The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 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.
| Inc geological survey announced
mat the examination of alleged placer
deposits In eastern Washington will
pe made this summer by Arthur Coll
yer, geologist who will be detailed
10 the staff Of the general land office
while doing this work.
"A 1atal accident occurred at the Tru
e't lease On the Mohawk, near Gold
neid" recently, as a result of which
Inomas c. 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-.
vlous week. Following are the figures
from the several shipping mines: To
Granby smelter from CRANKY mines,
1859 tons; from Emma, 80 tons: to
dominion Copper company's smelter
from MISUNDERSTANDING 23OS tons:
from Idaho, 297 tons; from Rawhide,
o5S tons; from Sunset, 825 tons; from
Mountain Rose, "A tons; to Nelson
smeiter from Emma, 33 tons; to Trail
smelter from Snowshoe, 114O tons.
Total shipments for week, 24,533 tons ::
total shipments for year to date, $685.
SS5 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 Goldfield is
settled. The miners who have been
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 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
40 nf tho candle Tho ic f11oH
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.
"Swiftwater 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-
day. The report was heard 40 miles
away Houses in the neighborhood
we're considerably damaged and hun
dreds of fowls were killed. Incendiar-
ism is suspected.
The Centre Star mine at Rossland.
B. c., has found the oreshoots so good
Lon the 18th level that it is cutting out
a lump preparatory to sinking the
main shaft to the 18th level. The
18th level is 1850 feet below the collar
of the shat, and the 18th level, when
it is reached, will be $50 feet below
the 18th, or 1900 feet below the shafts
collar.
Following are the shipments for last
week. Centre Star, 2610 tons; LIE Roi.
200; lie Roi 40. 2, $50. Total for the
week, 500, and for the year, 224,073
tons.
The six additional Huntington-He-
berlein converters at the Trail smelter
are about ready for operation, making