The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-08-01
BRITISH COLUMBIA MINES.

SitiSH COLUMBIA MINES.
The Last Chance mine, after q
years period Of idieness. has resumed
operations.
The claims recently located by Mike
keFiin IN the Poplar Greek district are
looking up well.
For a second week the ore ship
ments from the Boundary mines run
over 1000 tons per day.
II is not publicly known. but the sIo.
can district has in prospect a smelter
ana renninE works somewhere ada
cent TO its mines. says the Review.
The Wakefield mine will shortly in
crease Its force 10 20 miners Man
ager Lane expects TO ship $50 tons Of
ore per month and will make the nrst
shipment this week, when the car will
~ sent 10 Nelson. says the Nelson
News
Patrick J. Dermody. foreman Of the
CRANKY properties. reports that the
mine Is working $50 men and viii
probably work 100 more when furnaces
No, I and At the smelter start in
about two mohths. Mr.. Darmody re-
ports that the new steam shovel at
the mines Ia working finely and Is
capable 70 handling 1000 tons Of ore
day.
The 30 foot steel plate smokestaek
~ the Greenwood smeiter was top
Piled over and its steel supporting ca
hles snapped like threads during the
high windstorm recently. The wind
also wrecked heavy plate glass win.
doWR. causing damage estimated nj
$1,000. and blew trees and telephone
and telegraph poles and wires down In
all directions Late in the afternoon
the wind came from the direction OF
Boundary creek. tearing down trees
BY The score and playing havoc with
buildings and other property. II did
not last half an hour but during that
short time Il attained great velocity
and brought with Il clouds Of dust
that darkened the atmosphere over
the whole OF the valley.
The velVcl mine at Rossland has
suspended operations indefinitely. The
management has made no statement
on the subject as yet. but il is gen.
orally understood from men arriving
IN the city from the property that the
suspension will be lengthy and that Il
In oceaainned by the fact that the pAya.
bic ore under existing conditions is
exhausted.
The recent discovery Of free gold ore
In the Juno mine on Morning noun.
tain. overlooking the Nelson, near
Rnssiand. Is apparently a genuinely
important strike. fuzzy up 10 the stand.
ard Of the Poplar creek sensation.
which has drawn hundreds Of prospec.
tors and mining men Into the IArdeau.
Much interest is manifested in the
announcement that the Homestake
company has engaged Andrew @. Lar.
son well known Occur d'Alene and |
RoRsland mining man. TO make a thor. !
ough examination and prepare geo. |
logical plans for the mine. The prop.
orty Is located in the south belt OF |
Roealand and has been a slnkholc for
many thousand dollars in past years.
Shipments for last week from Ross.
land are larger than usual. tho lie Roi |
making up for the light output of the
previous week. Details are: lie Rol. |
$50: Centre Star. 1920: war Eagle,
1890; Kootonay, ISL; lie Roi No. ..
sac: Velvet. so; Giant. %: Jumbo, les:
total. $500; total for year to date, eos.
sa2.
Dan NcKinnon OF Kaslo was brought
into town on a handcar from the An.
toine mine at Michigan. almost in
pieces. from the effects Of n missed
shot in n blast His right arm is In
ribbons and his body Is torn and cut
In innumsrahle places with pieces Of
dying rock His skull was punctured
and cut from the top Of his head TO his
neck. One cut was from the hair on
his forehead straight dowp his face
and neck 60 his side. That he stan
lives IL a miracle. The doctors were
hours in removing the pieces OF rock
from his body and have now good
hopes that he will recover. He Is
well known and popular.
The big lie Roi mine az Rossland
steadily continues to make money, &C.
cording 20 the report OF Manager s.
A. Parish. although production lately
has been somewhat cut down. The
ore shipped during April amounted to
l2.1ss tons. containing 1881 ounces
gold. sass ounces silver, 1882 pounds
copper; value per ton. siI.1. A por-
iion, 100 tons, containing s6S ounces
gold. 900 ounces silver and ASS pounds
copper, was sold TO the Hall Mining q
Smelling company, limited. Of Nelson.
u. c.. for experimental purposes; the
balance was shipped TO the smelter at
Northport The cost Of breaking and
delivering the ore on the railroad cars
was ss.77 per ton. while the cost OF de-
velopment was equal TO 90 cents per