The Western news., 1904-08-03
British Columbia Notes,


latter for utensils and weapons.
British Columbia Notes.
1t is reported that rich gold strike
has been made in the Broken Hill and
the Combine claims in the Lardeau
district
Zinc ore is being shipped from the
Idaho mine in the SLOGAN country to
lAanSaS.
Continued favorable reports come
from the Velvet-Portland mine and
mil at Rossland The showing in the
Portland mine is described as improv-
ing rapidly. and the unwatering of the
Velvet has commenced.
The reserves of lie Roi ore at the
Northport smelter will be exhausted
on or about August 10. 1t is expected
that two furnaces will go dark, and
that two will be kept running on the
high grade product now being mined,
but no authoritative statement is forth
coming.
The Jumbo mine of Rossland has
established new record for shipments
last week, 45O tons having been ship
will increase its output to 100 tons
dally.
Scores of Rosslanders visited the
Cliff mine during the past week. and
the consensus of opinion is strongly ia
vorable. Special interest attaches to
the operations because of the introduc-
ton of quarrying methods.
An Is inch streak of white carbon
ate ore was struck in the old Rico
mine in the SLOGAN district Monday,
which assays 100 ounces of silver.
Shipments from the low grade mines
of the Boundary district are again
creeping up in volume, the CRANKY.
smeter having blown in IS sixth fur
mace last week, making the full bat
terry now in operation.
CRANKY smelter treated 1858 tons
of ore during the last week, making a
total of 341,4 tons this year to date.
Mining Notes.
John A. rinch. millionaire mining
man, who for nearly three months has
been fighting an attack of nervous
prostratiOn, is slowly recovering at his
denlochen, on the shores OF Hayden
lake, Idaho. His condition is still Sc
rious.
Baker .lly Ore-The Virtue is plac-
ing in position an engine with pumping
capaclty of - gallons per minute
and a hoist for sinking 1000 feet. De-
velopment work is being continued.
Sumpter, Ore.-Considerable inn
provement is going on at the Colum-
liza mine, Cracker creek district The
MI. is to be overhauled and additional
machinery installed. Other outside
buildings will be erected and every ar
rangement made for larger output
at me mine.
Simon Luke an employe of the Bun
ker Hill & Sullivan mine at Wardner,
Idaho, was badly injured recently by
faLnng through one of the floors and
being injured in the back and head,
hurting his spine and otherwise bruis-
ing his body.
It is reported that four thousand,
three hundred and nineteen cards have
been issued to miners of the Cripple
Greek district by the Mineowners' as
sociation, and 300 applications are still
on file. Of the total number issued
more than 2100 have been in exchange
for cards surrendered by former mem.
bers of the Western Federation of Mi
ners, who have renounced allegiance
to the organization. Never have more
than $500 miners been employed in the
Cripple Creek mines at one time, and
then only when all the larger mines
were working night shift, and at no
time has the federation membership
been much in excess of 5000.
carload of assorted high grade
ore and about 100 tons of milling ore
will be shipped to the Sumpter, Ore,
smelter from the Listen lake as soon
as transportation arrangements are
completed.
machine company of Spokane is
building complete copper smelling
plant for the Turk Mining company,
whose properties are located in the
Cedar canyon, 25 miles north of Da-
Nenport, Wash. 1t is Blanchard fur
mace, radically different from those
used in une ordinary practice of cop
per smelling.
The Buckhorn mine at the head of
Moyie creek, Yak district, northern
Idaho, which is owned in Spokane, is
being equipped with 10 stamp mill.
J. T. Harrington of the Cedar Can
yon district, Wash, has been in Spo-
kane for few days on business con.
nected with mining claims he is devei.
oping in that district.
The dredge working in Stanley ba-
sin, Idaho, is working day and night
with profitable results. One bucket OF