The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1902-02-14
BRITISH CoLIMnIA.

Monday was payday at the lie Roi
mine. The wages 10 be distributed az
gregate $4,000.
The electrical company supplying
power 10 the mines closed down ten
hours daily on Monday. Tuesday and
Wednesday CT this week. necessitating
the shutting down OF the lie Rol No. ?,
and the Nickel Plate mines. The lie
Roi mine will maintain its output BY
working full night shifts and sorting
ore BY arc lamp.
The extensive improvements at the
Canadian smelling works. Trail. B. C..
are complete and the plant Is now
ready 10 resume sampllng and smelt.
ing. The new automatic erusher and
sampler. having a capacity OF $50 tons
per hour, has been tested and demon.
strated 10 work most satisfactorily La
addition system OF electric tramways
has been installed TO connect the roast
heaps with the main works. which ex-
pedites the handling OF material
The smelter is 10 blow In the lead
stacks Immediately. The date OF re-
sumption OF the copper furnaces de-
Ponds on shipments from the Center
Star and the War Eagle mines, which
are expected 10 commence this week
The plans for refinery TO treat silver
lead matte are finished and the man
agement Is awaiting a favorable turn
in the weather conditions 10 commence
building operations
The Rand Drill company has sold TO
the Similkameen coal drillers Davis.
Calyx drill. This Is the first drill OF
the kind that has ever been purchased
in British Columbia. and il has a ca
pacity for sinking 500 feet. The drill
operates without any diamonds. and
is said TO work successfully. Chilled
shot and steel cutters are used IN the
place OF the diamonds.
The Velvet mine in Rossland camp
IS TO enter the shipping list immedl.
ately. A contract has been closed with
the Hall smelter at Nelson. 3. c.. for
he treatment o. the ore. and the mine
will ship a car daily. commencing at
'nce- A considerable quantity OF ore
probably between 300 and 400 tons. is
already on the track at Velvet siding.
-eady to ship. According to the man
ayers report. this is $40 ore from be-
ow the 400 foot level Of the mine.
Thomas McGuigan. manager Of the
American Boy in the SLOGAN. speaks
enthusiastically about a recent strike
made in the American Boy About
TX weeks ago we struck q shoot Of ore
IN the ledge at a edpth Of 500 feet.
The shoot IS two and half feet wide.
nd has been drifted on for IS feet. Il
low looks as though II viii widen II ,
yerages $50 ounces in silver and from
; to so per cent lead. I have seen /
etter ore shoots near the surface. but
ever better showing at the same I
epth."
The longest cross-cut tunnel being
IN on the 1000 foot level at the Ymir /
reaching the vein and news OF the q
.Tike may come at any time. The IN Z
ications are that the vein viii be
1und to be permanent and as strong !
nd well defined as in any part Of the e
Dper workings. as the unexplored n
epth Is really less than two hundred :.
.et. At the bottom OF the shaft which =
being run TO meet the tunnel on the +
300 foot level. and in which a depth
800 feet las been obtained, the ore :,
Ody is reported to be even stronger
I'D more compact than In the upper :,
0rtion. while the values are well :.
aintained. I"