Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1902-03-28

nfITIsR CoLUHR!A.
New machinery is being installed in
Wanconda mine at Midway.
The big cyanite plant at the Ymir
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 win he enlarged and the
force OF men doubled
After tunnelilis 2150 feet on the
Ymir mine, at Tmir. the main ledge
was encountered on Friday at q depth
of ! 900 feet.
1t is rumored that the Canadian
smelter works al 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 or
the Ymir district will be materially in-
creased. as the Wilcox will be a regn-
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 busy on the jump
/ from morning till night.
/ The SAMPLE mill OF the Sunset smell
ter formerly Standard smelter) at
Boundary Falls. recently purchased by
the Montreal & Boston Copper COM
pany. ~ being dismantled. preparatory
TO putting in 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 up a fine ore
body that places the property among
the big mines Of that district.
The Broken Hill Mining 4 Devel-
cpment 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 Lardeau mining district was com
pleted few days ago, when the Sill
yer Cup and Sunshine mines changed
hands for a cash consideration up in
! the hundreds OF thousands. says the
Rossland Miner. The purchasers are
William p. Pool Of Ferguson and John
]. Young Of Calgary.
Thus far this year Boundary mines
have shipped s8.l27 tons OF ore TO
Boundary smelters. For the last week
shinments were as follows: CRANKY
mines. 6147 tons: Mother Lode, 1850
tons: Golden Crown. 30 tons. Total
/ for the week, S.737 tons The Roun-
/ Diary smelters treated 1852 tons OF
ore for the last week, as follows
CRANKY smelter, 2s71 tons; Mother
ode. 2,a91 tons-making a total OF
! 4.494 tons treated by Boundary smell.
! tiers this year.
! James Cronin, 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. II.
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
order to encourage the marketing OF
Canadian lead In Canada. The gov.
eminent will be asked to put heav.
Ter import duty on manufactured lead
products entering Canada. II Is now
only about 81 per ton. while the same
duty in the United States Is $40 a ton.
They will ask that the Canadian duty
be raised to point level. or nearly 80
with that OF the United States.
Pig lead Ia 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
ting out the freight abroad and back
II il estimated that about 40 per cent
OF the lead mined In Canada Ia used
here. This amounts to about 1900
tons a year.
The matter Of readjusting the boun.
/ ty on lead will also be brought up by
+ the committee at Ottawa. 1t In claim.
ed that the bounty on pig lead is in.
adequate. An effort will be made to
have 1t doubled. II Is now IS for the
I first year, 81 for the second. and 30 on
down to 81. when 1t will expire.
A deal has heen contaminated for