Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-07-26
MISCELLANEOUS MINING NEws

The Night Hawk Mining company I
has decided to put in a smelter at i,
mine in the Okanogan district, Wash
The oil shipments from the Bean.
mont (Tex.) field for June amounted
to 1,421,26S barrels, the largest Q,
record.
j. Simmons resigned his position
as shift boss in the Bunker Hill mine
at Wardner, Idaho, and has left for
South Africa.
An air compressor will be installed
on the Hercules mine, near Burke
Idaho, and a saw mill is also being /
constructed.
1t is reported that Franklin Farrell
Is negotiating for the construction ID
a smelter in East Butte near mine /
he is developing.
About $4,000 worth Of equipment
and new machinery has just been In
stalled at the Rising Star mine, Of
Williams district, Oregon.
1t is reported that the Eyolutou
mine. in the Occur d'Alenes, will soOib
resume. A deal is now pending for thaE
sale of the controlling interest.
Development work has been resumed
on the Gold Bug mine, near Princetons
Idaho, on the headwaters Of the Pal
louise river.
The Colorado Springs mining eEA
change has inaugurated a new system
with companies listed on that exchange
and now demand report of the stan&f
ing and condition of each companYE
every six months.
While no official announcement hat
been made as to the future of thsf
Frisco mine, at Gem, it is pretty nearEt
certain that it will resume operations
within short time, there being numeft
Gus signs which point TO it. L
A statement issued by the United
States assay Office at Boise, Idaho
shows the production of gold, lead and
silver in Idaho during the calendGE
year 1901 was $16,461, GIG, and for lsV
the amount was $1S,236, $40. The de
crease was attributed to the curtalDs IA
of the production of the lead and slTs
mines of the Occur d'Alenes.
When boilers are left idle for lOls
time they should be thoroughly clean
ed, as SCOT collects and holds mos II
ture, so that corrosion goes on uaaa IN
meath the apparently harmless COZ
ering until the plates are ruined, Hi
coat of good paint suitable for llw IL
work will assist greatly in presefts
the boilers out of use. k
Advices from Idaho state that unu' N
the new agreement between the eosI
d'Alene mine owners and the Aneis 10
can Smelling & Refining COMPANY y
shipments of lead ores will again fe''. hc
point about as high as at any u- Pr
in the past. At present the ouys kO
of the district is 10000 tons mOp. n
he American Smelling & Refining " pa
pany taking 10000 tons and tas p
coma smelter 1000. Adding " IN
cent. to the amount taken by inc ~
will swell the shipments OF 'ne soM NJ
trict to $4,000 tons a month, OF i0'r III
tons year.
Frank Klepetko of Great u.s
Montana, general manager OF tns ,.sa
ton and Montana mines and Sne ri
at Anaconda, has resigned niS
ton. The resignation has Deeu cd, h
copied and has taken effect ant 81 h
and Mr.. Klepetko's connection wiz ,,,s II
companies has ceased. He WIN u, ousu h
to New Yory City, where he wlll y Dst IA
of extensive copper mines in .a r. =
an office as consulting minus Ind EhC
eer, and has entered into ssnltpg
with ]. B. Haggin to act as oo o,anc,sDl
engineer in the further eA,svaeltIbgI
and the erection of great y
works there. s