The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-04
MINING NOTES.

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The Center star az Rossland. B. G.
is clearing the foundation for a plant
10 contain the Wal Eagle compressor,
which is 10 be moved from the Val
Eagle shaft. On this same foundation
lis 10 be installed a $50 horse power
| electric motor. This is a portion OF
the general plant which the company
plans 10 use in hosting for both mines
through the Center Star shaft. Il
liz planning 10 install the largest
hosting plant in British Columbia.
The S~imalkameen Valley company
was recently ~reOrganized at Nelson,
3. c. dismissing the whole body Of the
former directorate and appointing an
entirely new board.
The management Of the Rex six
teen 10 One. in the Occur d'Alene
district. upon which a strike vas re-
Gently reported, announces that 10
feet Of high grade concentrating ore
is already in sight. with comparative
~ little prospecting. Theodore Ander-
son. lessee. had figured upon having
at least 25 or 80 feet Of drifting east
erly 10 do before breaking into the
ore body.
Boundary. 3. c. mines have pro-
duced and shipped over 100000 tons
OF ore this year.
BY the decision Of a jury in the
United States court al Butte. dam
ages TO the amount Of s72.541.55 were
awarded TO the Butte & Boston Con
solidated Mining company against the
Geyman Mining company, Charles,
John and Josie Geyman.
The sale of the mineral lands of the
Turk Mining company, which took
place IL ColyiIle, Wash. April l. to 9
satisfy a judgment for sS311.45 and
costs, has been confirmed. !
The whole property offered under the l
sherif's hammer brought $4,000 and a
was sold to Blake & Carsten. .
Christopher Curry was killed re- \
Gently at the Center Star mine at I
.ossland, B.. c. The unfortunate =
miner fell 1900 feet and was almost y
.orn to fragments by the projections. =
The Dominion Copper company this =
week placed large orders for ma a
2hinery at the company's mines at =
Phoenix. B. c. =
While in the act Of stealing ore, a v
nan, who refused to give his name. r,
vas shot and probably MORALLY b
wounded by the owners Of the Joker D
lain near Manhattan. New. This is U
he elimination of efforts that have o.
cen in progress for a week to cap @,
ure some Of the high grade ore b
hieves. e
Fred D. Malone and Dick Peel. n
miners working in the L. S. Grant p,
line, near Virginia City. had a hair W
aising experience in which Malone nj
ave an exhibition Of unusual courage ~
nd GOODNESS that saved his partners o,
fe. After charging several blasts in N
bottom of a winze and lighting the
hort fuses they started to climb the %
oder TO a place of safety. Malone Fl.
as above Peel On the ladder and the 81
ter had assembled but a few feet sr
o the splitting fuses and the dyna- dc
when his foot got caught in the nj
oder and he could not extricate it.
seemed as if his death was inevi- -
bic. But Malone. al the imminent y
OF his life dropped swiftly to the
'ttom Of the Wine and cut OF the
GIFTED fses with his knife. thus pre-
.nting the discharge of the blasts.
mad Just time necessary to dol
the burning end of the last fuse
ing close TO the earth when be
ached it.
tn.
ID. Ryan, managing director Of vrI
Amalgamated Copper company, "a,
d Arthur Carson, manager of the
nth Butte and the Butte Coalition In
ming companies of Butte has granted bn
strictly eight-hour law for all EN-. M
'yes. Heretofore the miners were -
yered and hoisted upon their own 90
ne, but hereafter the work will he n,
ne upon the time of the company. dir
aiming about an hours shorter time b.,
their days work. The scale of on,
ges remains unchanged. About TO-. s+r
men are affected, the big smelters :,
the Amalgsmated at Anaconda and nh
eat Falls coming under the order of tbe
. Ryan. @