 at
once, but Is their construction will &C.
cupy three or four months the plant
will not be brought up to the maxi
mum capacity before ne0t spring. A
converter Ia also being installed in con-
nection with the enlargement now in
progress.
Possibly no mine in the Boundary
has had q greater variety Of ups AMI
downs than the Winnipeg, located In
Wellington camp, q little over two
miles from Phoenix. II ie a pleasure to
state that at present the prospects Of
this property becoming one Of the large
mines Of the Boundary are decidedly
bright Shipments from the new ore
bodies were resumed about month
ago, and several oars Of ore have been
sent out each week to the CRANKY smell
ter. This ore varies considerably in
value, but It 10 reported that one car
gave net returns OF 334 per ton. Others
probably did not run as high, but still
were encouraging to the directors.
MINING NOTES.
There 10 much activity now In the
Pierre lake mining district north Of
Spokane.
Manager Hedges Of the Wauconda
Gold Mining company reports that the
recent discoveries Of high grade ore
body is even more promising than first
appeared.
The management Of the Princess