The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-06-05
BRITISH COLUMBIA.

hardship of this camp.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
The CRANKY Mining Smelling Com
pany has subscribed $3.50 towards the
Fernie (B. Co relief fund.
The owners Of the Union Jacket
mine on Porcupine creek contemplate
installing a compressor plant this sum-
mer.
Ore shipments from Boundary for
1902 passed the 200. 900 ton figure last
week. or an average of over AZ 900 tons
per month.
At Ymir. at the annual meeting of
the Broken Hill Mining 4 Development
Company. operating the Wilcox mine
1t was decided to erect a stamp mill.
1t has been rumored that the War
Eagle and the Centre Star at Rossland
have made satisfactory arrangements
for the treatment of the ores and will
resume operations in the near future.
The Dominion Iron & Steel Company
and the United States Steel Corpora
ton are reported perfecting deal for
the purchase of all the Independent
and G. P. r. coal claims of the Crows
Nest district and the principal iron
ore deposits OF Kootenay lake.
The Kaslo- SLOGAN Mining & Finan-
cial Company, with a capital OF 81. $780,
900. has Incorporated in British Column
bia and has taken over the properties
formerly belonging to the Chapleau
Consolidated. the Rene Landi and the
Mansfield syndicate. Operations are
to be commenced on an extensive
scale.
Returns received ON the Queen mine
IA miles from Salmo, indicate that the
Holmes syndicate. operating the prop
erty. has struck bonanza. as the mine
has paid for it's own development and
is now fully equipped. with a stamp
mill available and all other mining ma
chinery required. without the expendi-
ture Of a single d ,llar by the lessee OF
the property or the owners.
During last week ending the CRANKY
smelter treated s276 tons of ore. The
total treated to date Is 440.1S0 tons.
Owing to q shortage Of the coke supply
resulting from the recent Fernie mine
disaster one of the 1--WE furnaces Of
the CRANKY smelter was closed down.
The loss to the British Columbia
smelters by the temporary restriction
Of operations. 1t Is intimated, will ex.
coed $25. 900.
]. p. Porter Of Porter Bros, railway
contractors, states that his firm, in &C.
cordance with the terms of the con-
tract recently entered into with the
CRANKY company. will start work quar-
rying ore from the surface Of the Knob
Hill mine at Phoenix within q fort
night. The preliminary contract calls
for the extraction Of 100000 tons of ore
with proviso to the effect that II
work is satisfactorily done a second
contract for quarrying Ave million tons
Of ore will be entered into.
At q recent meeting Of the share
holders Of the Leroi Mining Company.
a concern Of which Whitaker Wright
and the late Lord Dufferin were direc-
tors. committee was appointed to
investigate the past and present man.
agement Of the company and the pres
ent condition Of affairs. The meeting
was uproarious and the management
was holly criticised. Some of the
shareholders charged that there had
been official leakage of Information, of
which some one has benefited.
The Rambler-Caribou mine has re-
sumed operations with over 100 men,
all danger from slides being over.
The concentration erected last fall has
been started and is running smoothly,
as is the new compressor plant. The
mill is operated by water. but boiler
plant is being ordered to replace the
water power when the latter falls of.
as is the case late in the fall. as a rule.
The mill has a capacity Of 100 tons
daily. The ore concentrates six to one
and the company is figuring on ship
ping concentrates carrying 200 ounces
OF silver and about So per cent. OF
lead. The shipments OF clean ore will
be continued as before. The mines
product Is divided between the Selby