The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-11-29
BRITISH COLUMBIA.


Foreign ore shipments from Kaslo
for two weeks ending Saturday were:
Rambler-Cariboo, 263 tons, value $780,
1876; Reco, % tons, value 1884.
The Sunset mine, in Deadwood
camp, is rapidly nearing that period
when it will be able to enter the ranks
of the permanent shippers. With this
end in view work is to be hurried on
the completion of a 2,000-ton set of ore
bins.
The development of the Spitzee is
proceeding in a manner eminently sat
isfactory to the owners, principally
Rossland business men. The property
is located in the gulch between Red and
Deer Park mountains, almost due south
and about 500 yards from the LIE Ro;
mine in Rossland.
The shipments for the week closing
last Saturday aggregate $500 tons, di
vided as follows: LIE Roi, 300; lie
Roi No. 2, 1850; Rossland Greatwest-
ern nickel Plate), $50 tons. The
entire output was shipped to North
dump at the lie Roi went to Trail. The
total for the year to date is 262,91
tons, and since the resumption $3.50
tons.
The long crosscut tunnel ON the Buck
horn has finally encountered ore. The
Buckhorn is a promising gold-copper
claim, situated on Copper mountain
and is owned by the Monterey Gold
Mining company of Cleveland, Ohio
For many months work has been con-
fined to running a tunnel OF tap the
ore at depth of 800 feet. In nearly
surface measures so feet, was cut
showing vertical wall.
Ore shipments from Boundary mines
last week were about 1900 tons more
than the week previous. In detail
they were as follows: CRANKY mines
1927 tons; B. c. mine, 920 tons; Mother
Lode, 1896 tons; Winnipeg, 80 tons;
Snow Shoe, 80 tons; total for week
S053 tons; total for 1901, 1927, 44S tons
total for last year and this year, 425, oil
tons. The CRANKY ore went to the
CRANKY smelter; the Mother Lode ant
the B. c. ore went to the Mother Lode
smelter, and the Winnipeg ore went tt
the Trail smelter, while the Snow Shoe
shipment was sent to the Nelson smell
ter.
The enlargement of the CRANKY smell
ter plant is nearing completion. two
additional furnaces, with a joint capac
ity of $50 tons daily, are being in
stalled. The new converter plant will
have capacity of from $50 to 200 ton
of matte daily. AS the existing smelte
plant has recently been beating it's ear
ly records, there is every reason to be
lieve that the total smelling capacit.
will soon exceed 400 tons daily. TIL
power plant has been increased by
25O-horse power horizontal turbin
water wheel a 250-horse power eIectri
generator directly connected with tn
water wheel, making a total of 80
horse power developed for the use o
the smelter. This is exclusive of tn
250 horse power developed for the cit
of Grand Forks.
After four months of idlenss work /
to be started again the War Eagle an
the Center Star, at Rossland. Opera
lions have started at the Center Stal
where the pumpmen and engineer
commenced the task of unwatering tn
mine. That will take about one weel
and then active mining will commence
Operations in the War Eagle will con
mence as soon as the crew in the Ger
ter Star is filled. The Gooderhan
Blackstock interests, which control tn
mines, are not expected to make an cor
cessions to the union, and nonunio
men will take the place of the striker.
The lie Roi No. 2 and the Nickel Plat
are now being worked with nonunio
men. The successful opening of tn
War Eagle Center Star would mea
the breaking of the strike in RosslanC
as they, with the properties now worl
ing nonunion men, work So per cent {
: all the men in the camp when it
working at it's limit.
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