Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 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 s2.75 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
100000 pounds annually within the
next few years with nue. lower cost
OF production.
Owing to the closing down OF the
furnaces at Trail, because OF a 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 a
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. G.
Copper company's smelter, from
Mother Lode. 1850 tons; from Emma.
20 tons. To Dominion Copper com
pany's smelter, from Brooklyn Stem.
winder, 2S71 tons; from Rawhide, 1853
tons; from Sunset, SIC tons; from
Mountain Rose. 1873 tons. Total ship
ment for week, 20,3O3 tons; total
shipments for week to date, 964, 500
tons. Boundary smelters treatment
this week follows: CRANKY smelter,
12.167 tons; B. C. Copper smelter,
s255 tons; Dominion Copper compa-
ny's smelter, 1898 tons. Total for
week. 2O,24O tons. Total treatment
for year to date, 972,S tons.
The Washington State Mining asso-
citation, with headquarters in Seattle
has been In existence about four
months, succeeding several former at.
tempts to form a similar association
all of which were short lived.
The Hayes-Monette lease on the
Mohawk mining property was robbed
Of $4,000 worth of ore Saturday by a
band of robbers, whose operations
were most daring. Just before day
break four men drove up to the Hayes
Monette shafthouse and jumped from
the wagon. Entering the shafthouse
they ordered the two engineers to
throw up their hands They were
heavily armed and, under their drawn
weapons, ordered the engineers to
carry 2S sacks of high grade ore from
the house to the wagon. After max
ng the engineers load the wagon the
robbers drove Off An alarm was
given, but up to noon Saturday the
robbers had not been caught. The
Hayes-Monette had been preparing fol
million dollar shipment of ore
Some of the ore being hoisted runs as
high as 800 per pound.
For the four months ended Septem
Der 30 the Providence mine neal
Greenwood, B. c., output of ore yield
ed returns of $117.23O74. This repre-
sents nearly so per cent of the com
pany's outstanding shares at par
value
The sawmill which the Palmer
Mountain Tunnel & Power company
recently placed on Toatscoula creek
near Loomisl Wash, is about ready &c
begin cutting. The mill is to be uset
for the purpose of saving lumber ant
timbers for the big reduction works
that the company intends to erect OF
its property this winter.
The Hecla Mining company has de
clared its regular monthly dividend Of
two cents a share. or $4,000 in all
The first dividend was paid in 1900
and the grand total to date is 1910,
900. The mine is in the Occur d'A
lenes.
The affairs of the old U. S. Marble
company, which for a time operated
the marble quarries 10 miles west Of
Valley, on the Spokane Falls & North
ern railway. have been wound up.
An option has been given to Butte
parties for the control of the Ala
media mining property north of Gem
Idaho.