The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1904-08-19
Mining Notes,

Mining Notes.
A carload of machinery for the Gold
en- Wizard mine, Sumpter district, Ore
gon, has arrived at Sumpter.
The machinery for the l. X. L. hoist
in the Greenhorn, Oregon, district, Is
on the ground and being put in po-
sition.
w. D. Greenough and'J. A. Huyebe
of Mullan, Idaho, are inspecting the
copper properties of the Eureka, Ore,
district
Owing to the construction of the
smelter at the new town Of Landore,
Idaho, by the Ladd Metals company,
the place is very active.
Arrangements are being made for
the installation of electric power at
the 16 to 1 mine on Nine Mile creek,
a short distance above Wallace, Ida.
A short test run with hydraulics on
the grounds of the Libby Placer COM
pany, situated rs miles south of Libby,
Mont, resulted in a $4,000 cleanup of
gold.
John McKeirnan, minSS in the New
ersweat mine at Butte, was instantly
killed recently while walking back.
wards. While carrying heavy plank
he stepped into shoot, falling 300
feet.
The new two compartment shaft be.
ing sunk on the Golden Chariot, in the
Bear Gulch district, Oregon, is down
m foot toff will ho
100 foot and crosscut run to the
vein.
u timber for the construction Of
the mill for the Fortune Mining com.
pany in the Sumpter district, Oregon,
is on the ground, and the building will
be ready to install the machinery upon
its arrival.
]. B. Williams, an employee of the
Federal Mining & Smelling company
at the Standard mine in the Occur
d'Alenes, sustained severe injuries
about his head by being struck by
falling rock.
A. M. Paul and associates have bond
ed the Imperial group of claims in the
Gable Cove district. The Sumpter re-
duction plant, owned by Arthur & Nc.
Even, has been purchased and is be.
ing removed to the property.
Spokane is fast becoming a center
of copper mining, and in the last half
dozen years the copper camps near
there in southern British Columbia and
In part of northern Idaho have reached
a size to rival the silver-lead camps.
General Manager Wilson cabled the
following answer to the Northport
Smelling and Refining companies re-
quest for him to remain in their en-
ploy for longer period: Personal
affairs prevent my remaining with the
company longer than August 15."
w. A. Coplen, superintendent of the
mining department of the Spokane In.
terstate fair, which opens October 8,
was in Northern Washington this week
arranging for exhibits from all the
leading mines Of that section which
did not have displays at the fair last
year.
The conference between the owners
and the representatives of the miners.
members of the United Mineworkers
of America. employed in the mines on.
Grated by the companies. embracing
Rosslyn, Gle Elum, Ravensdale and
Malmont, Wash, terminated after a
session covering five days. The COM
pany entered into an agreement with
the miners for period of one year.
Reno, 4Sev.-By the consummation
of a deal with the Alta Mining com.
pany at Gold Hill, every mine, both in
Gold Hill and Virginia City, will now
be drained, and thousands upon thous.
ands of tons of ore that are known to
be covered with water, and which have
been flooded for years, will be laid
bare. Old time activity in what have
been two Of the greatest mining camps
in the world is promised.
The Mountain Lion mine is sending
out some good ore.
High grade ore is being mined at
the depth Of 1850 feet in the Great
Boulder mine in the Kalgoorlie district.
west Australia, and diamond drill Dor.
lngs show the presence Of ore carry.
ing over an ounce of gold to the ton
At the depth of 1920 feet in the Ivan.
noe mine in the same district. Evi.
1ently in this district gold ores do
90 down.
Word has been received in Living.
'ton that the big fault that was en-.
'ountered in the Cokedale mine nearly
'ne year ago has been worked through
md the large coal leads reached. More
nan 100 coke ovens will be fred at
'nce and employment will be given to
700 or 300 men. 1t is stated that there
s sufficient coal in sight to keep the
'oke plant at Cokedale in operation
or, more than IN vaars