The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-03-28
RRITISH COLUMBIA.

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Wauconda 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 mill at the Ymir mine, IN the
Ymir district, will be enlarged and the
force of men doubled.
After tunneling 215O feet on the
Ymir mine, at Ymir, the main ledge
was encountered on Friday at a depth
Of 1000 feet.
It is rumored that the Canadian
smelter works at Trail have been sold
to the Gooderham-Blacksto inter
ests controlling the Center Star and
War Eagle mines at Rossland.
During the approaching summer the
output from the Wild Horse section of
the Ymir district will be materially in
creased. as the Wilcox will be a regu-
lar shipper.
These are busy times a. the CRANKY
smelter and with the renairs and on
largemeuts which ere going on the
workmen are kent busy on the jump
from morning till NIGHT.
The sample mill Of the Sunset smell
ter (formerlv Standard smelter) at
Boundary Falls. recently purchased by
the Montreal e Boston Copper COM
pany. is being dismantled. preparatory
TO putting in a larger plant, says the
Phoenix Pioneer.
The Fisher Maiden Mining company.
which has been working on the vein
recently encountered on the Fisher
Maiden claim, in the Silverton min
ing district. has onened up a fine ore
body that places the proDerty among
the big mines Of that district.
The Broken Hill Mining & Devel
opment company has finally decided
to proceed with the erection of {
stamp mill to treat its ore, and con
struction will commence as soon a.
the snow disappears. Another STRIKE
of considerable importance has beer
made on the Union Jack mine.
The biggest deal in the history o
the ! ardeau mining district was com
pleted a few days ago, when the Sill
!, yer Cup and Sunshine mines change'
hands for a cash consideration up II
. the hundreds Of thousands. says tn
= Rossland Miner. The purchasers ar
: William r. Pool NJ Ferguson and Johl
= J. Young Of Calgary.
). Thus far this year Boundary mine
have shipped SS127 tons Of ore t
Boundary smelters For the last wee
shipments were as follows: Granb
, mines, 6.147 tons; Mother Lode, 256
!. tons; Golden Grown. 80 tons. Tota
. for the week, S,7S7 tons. The Bour
y Diary shelters treated 9,6S2 tons c
ore for the last week, as follows
o Cranky smelter, 2,671 tons; Mothe
q ! ode. 2,991 tons-making a total {
S4.494 tons treated by Boundary sine
n tiers this year.
James Cronln, manager OF the S
d Eugene proDerty, and s. o. Buchana
e of Kaslo. the newly elected presider
n of the associated boards of trade {
/ the Kootenays. have gone to Ottaw;
=. where they will be Joined by w F
D Aldridge, manager Of the G. P. r. SINE
e ter at Trail. The three were selecte
l. at the recent meeting OF the associate
IS boards of trade at Kaslo to ask til
10 Dominion government for an adius
r ment Of the tariff on lead products
order to encourage the marketing
!: Canadian lead in Canada. The go
/: eminent will be asked to put a hea
r.: Ter imnort duty on manufactured lea
T. products entering Canada 1t is no
,,-I Nr1u q n,ff 60 ton Whfln tho G ~
l. duty in the United States is $40 to
They will ask that the Canadian dut
s. be raised to a point level. or nearly s
n with that Of the United States.
* Pig lead is now being shipped
h Germany to be manufactured in
Is white and red lead, lead pipe, etc, ar
j. is then shipped back to Canada ar
lie sold. The idea is to manufacture Il
bulk of this lead at home, thereby CT
lie ting out the freight abroad and bac
lie 1t is estimated that about 40 per ce
n Of the lead mined in Canada is u.s.
or here. This amounts to about 1870
ar tons a year.
TO The matter Of readjusting the bou
ID ty on lead will also be brought up
the committee at Ottawa 1t is clair
lie ed that the bounty on pig lead is
lie adequate. An effort will be made
st have it doubled. It is now S. for Il
v. first year, "a for the second, and so
D. down to 81, when it will expire.
c MISCELLANEOUS MINING NEWS.
Of A deal has been consummated (
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