Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-06-26
BRITISH COLUMBIA.

For the past week lue 1Tdnpy smel-
ter treated 44SS tons, or 144,607 tons
for this year.
The Velvet mine on Sophie noun
tain, near Rossland, has become pay
ing property.
Excavating has been started at the
White Bear mine at Rossland, for the
new gallows frame.
1t is reported from Camp Mckinney
that the stamp mill at the Waterloo
mine is running on ore from that mine.
w, w. Warner of Spokane is push
ing work on the Wonderful, in the
SLOGAN, where he has heavy stream
of water employed in sluicing on the
surface.
The April returns from the Ymir
mine are out and indicate a slight fall
ing off in profit, in consequence of the
heavy expense incurred In repairing
the wagon road and main flume.
The CRANKY company, which has re-
Gently been operating only two fur
naces owing to the limited quantity of
coke shipped by the Crows Nest Coal
company, expects to blow in another
furnace shortly.
The strike at the Extension coal
mines has been settled after IA weeks
fight between the laborers Of the West
ern Federation of Miners and the own
or, James Dunsmuir, formerly premier
of British Columbia. The union by a
large majority carried motion to re-
turn to work and end the strike.
Increased shipments and enhanced
activity is the record of Rossland
camp for the past week. The Giant
and the Nickel Plate mines resumed
work.
Camborne, in the Lardeau, Is said
to be one of the busiest towns in Brit
ish Columbia. There are at least $50
men working in and about town, draw
ing daily wage Of from SO to $780,
These men board in town, taking their
midday meal with them to their work.
Under the direction of M. r. Galu-
sha Of Spokane, marked progress has
been made during the last month at
the Jumbo mine, in Rossland camp,
and the prospect is that the property
will be shipping ore in considerable
quantities at an early date.
For the fourth consecutive week the
Snow Shoe mine in the Phoenix camp
has exceeded the previous weeks rec
ord for ore shipments, while this week
the British Columbia mine has beat
all previous records in the same line.
The total of the Boundary tonnage
for the year to date is almost a mil
lion tons. \
The Providence mine, bought by
present owners for $1,000 less than IL
months ago, has paid net returns OF
more than $4,000 to the purchasers
and there is said to be $4,000 more
ore now blocked out, with big pros
poets in sight for the future. The
Providence is the first claim for which
crown grant was issued in Yale dis
trict.
The Wilcox mill, near Ymir, is
crushing from IL to IA tons a day
with four stamps and is making about
one ton of concentrates day. We
are keeping the mill running with three
men, and six miners are busy under
ground. The ore is averaging about
$l5 ton gold and silver and the con-
centrates go from $45 to $50 ton, in
gold, silver and lead
The lead has been cut at the ITS
loot level in the Providence mine, thus
adding considerably to the known val
ue OF this property. At ITS feet the
lead is about Is feet from the shaft.
Inc vein is from - to Is inches in
width of ore similar in general appear
ahce and character to that stopped at
the l25 foot level, much of which ran
$loo and upwards to the ton.