Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-07-25

resume. A deaf lie floW pending for the
sale Of the controlling interest
The receipts of gold and silver at the
Helena assay Office for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1902, reached a total of
So, 1913, 00S.24, of which $685., 750.S6 came
from Montana and $597,257.SS from
outside the state.
The Colorado Springs mining ex-
change has inaugurated a new system
with companies listed on that 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 it will resume operations
within short time, there being numer-
GUS signs which point TO it.
When boilers are left idle for 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 COW
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.
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, $40 The de-
crease was attributed to the curtailing
of the production of the lead and silver
mines of the Occur d'Alenes.
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
point about as high as at any time
in the past. At present the output
Of the district is 10000 tons month,
the American Smelling & Refining COM
pany taking 10000 tons and the Ia
coma smelter 2,0O0 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 168, 1000
tons a year.
Frank Klepetko of Great Falls,
Montana, general manager of the Bos-
ton and Montana mines and smelters
at Anaconda, has resigned his posi-
ton. The resignation has been &C.
cepted and has taken effect already
and Mr.. Klepetkos connection with the
companies has ceased. He will remove
to New Yory City, where he will open
an office as consulting mining engin-
eer, and has entered into a contract
with J. B. Haggin to act as consulting
engineer in the further development
of extensive copper mines in Peru
and the erection of great smelling
works there.
w. ]. Evans, consulting engineer of
the big Washoe smelters of the Anal
gamated Copper company at Anaconda,
Of the northwest, was shot twice in
that city by John McGeary, laborer,
who is believed to be a crank, and
fatally wounded. McGeary had pat
ent which he wished Mr.. Evans to
adopt at the works, and, upon being
referred to another party, opened fire
on the engineer as he turned to leave
The first shot struck Evans in the
back, bringing him to the ground
Standing over his PROSTATE body Nc
Geary shot him again.
At the Quebec mine, Sumpter, the
10-stamp mill has been started up for
the summer There is sufficient ore
in sight to keep running six months.
The development work will be contin-
ued so that the ore reserves will be
kept up.
Fred Lack has started work on the
Sampson group, running a tunnel on
the &ein, which is large. Crosscuts
will be run every 100 feet and the
ground thoroughly developed. The
Don Juan mine has been unwatered
and the shaft started down with three
shifts. Drifts are being run on the
vein every 100 feet. The mill will be
started as soon as some repairs are
completed