Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-03-29
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New machinery is being installed in
Wauconda mine at Midway.
The big cyanide plant at the Yrnir
mine has resumed operations.
Work will begin Immediately on the
Old Germany claim, southwest of Che.
saw.
The mill at the Ymir mine. in the
Ymir district, will he enlarged and the
force of men doubled.
After turnelino 215o feet on the
Ymir mine, at Ymir the main ledge
was encountered on Friday at a depth
OF 1000 feet.
1t is rumored that the Canadian
smeter works at Trail have been sold
to the Gooderham Blackstock inter
ests controlling the Center Star and
War Eagle mines at Rossland.
During the approaching summer the
output from the Wild Horse section Of
the Ymir district will be materially in
creased, as the Wilcox will be regu-
lar shipper.
These are busy times a. the CRANKY
smelter and with the renairs and en-
largements which are going on the
workmen are kent busv on the jump
from morning TIL night.
The sample mill Of the Sunset smell
ter formerly Standard smelter) at
Boundary Falls. recently purchased by
the Montreal &. Boston Gopher COM
pany, is being dlsmantled. preparatory
TO putting in a larger plant, says the
Phoenix Pioneer.
The Fisher Maiden Mining company,
which has been working on the vein
recently encountered on the Fisher
/ Maiden claim. In the Silverton min
ing district, has onened I'D a fine ore
/ body that places the property among
the big mines of that district.
The Broken Hill Minirg e Devel-
! opment company has finally decided
/ to proceed with the erection of a
! stamp mill to treat its ore, and con
struction will commence as soon as
the snow disappears Another strike
/ of considerable Importance has been
made on the Union Jack mine.
The biggest deal in the history of
the 7 ardeau mining district was com,
pleted a few days ago, when the Sill
yer CUP and Sunshine mines changed
/ hands for a cash consideration up in
/ the hundreds of thousands. saws the
/ Rossland Miner The purchasers are
/ William B. Pool of Ferguson and John
J. Young of Calgary.
Thus far do
have shipped SS.127 tons of ore to
/ Boundary smelters. For the last week
shipments were as follows: CRANKY
mines, 6147 tons; Mother Lode $3.50
tons: Golden Crown, 80 tons. Total
for the week, S,737 tons. The Boun-
dairy smelters treated 1852 tons OF
ore for the last week, az follows
CRANKY smelter 2,671 tons; Mother
| ode. 1891 tons-making a total of
"a .494 tons treated by Boundary smell
/ tiers this year.
James Cron1n, manager of the St.
Eugene property, and s. o. Buchanan
Of Kaslo. the newly elected president
Of the associated boards of trade of
the Kootenays, have gone to Ottawa,
where they will be Joined by w. r..
Aldridge, manager of the c. P. r. smell
ter at Trail. The three were selected
at the recent meeting of the associated
boards of trade at Kaslo to ask the
Dominion government for an adjust
ment of the tariff on lead products in
order to encourage the marketing of
Canadian lead in Canada. The gov
eminent will be asked to put a heav-
Ter import duty on manufactured lead
products entering Canada. 1t is now
only about 50 per ton. while the same
duty in the United States is $40 ton.
They win ask that the Canadian duty
be raised to point level or nearly so,
with that of the United States.
Pig lead is now being shipped to
Germany to be manufactured into
white and red lead, lead pipe, etc. and
is then shipped back to Canada and
sold The idea Is to manufacture the
bulk Of this lead at home, thereby cut
ting out the freight abroad and back.
It Is estimated that about 40 per cent
of the lead mined In Canada is used
here. This amounts to about $4,000
tons a year.
The matter Of readjusting the boun-
ty on lead will also be brought up by
the committee at Ottawa. It is claim
ed that the bounty on pig lead Is IN
adequate. An effort will be made to
have 1t doubled. It is now So for the
first year, 81 for the second, and SO on
down to 81, when 1t will expire.
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