The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1902-11-21
Miscellaneous Mining Notes.

. jured in an accident at the Hec
mine at Burke Idaho, recently.
Two carloads of machinery and
quartz mill are being installed on tt
Blue Bird in Sumpter (Ore.) distric
The state Of California boasts
4 the only real live miners associatio
in existence in any of the mimi
states to-day: e'.
Beyond the depth Of 1000 feet tn
physical barriers to coal mining a.
pear, under existing conditions, to b
insurmountable.
unloaded at the new docks of the III
nois Steel company. South Chicago, 8
the rate OF i, 400 tons an hour.
Reports coming down from tn
Occur d'Alene that mine owners ther
are planning to cut wages are abs(
lutely denied by the operators.
The Southern Pacific railroad ha
been making experiments with oil TO
fuel. According to reports, the saving
amounted to $4,000 month on So
engines. tes. 3 49,. -t.,..s..
John Larson, aged rs years, VIII,
was fatally injured in the accident a
the Nine Mile property near Wallace
Idaho. recently, has since died at thu
hospital.
A report from Cebo, Mont, state!
that the new mine recently opened VI
by Jerry Mccarthy Of that place viii
be ready to put coal on the market il
a few days. q, e, ..-..-. .t-t..
The whole bedrock system Of the
Thunder Mountain mining district is
made up OF succession of porphyry
dikes, writes Newton Hibbs from
Roosevelt, Idaho. ....-D
From what is considered a reliable
source 1t is said that the Lake Mich
gan copper mines are now producing
refined copper at the rate of ESQ tons
per working day. .sl-..-,., ..
Both Wall street and the lead trade
are guessing as to the final outcome
Of the many rumors which are cur
rent regarding general consolida-
ton In the lead industry.
The Hunter Creek Mining & Mill
ing company will install custom cop,
per smelter with capacity of Is tons
a day In Cedar Canyon camp, Wash.
1t will cost about $27,5Oo.
Patrick Walsh, miner at the Stew
art mine at Butte. recently met with
severe and painful accident. The
ankle Of his right leg was broken and
his. left ankle was dislocated.
The production OF the Cripple Creek
district passed the 100000 mark in
October for the first time in many
months. The output was $4,000 tons,
wihhc yielded gross value of $685.
900. "..t t!i -G b.
The Sweeny-Culbertson interests of
Spokane have long term lease on the
Wildman & Mahoney properties in
Amador county. California, and If
they take up the bond on the property
they will increase the mill from 80 to
200 stamps. 4s'. :.
After over four years of continuous
rock cutting the Banker Hill G. Sulli-
van company has connected every
opening In its mines at Wardner,
Idaho, with the long tunnel, the mouth
Of which is at the mill more than two
miles below. The last connection was
made few days ago. ,,.s
That portion Of California bordering
On Nevada and consisting of Placer.
Gldorado, Sierra and Nevada counties,
With their mines on ''the State Belt"
orms a compact region that is fairly
'eething with activity, and possesses
communities that are most exemplary
n their enterprise.
III the Lucille Dreyfus near Repub
1c shows the same body of ore at 200
eet depth as now exposed on the IN
'er level capital will be Forthcoming
or the construction of a smelter that
viii handle nearly all of the silicious
res OF the Republic camp" says Col.
v. M. Ridpath of Spokane.
The strike at the Kearsarge mine
ne OF the most noted gold producers
Montana, has been declared off.
ne miners quit work two weeks ago |
yer the refusal Of the management
discharge Chinese cook. The com.
any has agreed to employ nothing in
ne future but white cooks and the
len returned to work.
After four years of work and at
ost OF about 100000, the Michigan
axe Superior Power company has
list completed Its water power deyel-
pment at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. by
hich, at the least calculation, 81 900
orse power will be produced. This
evelopment utilizes the waters of
axe Superior at the Falls of st
arys river, which have a descent of
feet.
Judge Beattie in. the federal court
Moscow, Idaho, has given Judgment
tne skookum case for 3175,S67 .02
hennedy Hanley OF Kellogg, Idaho.
he judgment Is against Cbarle.
weeny. F. Lewis Clark and the En-. l.
re state-ldaho Mining company and
based on the report of the master
chancery, Warren Truitt, who tool
Q accounting in the case.
An unusually rich strike is renorted |.
om Nye City, small mining camp
sweet Grass county, Montana. Tho
rlke was made by a prospector nov,