Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-07-17

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Charles VI
cayein IN Pr
about 10 miles above q
A miner in the Tiger
at lBuike, Idaho, the Of
picking and struck loaded
There was an explosio| ana the miner
was knocked down, but was min
jured.
The Sumpter smelter, which ranks
among the best small plants Of its
size in the northwest, is practicable
completed. Some copper ore is being
received. The date of blowing it in is
uncertain.
The Walter Scott mine. located two
miles south of Northport. Wash. on
the opposite side OF the river, has 40s
feet Of tunnel and q 40 foot shaft.
The Last Chance mine, on the Great
Western mountain, galena PROPOSE
ton, is in 800 feet with the tunnel.
Manager e. w. Wilson OF the North
port smelter says: I'VE are treating
1900 tons Of ore daily and expect to
continue at our full capacity. We are
assured an ample coke supply. and ex-
pect the LIE Roi mine to increase
shipments largely in q few weeks :
| Late news from Roosevelt, Idaho, IL
that Henry Brant has made q strike
of very rich ore, together with large
body of ore of fair grade. He is sack
ing lot of the high grade with the
view of shipping it. It is his purpose
to order twenty stamp mill at once
in the hope that he can get it in be-
fore winter.
Mr.. Sweeny has been busy for the
past year on plans to erect such a
plant in Spokane, in order to be in
dependent of the American Smelling
& Refining company. His contracts
with the. smelling combine for ham
ding the output of his Occur d'Alene
mines, in the Empire State-Idaho
group, will expire in September.
All hope Of reaching the bodies OF
the dead miners in the Hanna mine at
Rawlins, Wyo., has been given up, at
least for the time being. When the
rescuers tapped the brattice the air
; reached the smoldering fire. and it
! again burst into fierce flames.
None but the most experienced are
now permitted to go into any part of
the mine, as the danger of second
| explosion has become too great to
permit Of any carelessness.
} Charles Theis' option on the Lone
Pine-Surprise Mining company at Re-
/ public has expired. The management
is uncertain what to do about further
: operations. Stopping, however, will be
; continued and the debt over the COM
) pany will be cut down as much as pos
: sible. The net returns from recent
shipments have permitted payment of
: about $4,000 to Leo H. Long and
: Charles Robbins, to whom the com.
: pany was indebted for about $50, 900.
8 That makes the present Indebtedness
about $4,000. There Is little hope
that the debt can be wiped out from
;, the proceeds of ore in sight.
. The Bullion mine, near Lookout, Ida,
3 no, resumed operations July Is. For
+ the past 40 days the mine has re
< manned closed on account of super
:, abundance of water. The Silver Cliff
; mine, which is near Lookout mountain
:, Is installing compressor and a dia
; mond drill. The Springfield, another
copper property, will soon drive a 1000
a foot tunnel This nronertv ia novv hauI
: ing ore to Mullan, preparatory tc
9 making a trial shipment to the Taco
y ma smelter. The Snowstorm contin
9 ues with steady work on the lower
r tunnel and 1t is expected that the lead
y will be struck within the next month
A new strike of great Importance Il
/ reported from Cedar canyon in Ste
e vens county, Wash. A man named
n Austin was working on the south side
OF the mountain near the Silver Queen
t He crosscut ledge in contact d
y quartsite and blue lime and the Lead
b contained nine feet of ore. It is es
d timated that the entire ledge will av
l. egare better than $25 to the ton, IL
= gold. silver and copper. The crosscu
d was made from the bottom of Al
n foot shaft and both walls Of the ledg,
Q are perfect. The lead Is said to be {
y true assure vein, stands perpendicu
l. lar and is entirely filed with ore. Aus
tin is backed by Spokane mining men
r Montana Mines.
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