Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-09-21
MINING NOTES.

a call has been issued for the ninth
annual session of the American Mining
congress, to be held at Denver. Col.
october 16, II, Is and 10, 1906
The geological survey announced
that the examination of alleged placer
deposits In eastern Washington will
be made this summer by Arthur Coll
yer, geologist who will be detailed
to the staff of the general land office
while doing this work.
A fatal accident occurred at the Tru.
EFT lease on the Mohawk, near Gold.
neid,' recently, as a result of which
Thomas G. Leahy, a 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-
vious 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,
sos tons; from Sunset, 1926 tons; from
Mountain Rose, "a tons; to Nelson
smelter from Emma, 33 tons; to Trail
smelter from Snowshoe, lao tons
Total shipments for week, 24,533 tons;
total shipments for year to date, $780,
1856 tons.
Boundary smelters treated as
follows: CRANKY smelter, 15,24S
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 Goldfeld is
settled. The miners who have beer
, idle for several days have resumed
, operations.
On the theory that it is 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 inven
ton. This does away with the expo
sure to dry heat. The device consist!
of a miners candlestick, with a small
tin cup fastened to the upper part o
the frame of the candlestick, the cul
being in position directly over tn
i flame of the candle. The cup is fille'
with water and the powder place.
l therein, when the candle is lighted
Mr.. Robinson says that in seven min
q utes the water is hot enough to thaN
y the powder.
r "Swiftwater Bill" Gates, who ha
l. been visiting in Spokane for the pas
0 week, has gone west.
5 The powder magazine of the Key
stone Powder company at Nashville
Tenn, in which was stored 1000
E pounds of dynamite, exploded Satu
day The report was heard 40 mile
r. away. Houses in the neighborhoo
were considerably damaged and hui
- dreds of fowls were killed. Incendia
&c ism is suspected.
The Centre Star mine at Rosslan'
- B. c., has found the oreshoots so goo
- on the 18th level that it is cutting OF
u lump preparatory to sinking tt
III main shaft to the 18th level. TT
re 18th level is 1850 feet below the collf
of the shat, and the 18th level, whe
n it is reached, will be $50 feet belo
the 18th, or 1900 feet below the shaft
es collar.
IT Following are the shipments for la
ne week. Centre Star, 2610 tons; LIE Re
On 27OO; lie Roi NO. 2, $50. Total for Il
ill week, 1910. and for the year, 224'O
in tons.
fy The six additional Huntington-H
berlein converters at the Trail smelt
are about ready for operation, makiI
12 in all, while preparations are
progress for the installation OF
he more.