The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-09-21
MINING NOTES.

i A call has been issued for the mint
annual session of the American Mimi,
| Congress, to be held at Denver, Col
October 16. IL, Is and 10, 1906.
The geological survey announce,
that the examination of alleged place
deposits in eastern Washington will
be made this summer by Arthur Coll
yer. geologist who will be detailed
10 the star of the general land Office
while doing this work.
A fatal accident occurred at the Tru
EFT lease on the Mohawk, near Gold
neidn recently, as a result of which
Thomas c. Leahy, miner. was killed
and Peter McAuly was very seriously
wounded. The two men, accompanied
by Two other miners, were being hoist
ed to the surface in a bucket.
The Boundary ore output last week
was about 5000 tons more than pre-
vlous week. Following are the figures
from the several shipping mines: To
CRANKY smelter from CRANKY mines,
1859 tons; from Emma, 80 tons: to
Dominion Copper company's smelter
from Brooklyn-Stemwinder, 23OS tons:
from Idaho, 297 tons; from Rawhide,
500 tons; from Sunset, 1875 tons; from
Mountain Rose, "a tons; to Nelson
smelter from Emma, SO tons; to Trail
smelter from Snowshoe, 114O tons.
Iotal shipments for week, 24,533 tons:
total shipments for year to date. $780,
1856 tons.
Boundary smelters treated as
follows: CRANKY smelter, 1928
tons; Dominion Copper Company's
smelter, 1852 tons. Total treatment
for the week, 1880 tons; total treat
ment for year to date, S51, 4S7 tons.
The assay laboratory at the Uni
Versity of Idaho, which is nearing
completion, will be one of the finest.
If not the finest, in the west.
The labor difficulty at Goldfield is
settled. The miners who have been
idle for several days have resumed
operations.
On the theory that it is a dry heat
which causes occasional explosions
during the thawing of dynamite, J. H.
Robinson of Lewiston, Idaho, has per
fected what he declares is an inyen-
ton. This does away with the expo
sure to dry heat. The device consists
of miners candlestick. with a small
tin cup fastened to the upper part of
the frame of the candlestick, the cup
being in position directly over the
flame of the candle. The cup is filed
with water and the powder placed
therein, when the candle is lighted.
Mr.. Robinson says that in seven min
utes the water is hot enough to thaw
the powder.
saltwater Bill" Gates, who has
been visiting in Spokane for the past
week, has gone west.
The powder magazine of the Key
stone Powder company at Nashville.
Tenn, in which was stored 10000 |
pounds of dynamite, exploded Satur-
lay. The report was heard 40 miles |
way. Houses in the neighborhood
we're considerably damaged and hun
lreds OF fowls were killed. Incendiar-
SIN is suspected.
The Centre Star mine at Rossland,
;. c., has found the oreshoots so good
N the 18th level that it is cutting out
) lump preparatory to sinking the
main shaft to the 18th level. The
9th level is 1850 feet below the collar
Il the shat, and the 18th level, when
Is reached, will be $50 feet below
he 18th, or 1900 feet below the shafts
ollar.
Following are the shipments for last
1eek. Centre Star, 261O tons; LIE Roi,
700; lie Roi 40. 2, $50. Total for the
'eek, 500. and for the year, 224,073
ons.
The six additional Huntington-He-
erlein converters at the Trail smelter
re about ready for operation, making
in all, while preparations are in
rogress for the installation of six
lore.
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