Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1902-02-14
BRITISH COLUMBIA.


employees had not returned for work.
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
Monday was payday at the LIE Roi
mine. The wages to be distributed az
gregate $4,000.
The electrical company supplying
power to the mines closed down ten
hours daily on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday of this week, necessitating
the shutting down of the LIE Roi No. 2,
and the Nickel Plate mines. The lie
Roi mine will maintain its output by
working full night shifts and sorting
ore by arc lamp.
The extensive improvements at the
Canadian smelling works, Trail, B. c.,
are complete and the plant is now
ready to resume sampling and smelt-
ing. The new automatic crusher and
sampler, having capacity Of $50 tons
per hour, has been tested and demon
strated to work most satisfactorily. In
addition a system Of electric tramways
has been installed to connect the roast
heaps with the main works, which ex-
pedites the handling of material.
The smelter is to blow in the lead
stacks Immediately. The date Of re-
sumption of the copper furnaces de-
ponds on shipments from the Center
Star and the War Eagle mines, which
are expected to commence this week.
The plans for refinery to treat silver
lead matte are finished and the man.
agement is awaiting a favorable turn
in the weather conditions to commence
building operations.
The Rand Drill company has sold to
the Similkameen coal drillers Davis
Calyx drill. This is the first drill Of
the kind that has ever been purchased
in British Columbia, and it has ca
pacity for sinking 500 feet. The drill
operates without any diamonds, and
is said to work successfully. Chilled
shot and steel cutters are used IN the
place of the diamonds.
The Velvet mine in Rossland camp
is to enter the shipping list immedi-
ately. A contract has been closed with
the Hall smelter at Nelson, B. c., for
the treatment OF the ore, and the mine
will ship car daily, commencing at
once. A considerable quantity OF ore
probably between 300 and 400 tons, is
already on the track at Velvet siding,
ready to ship. According to the man
ayers report, this is $40 ore from be-
low the 400 foot level of the mine.
Thomas McGuigan, manager of the
American Boy in the SLOGAN, speaks
enthusiastically about recent strike
made in the American Boy. about
six weeks ago we struck shoot of ore
on the ledge at edpth OF 500 feet
The shoot is two and half feet wide
and has been drifted on for As feet. 1t
now looks as though it will widen. It
averages $50 ounces in silver and from
IS to 80 per cent lead. have seen
better ore shoots near the surface, but
never better showing at the same
depth"
The longest cross-cut tunnel being
run on the 1000 foot level at the Ymir
is reaching the vein and news of the
strike may come at any time. The in.
dications are that the vein will be
found to be permanent and as strong
and well defined as in any part of the
upper workings, as the unexplored
depth is really less than two hundred
feet. At the bottom of the shaft which
is being run to meet the tunnel on the
1000 foot level, and in which a depth
OF 800 feet nas been obtained, the ore
body is reported to be even stronger
and more compact than in the upper
portion, while the values are vel
maintained.