The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-03-27
BRITISH COLUMBIA.

BRITISH COLUMBIA.
New machinery is being installed in
| Wanconda mine at Midway
The big cyanide plant at the Ymir
mine has resumed operations.
| Work will begin Immediately on the
Old Germany claim, southwest of Che.
saw.
The rill at the Ymir mine, In the
Ymir district, will be enlarged and the
force of men doubled.
After tunneling 2150 feet on the
Ymir mine. at Ymir. the main LEDGE
was encountered ON Friday at depth
of 1000 feet.
It IL rumored that the Canadian
smelter works at Trail have been sold
to the Observation-Disclosures inter.
ests controlling the Center Star and
War Earle mines at Rossland.
During the approaching summer the
output from tine Wild Horse section OF
the Yrrir district will be materially In
creased. as the Wilcox will be a regu-
lar shipper.
These are husv times a. the CRANKY
smelter and With the rerairs and en-.
larpements which are going on the
workmen are kent husv on the jump
FROM morning tn rioht.
The SAMPLE mill Of the Sunset smell.
ter fforra-lv Standard smelter) at
BOUNDARY Falls. recently purchased by
the Montreal g. Boston Copper com
many. IL being dismantled. preparatorv
TO putting in larger plant, says the
Phoeri~ P'oreer.
The Fisher Maiden Mining company.
which has been working on the vain
recertly encountered on the Fisher
Maiden claim. In the Silverton min
ing district. has orened up q fine ore
hody that rlaces the pvooe~tv among
the hig vines Of that district.
The Broken Hill Mining 4 Devel.
opment comranv has hnallv decided
to proceed with the erection Of q
starn mill 10 treat It's ore. and con.
struction will commence NJ soon NJ
the snow disappears. Another strike
Of considerable inheritance has been
made on the Union Jack mine.
The higoest deal in the history o1
the ardeau mining district was com
pleted a few days aeo, when the Sil
yer Gun and Sunshine mines changed
hands for cash consideration up n
the hundreds OF thousands. says the
Rossland Miner. The purchasers are
w''"-~- n--' - ferguson and John
J. Young OF Calgary.
Thus far this wear Boundary mines
have shipped 1927 tons Of ore tc
boundary smelters. For the last weet
shipments were a. follows: CRANKY
mines, e147 tons: Mother ode. . $50
tons: Golden Crown, 80 tons. Total
FOR the week. S737 tons. The Boun
dairy smelters treated 1862 tons OF
ore for the last week. a. follows
CRANKY smelter. 2.671 tons; Mothe,
I ode. 1891 tons--making a total oil
s4.494 tons treated by Boundary smell
: tiers this year.
James Cronin. manager Of the st
tFueere prooerty. and 8. O. Buchanan
OF Kaslo. the newly elected presiden,
If the associated boards OF trade oil
the Kootenays. have rome to Ottawa
where they will be Joined by w. H
Aldridre. 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 tbs
Dominion government for an adjust
ment Of the tariff on lead products ir
order to encourage the marketing Of
Canadian lead in Canada. The gov
eminent will he asked to put q heav
Ter irn~ort duty on manufactured leat
. products entering Canada. It IL now
orly about 80 rer ton. while the same
dnty In the United States IL $40 = ton
They viii ask that the Canadian duty
he raised 10 a poirt level. or nearly 30
with that Of the United States.
) Pig lead is now being shipped tt
. Germany to be manufactured into
white and red lead, lead pipe. etc, and
Is then shipped back to Canada ant
sold. The idea is to manufacture thu
bulk of this lead at home, thereby cut
ting out the freight abroad and back
It Is estimated that about 40 per cen
OF the lead mined In Canada is uset
here. This amounts to about 1906
tons q year.
The matter of readjusting the boun
ty on lead will also be brought up b!
the committee at Ottawa. It Is claim
ed that the bounty on pig lead Is In
adequate. An effort will be made t
= have 1t doubled. It is now IS for tn
rst year 81 for the second, and so Oh
down to 81, when 1t will expire.
MISCELLANEOUS MINING NEWS.
A deal has been consumma.ed 70
the purchase of the Golden Chest min