Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-10-27
MINING NEWS.

Announcement is made that the
wages Of miners in the Aspen silver
district, Colorado, will be increased
from $3.50 to $2.75 a day. Several
thousand men are benefited by the ad-
vance, which is made possibly by the
recent steady gain in the price OF sill
yer.
Official estimates given out by the
CRANKY Consolidated are to the effect
that the next fiscal years output of
copper will be 10000, 900 pounds, and
SO 900 900 pounds annually within the
next few years with much lower cost
of production.
Owing to the closing down Of the
| furnaces at Trail, because Of short
age of coke caused by the strike at
the Crows Nest Coal mines, the ship
ments were again small last week
from Rossland. The LeRoi continues
to ship its output to Northport, where
ore is stored pending the time when
supply Of coke can be procured.
The Boundary ore output and smell
ter treatment for the week follows:
To CRANKY smelter from CRANKY
mines, 13,205 tons; from Skylark, 20
tons; from Emma, 60 tons. To B. c.
Copper company's smelter, from
Mother Lode, 1850 tons; from Emma.
70 tons To Dominion Copper COM
pany's smelter, from Brooklyn Stem
winder, 2871 tons; from Rawhide, 1853
tons; from Sunset, 576 tons; from
Mountain Rose, 1913 tons. Total ship
ment for week, 20,303 tons; total
, shipments for week to date, 964,609
tons. Boundary smelters treatment
| this week follows: CRANKY smelter
12,167 tons; B. c. Copper smelter
| 9255 tons; Dominion Copper compa
ny's smelter, 1898 tons. Total fol
, week, 20,240 tons. Total treatmen
:. for year to date, 972,S38 tons.
n The Washington State Mining asso
!. citation, with headquarters in Seattle
has been in existence about fou
: months, succeeding several former at
y tempts to form similar association
! all of which were short lived.
The Hayes-Monette lease on tn
. Mohawk mining property was robbie
. of $4,000 worth of ore Saturday by
band of robbers, whose operation
q were most daring Just before da.
break four men drove up to the Hayes
- Monette shafthouse and jumped frol
a the wagon. Entering the shafthous
they ordered the two engineers
throw up their hands. They Wei
70 heavily armed and, under their draw
~ weapons, ordered the engineers
carry % sacks of high grade ore fro
a. the house to the wagon. After ma
ing the engineers load the wagon tt
w. robbers drove on. An alarm WI
In given, but up to noon Saturday II
OF robbers had not been caught. TT
ay Hayes-Monette had been preparing f
w a million dollar shipment Of OF
Some of the ore being hoisted runs
vn high as 500 per pound.
or For the four months ended Septel
SO Der 80 the Providence mine ne
ey Greenwood, B. c., output of ore yiel
IN. ed returns of $117 ,230.74. This repl
sents nearly 80 per cent of the CO..
he pany's outstanding shares at
ly, value.
IS, The sawmill which the Palm
20, Mountain Tunnel & Power compa
recently placed on Toatscoula ere
Nv near Loomis, Wash, Is about ready
nd begin cutting. The mill is to be us
"a. for the purpose of saving lumber a
to timbers for the big reduction wor
that the company intends to erect
ITO it's property this winter.
aw The Hecla Mining company has
tn clared its regular monthly dividend
NV two cents a share. or 100000 in
IN The first dividend was paid in 49,
ba and the grand total to date is $91
sv 900. The mine is in the Occur d
ION lenes.
nd The affairs of the old U. S. Mar
of company, which for time operat
the marble quarries 10 miles west
- Valley, on the Spokane Falls & Nor
~ ern railway, have been wound up.
49,. An option has been given to Blu
parties for the control of the A
80 media mining property north of &c
idaho.
- NhIr IA CAN GAL NAnOR