Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-05-29
MINING NOTES.

| MINING NOTES.
A deal involving the ownership of
the Flagstaff mine, six miles northeast
Of Baker City, Ore, is being nego-
tiated.
The original boiler plate mills of the
Central Iron & Steel company were
destroyed by fire recently, entailing a
loss of 100000. and throwing large
number of men out of work. The loss
is fully covered by insurance.
! John Boyd, general manager of the
Palmer Mountain Tunnel company,
has returned to Loomis, Wash, from
New YORK. He is accompanied by
A. NJ Welles, mining engineer of
Denver, Col
Senator Clark recently inspected his
extensive plant at the United Verde
mine at Jerome, Ariz, and gave final
instructions for the completion Of a
smelter at the Iron King mine, three
miles south of Jerome.
Several feet of ore averaging about
$25 ton has been encountered in a
crosscut from the 800 foot level of the
DAILY mine at Wickes, Mont. 1t is pro-
posed to concentrate much of the ore
this summer, and the old mill at Cor
bin, several miles down the valley, will
be utilized for that purpose.
! The recent strike in the California,
near Sumpter, Ore, has proven to be
the richest find made in that mine.
Assays from $50 to 1910; the balance
of the vein, which is over six feet wide,
goes $22. The strike was made in an
upper crosscut which was started 1870
feet above the mouth of tunnel No.
l. Since then No. / has been driven
to point of intersection with the vein.
At a meeting of the. Mill & Shelter
men's union held recently in Anaconda,
II is reported to have been decided to
I ask the permission of the American
Labor union to strike unless the men
recently discharged at the Washoe
smelter be reinstated. 1t is the opin-
ion of majority of the labor leaders
that there will be no strike.
| A phenomenally rich strike has been
made in the Sunnyside at Thunder
Mountain. In drifting on the ore body
at 400 feet from the point where the
tunnel cut the deposit, the level came
into very rich ore. Superintendent Alb
bott has sent Manager Purdum sam
pies, which are estimated to carry
| $4,000 ton. He writes that the en-
tire face of the level is N a rich ore
and that the assays run from $3.50 to
$4,000 a ton. He had run into the
ore only three feet when he wrote.
l This discovery was made in develop
\ ing the original ore body, and was only
125 feet vertical from surface. The
long tunnel to catch the ore 800 feet
deeper has not reached the ledge. This
ore is as rich as that found on the
Dewey, which caused such sensation
The coal companies of the Lehigh.
pennsylvania, region have commenced
l the enforcement of the new age limit
law regulating the employment of
boys in and about the mines. It is
estimated that nearly 500 boys will be
ineligible. The discharge will in some
cases work hardships on families de-
pendent almost exclusively upon their
minors.
Excitement is intense at Pocatello.
Idaho, over new strike of copper ore
in the Moonlight claim of the Pocatel-
10 Gold & Copper Mining company To-
Gated nine miles east. A foot of 40
per cent copper has been uncovered.
| Fred Bqrbidge and A. Burch of Spo-
kane are developing gold prospect
at Winston, Mont, Is miles east of
helena. They will sink shaft.
Since the strike made in the Glas-
gov tunnel of the Highland group, in
the Rock Creek district, Oregon, still
better grade of ore has been encoun-
tered and this week the assays made
gave values of from $40 to SIS per ton.
Roderick Cameron, thought to be
from Inverness county, N. s., and
Charles Lesigates, Greek, were
drowned May Is in the Pelly river, II
miles below the mouth of Ross river,
Alaska. John Mcconnell, a miner, en-
route from Vancouver to Dawson, was
also drowned in the Yukon after saw
ing two companions. None of the
| bodies were recovered. This makes
nine men drowned in the upper Yukon
within a week.
Frank Walters, an employee of the
Hercules mines at Burke, Idaho, had
massive piece of rock fall upon him
while he was in the stope. The leg
will have to be amputated.
man named Murphy sustained a
bad strain at the Standard mine re-
Gently and had to be brought to the
hospital. His injuries are not thought
to be serious.
The Big Four Mining & Milling
company at Butte, which was incor-
porated in March, has been carrying
ON the development of it's properties.
and the latest assays show very rich
values in silver. The claims of the
company are situated about six miles
west Of Ferguson. and within a few
miles OF several other valuable silver
and gold, bearing properties.
The Gerber mine at Sand Coulee.
Mont, is making preparations to large
1xr In