The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-11-22
BRITISH COLUMBIA.

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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 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
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 OF the American Smelling and
Refining company toward British Co
lumbia lead ores. At present the smelt-
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 a part of the ores from the SLOGAN
and East Kootenay.
The present outlook is that it will
be some time before the Canadian Pa
cifc starts work on its proposed silver.
lead refinery at Nelson. Before start
ing work on a proposition that will
require the investment of a quarter OF
a million dollars, w. A. Aldridge Of the
Canadian Pacific company is seeking
information about a sufficient supply OF
lead matte to keep a 100 ton refinery
in daily operation. That quantity OF
b matte would require about 10000 tons
Of silverlead ore per annum, while the
output of the Kootenays is only about
= $4,000 tons.
w. w. Werner, who is operating the
I Wonderful mine in the SLOGAN says
another rich body of ore has beer
+ struck in the mine. He says that tn
find has been made on the surface
where a slide revealed a large body o
= high grade carbonates. He has start
I ed a tunnel into it and has worked OF
the vein with no wall in sight for 4!
+ feet. The carbonates continue to SHOW
d up well. He has one car of ore on han,
5 ready to ship and he expects to get OH
= another during the month. The ship
S ment of 20 tons which was made to tn
Trail smelter last month gave net re
turns of $1,000.
Oliver Wethered, one of the director
4 Of the London G. British Columbi;
t Goldfelds company, has just returne'
r to London after a visit Of inspection
7 to all the properties in this country il
; which his company is interested. TIL
5 results of his observations have bee
a published in the form of circular t
1 the stockholders, which contains niue
valuable information, particularly wit
reference to the Ymir mines. He say
that during the next year this propert
Q will astonish those who have been tn
: strongest believers in its future.
r The net profits for last month of S22
II 600 shows that the profits are distinct
ly progressing.