The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1904-01-29
The slime experiments under way

The slime experiments under way
at the Standard mill at Wallace. Ida,
for two months have been completed,
and it has been decided by the man.
agement to supplant the canvas plant
of the mill with the Standard Wifieys
and the four foot Frue vanners. Eight
of each machines will be installed
within a short time.
President Hill says that the Great
Northern owns a single mine that
yields about $1,000,0OO in freight a
year.
The United Mineworkers Of America
have selected President Mitchell and
Secretary Dodd Of the Pittsburg dis
trict as delegates to the International
Mining congress at Paris in May. 4
John P. Letter is taking out some
ine rock from the San Francisco. Mr..
Dobbin is getting some good results
from his shaft. The Ajax crosscut at
It's and caught the lead in two feet.
It is IL feet wide. Drifting will be
pushed north and south.
After heavy wind storms roads are
again open Tor travel to the Hump,
Idaho.
A carload of ore is being loaded at
the Snowstorm mine at Mullan, Ida,
from the lower tunnel and will be ship
ped to. the Tacoma smelter. 1t is said
that the richest ore ever struck in the
mine has recently been uncovered in
the lower tunnel. 1t is the intention
of the company to continue with the
shipments as fast as the ore can be
extracted and loaded.
The present year promises to be
one of the most prosperous in the his
tory of copper mining in Butte. Bar
ring the various properties closed as
The result of litigation between the
Amalgamated Copper company and F.
Augustus Heinze, full forces of men
are working and their increased out.
put is shown by the TACT of the Butte,
Anaconda & Pacific and the Great
Northern railroads being taxed to the
utmost to handle the numerous trains
Of ore being transported from Butte
to Anaconda and to Great Falls
Switchmen on the Anaconda hill one
day last week broke record, handling
178 cars of ore in the course Of IL
| hours.
The Washoe copper smelters at Ana
conda are pracIicany working full
blast, every "a hours about 5000 tons
of ore being concentrated, smelted
and reduced to copper ingots.
The supreme court has affirmed the
judgment of the district court Of Sill
yer Bow county, IN which counsel fees
amounting to $4,000 were allowed
The services of the attorneys were IL
connection with the famed receiver
ship of the Boston & Montana com
pany, the original action having beer
brought by Forester and MacGinni
against that company, and which wa
responsible for the recent shutdown o
the Amalgamated properties in thi
state. The lower court allowed $50
900 to the legal nrms of Mediation 6
Cotter, Clayberg & Corbett, Rober
B. Smith and Charles Leonard. Thu
supreme court held that there was NJ
appeal possible from the order Of tn,
lower court, and the appeal has beef
dismissed. Amalgamated lawyers con
tested the allowance on the groun'
that it was excessive, as it did also thu
fee of Receiver Kinds, of about 5000
900, allowed by Judge Clancy. TIL
supreme court now has this under ad
visement. Kinds had nominal contro
for few days only. In view of to
preme court will decline to interior
with the action of Judge Clancy II
making this allowance, which is un
precedently large in Montana receiy
ership cases.
Rumors to the effect that negotia
tions mare pending for, the sale of tn
great lead mines, the DAILY West ant
Silvre King, to the Federal Mining ant
Smelling company are confirmed a
Salt Lake, Utah. President Charlie
Sweeney of the Federal concern, sail
the mines had been examined with tn
view to purchase. He added that al
though the transaction was not com
plete the report on the mines was favo
able and he considered them fine prop
critics.
When this deal is closed it will b
one of the largest of the kind ever con
sumateed in the United States.
The DAILY West and Silver KIM
mines are both heavy producers.