The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-01-17
BRITISH COLUMBIA.

The shipments from the Rossland
camp for the week ending Saturday
aggregate $3.50 tons.
1t is reported that S. Hockaday has
last his life in a blizzard on the Bond
holder Hill claim, about six miles from
SLOGAN City, Thursday.
The tonnage of ore smelted at the
British Columbia Copper company's
smelter, Greenwood, since it com
menced operations in February last ag-
gregates 1855 tons.
The chamber of mines at Johannes
burg has issued report showing that |
the output of the mines for December
was 52,S97 ounces of fine gold, against |
81 ,O75 ounces for November.
James Rutherford, engineer in
charge of the Lardeau Valley Mines. |
Ltd, is taking $50 pounds of ore 70
England to test the oil process of re-
duction. Experiments are being made
on SnowshOe ore by the oil process,
which seem likely to prove successful
OF the English companies operating
III the SLOGAN country, only two paid
dividends last year. One was the June
Denver. The latter property has had
phenomenal success and is in shape to
continue on a paying basis for years
&c come.
Maxwell Stevenson, Jr. manager of
the Highland mining property near
Ainsworth. says: 81 have just put $50
. tons of Highland ore through the mill
with satisfactory results. We expect
the Highlander to be in shape to make
regular shipments in the course Of the
next two months"
When the shelters get the high
r grade ores of the Republic camp 20 re
f duce. it will be of considerable help.
both in the way of adding to the profits
f If the smelters and in making the
n matte turned out of a higher grade.
r The turning out of biistered copper
T., at Grand Forks will also be of help
# There is considerable activity in rail
way building and altogether the con
dition of the Boundary country is good
q According to the report OF ID. R
! Young, managing director of the Sim
" ilkameen Valley Coal company. the as
r sets of the company are shown to be
o $4,000 in cash available for devel
Cpment purposes: 10000 acres of Goa
Ia lands. 25,OOOOOO feet of timber, a valu
" able water power and IN electric plan
, which cost $4,000 besides tools, ma
N chinerv. etc. There are no liabilities
q The company has ordered a diamond
,e drill from New York. The mine will
hereafter be operated under the super
II. vision of w. Plackmore, who has beer
10 appointed consulting engineer. A saw
rs mill plant, operated by the Tilmal
n. Lumber company, has been instolle'
ID On the property. A contract has beel
m entered into with the Tillman Lumbe
company for the delivery of 10000 fee
n If lumber per month.
he J. L. Parker superintendent of tn
to Brooklyn and Stemwinder in Phoeni
as camp, in talking about affairs in tn
nd boundary country. said: 81 am sati:
". fed that the larger mines in this di!
tyict will be able to weather the cope
ID panic and its consequent low prices fo
* that metal. With the large bodies {
IL ole, the very cheap mining, and tn
of fact that the ore can be smelted q
81. such low cost, the companies can max
Ter a profit even at the present prices"
he At the annual meeting of the Nelso
ife board Of trade the general cOnditiO
)rt CT mining in the district was discusses
as The opinion was expressed that 10
er. water mark had been reached in I'll
ng 11ice Of metals and that any chang
ne that might come will be for the bette
an The consensus of opinion. howeve
ms was that with the large bodies of OF
il in some sections and the high grad
;se but smaller lodges in others, the mi
of ing industry could be carried on wit
lea considerable profit.
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