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


BRITISH COLUMBIA MINES.
Over 1000 men are now directly en-
Moved in the mines and smelters Oh
the boundary country.
1--WE are realizing about $500 day
from the operation Of the hVe stamp
mill on the Waterloo, in Camp NC
Kinney, B. c." said Denis CLARK re-
Gently.
Manager Aldridge of the Trail smell
ter saws: "The federal bounty will
stimulate production of the lead ores
of the SLOGAN, East Kootenay and the
Lardeau to the extent that Canadian
lead shelters will be running to their
full capacity in month or six weeks. =
John H. Tonkin, general manager OF
the Crows Nest Coal company, says
1t is absolutely certain that the COM
pany will have coke for all shelters
handling Canadian ores by the end OF
August. The output is now increasing
and in two months there will be a
surplus to sell.
Mike Kerlin, F. S. Atwood and s.
B. Hodgson have returned to Kaslo,
after ten days prospecting tour in
the Lardeau gold fields. They report
that there is plenty of land further up
the creek not yet located, but predict
an immense influx Of outsiders as soon
as the railway is in shape again.
The lead bounty will probably be ef-
fective from July 6, which was the
date the government gave notice of its
intention to introduce the bill. Pay.
ments will commence after the bill be
comes law. Its passage will proba'
bly, be delayed by stress OF other bust
ness, but as it is government meas
ure, it's passage through the house is
certain.
Rossland shipments for the past
week average over 1000 tons daily
and 1t is expected that an early date
will see considerable increase owing
to improved conditions at the North
port smelter. The output of the week
was: LeRoi, 3840 tons; Centre Star
1870; War Eagle, 1170; Kootenay, 270;
LeRoi No. 2, 450; Velvet, 1875; Giant
60; Jumbo, 100; total for week. 74S5;
for the year to. date, 192,997.
A third stamp mill on Wild Horse
creek near Ymir will be in running or
der before the end of the year. The
Pilot Ymir Mining & Milling company
has perfected arrangements for the
erection of mill, the machinery fol
which is now in order. The property
lies about nine miles up the creel
from Ymir. The Wilcox mine is rapid
ly coming to the front as one of the
successful propositions in operation
in this province.
The LIE Roi company announces tha
no monthly mail reports will be pub
lished in the future. Manager Parrish
advises that publicity in the mine ant
smelter operations to date have seri
ously handicapped the company in Sc
curing fair rates from railroads ant
from mines shipping to the smelter OF
customs basis. Detailed reports ar,
to be suppressed altogether. Month,
cabled reports are to go to sharehold
ers by post card.
Recent information from Fairview Il
to the effect that the new Fairview cor
poration continues to employ between
80 and 70 men. Operations in tina
company's mine, stamp mill and cyan
iding works are being steadily main
tanned. The mill runs with rs to 81
stamps dropping, as the ore output re
quires and the cyanide plants capac
ity determines. The Morning Star 4
giving employment. to 10 men.
The directors of the Sullivan Grou,
Mining company held a meeting re
Gently and accepted the resignation O
Maj. J. M. Armstrong as vice presi
dent OF the company. Barney Laytol
OF washington, D. c., assistant ser
geant at arms Of the United State
senate, was chosen in Mai. Arm
strong's stead. Mr.. Layton will arriv,
In Spokane in few days and will
probably remain here until Judge Tur
ner's return in November.
The Trail smelter is preparinp =,
blow in two additional lead stacks a
once, and employment is available 70
zoo skilled smeltermen. Trail peopl,
are investigating zinc reduction. The,
nave a magnetic smelter at work, test
ing ores from all the Canadian lea,
mines, and are also erecting a new re
hnery. The company will aim to re
nne the 10000 or $4,000 tons of lea.
consumed annually in Canada, shin
ping the balance in lead matte to tn,
American reiners, as now.
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