Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-11-23
BRITISH COLUMBIA.

OIu NORMAN, Oh spokane, mas DOnQeQ
the Transfer group, situated on the di-
vide to the south of the Arlington.
Matters are coming to head in con-
nection with the silver-lead industry of
the Kootenays. A smelter 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
and sale. Now the output will be sent
to the CRANKY smelter at Grand Forks,
where a converting plant is being in
stalled.
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 25
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 winze, 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 a year, was re-
sumed last week
Despite reports to the coni4'ary,
James Breen has neither resigned the
general managership nor sold out his
large interests in the Brooklyn and
Stemwinder group at Phoenix, owned
by the Dominion Copper company. Mr..
Breen is expected to visit Boundary
within a 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 smelr-
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 it will
be some time before the Canadian Pa
cific starts work on its proposed silver
lead refinery at Nelson. Before start
ing work on a proposition that will
require the investment of quarter of
a million dollars, w. A. Aldridge of the
Canadian Pacific company is seeking
information about sufficient supply of
lead matte to keep a 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
w. w. Werner, who is operating the
Wonderful mine in the SLOGAN saws
another rich body of ore has been
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 tunnel into it and has worked on
the vein with no wall in sight for a.
feet. The carbonates continue to show
up well. He has one car of ore on hand
ready to ship and he expects to get out
another during the month. The shin
ment of 20 tons which was made to the
Trail smelter last month gave net re-
turns of $1,000.
Oliver Wethered, one of the directors
of the London British Columbia
Goldfelds company has just returned
to London after visit of inspection
to all the properties in this country in
which his company is interested. The
results of his observations have been
published in the form of a circular to
the stockholders, which contains much
valuable information, particularly with
reference to the Ymir mines. He saws
that during the next year this property
will astonish those who have been the
strongest believers in its future.
The net profits for last month OF 500
900 shows that the profits are distinct.
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