The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1902-07-04
out and South Carolina taking its

out and South Carolina taking It'll
place.
Recent developments in the lowel
workings on the Lucille Dreyfus, neal
Danville, Wash. have shown up the
finest body Of high grade copper, golt
and silver ore yet encountered In thai
district.
Mr.. M. d. Stackpole, for long time
on Capt. ]. r. De Lamar's staff oi
expert millmen, has accepted a posi-
tion with the Cyanide Recovery com
pany, of Denver, Colo, and has opened
an office at 4is Dooly block, Salt Lake
City.
A 75-ton concentrator is being In
stalled on the Badger mine at Susan
vile.
New machinery is being installed on
the Easter Sunday mine on Sulph.de
mountain, about twelve miles east ol
Orient, Wash. The Easter Sunday
group is owned and operated by the
Wauhegan & Washington Mining and
Smelling Co.
The Morning Mining company is
building an addition 40xS0 feet to its
concentrator at Mullan, Idaho. The
new building is designed for an ad
ditiOnal vanner room in which machin.
cry will be installed for saving shines
that now go into the South Fork.
The gold output Of the Rand mines
for May was 138,6O2 ounces, an in
crease OF 1904 ounces over April;
an increase Of BATS ounces over
March; an increase Of 57.197 ounces
over February, and an increase of
6a.262 ounces over January produc-
ton.
The strike. which at one time
threatened to assume serious proper
tions at Butte, has been harmoniously
adjusted. and building and mining
operations. which were temporarily re-
tarded in consequence, have been re-
sumed with increased vigor. The big
mines are running their full compile
ment Of labor, with largely increased
pay rolls.
The White Knob has closed it's
mine, smelter and other enterprises at
Mackay, Idaho, and abandoned them
indefinitely. Construction of the i'm
mense plant was commenced last Oc-
tober. 1t includes an electric railway
and smelter with capacity OF 600
tens per day. 1t is estimated that
fully million dollars have been in
vested in the enterprise.
During the meeting of the Interna-
tional Mining Congress, to be held in
Butte, Mont, in September next, the
large rooms occupied by Western Min
Ing World branch offices at Butte will
be the headquarters for all mining
men and visitors. All conveniences
will be at their disposal, where they
can receive their mail, kilograms, and
transact their business.
The Occur d'Alene mine owners and
the smelling trust have agreed on the
terms which govern the output of the
north Idaho lead mines for the next
six months. The tonnage will be in
creased 20 per cent. and the price will
remain 31s cents a pound. The in
creased output will give employment
to $50 more miners than are now at
work in the district. The new deal
goes into effect on July /.
The steamer Dolphin has arrived
from Skagway bringing down from
Dawson $1,000,O00, most of which was
taken on to Seattle. A systematic
search is being made for new placer
fields in the Yukon territory. Opera
tions have been commenced on the
Hootalinqua river, and if unsuccessful
there, the search will continue OH
down the Yukon river below Five Fin
gers. prospecting the streams flowing
north from that point.
A 75-ton concentrator will be com
pleted on the Badger mine at Susan
vile, Oregon, inside Of thirty days,
when work will be started on several
thousand tons Of ore on the dump.
The Badger is regarded as one of the
real mines Of Grant county. 1t is
owned by the Bunker Hill and Sulli-
van people and is gold, lead and
silver property. A force Of about 80
men is employed. It is being worked
at the 50O-foot level. E. P. Kennedy,
it's superintendent, intends running
the concentrator by water power. The
Badger people have obtained con-
trolling interest in the Elk Creek
Water Power company. Many of the
small surrounding properties are max
ing contracts with the Badger to con-
centrate their ore, but the Badger
owners themselves have been buying
up as many Of the nearby prospects
as they could make deal on. The
Stockton, another promising Susan
vile property, is down $50 feet and is
working ten men.
Electric Car Jumped Track.