The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1902-07-25
MIscELLANEoUs MINING NEWS.


The Night Hawk Mining company
has decided to put In smelter at its
mine In the Okanogan district, Wash
The oil shipments from the Beau.
mont (Tex.) field for June amounted
to 1,421.26S barrels. the largest on
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 saw mill Is also being
constructed.
It Is reported that Franklin Farrell
Is negotiating for the construction OF
a smelter In East Butte near q mine
he Is developing.
About 100000 worth Of equipment
and new machinery has just been In.
stalled at the Rising Star mine, Of
Williams district, Oregon.
It is reported that the Evolution
mine. in the Occur d'Alenes. will soon
resume. A deal Is now pending for the
sale Of the controlling interest.
Development work has been resumed
on the Gold Bug mine, near Princeton,
Idaho. on the headwaters Of the Pa
louise river.
The Colorado Springs mining ex-
change has inaugurated q new system
with companies listed on chat exchange
and now demand report of the stand.
ing and condition of each company
every six months.
While no official announcement has
been made as to the future of the
Frisco mine, at Gem, it Is pretty nearly
certain that 1t will resume operations
within short time, there being numer-
GUS signs which point 10 it.
A statement issued by the United
States assay office at Boise, Idaho,
shows the production OF gold, lead and
silver in Idaho during the calendar
year 1901 was $16,461, ,916, and for 1900
the amount was $1S,236, ,849. The de-
crease was attributed to the curtailing
OF the production of the lead and silver
mines of the Occur d'Alenes.
When boilers are left idle for q long
time they should be thoroughly clean
ed, as SCOT collects and holds mOis-
ture, SO that corrosion goes on under:
meath the apparently harmless GOV.
ering until the plates are ruined. A
coat OF good paint suitable for iron
work will assist greatly in preserving
the boilers out OF use.
Advices from Idaho state that under
the new agreement between the Occur
d'Alene mine owners and the Ameri.
can Smelling & Refining company the
shipments of lead ores will again reach
a point about as high as at any time
in the past. At present the output
Of the district is 10000 tons a month,
he American Smelling & Refining com.
pany taking 10000 tons and the Ia.
coma smelter 1000. Adding 20 per
cent. to the amount taken by the trust
will swell the shipments Of the dis.
trict to $4,000 tons month. or 10000
tons year.
Frank Klepetko Of Great Falls,
Montana, general manager of the Bos-
ton and Montana mines and smelters
at Anaconda, has resigned his posi-
tion. The resignation has been &C.
cepted and has taken effect already,
and Mr.. Klepetko's connection with the
companies has ceased. He will remove
to New Yory City, where he will open
of extensive copper mines In Peru
an Office as consulting mining engin.
eer, and has entered into contract
with ]. B. Haggin to act as consulting
engineer in the further development
and the erection Of great smelling
works there.