Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1906-09-22
MINING NOTES.

oail mas Deen issued for the nin,.
annual session of the American MI
congress, to be held at Denver lug
october 16, II, Is and 10. 1qoe oo'
The geological survey annouu
that the examination of alleged n,a"
deposits in eastern Washineton eer
be made this summer by Arthpr WIN
yer, a geologist who win be do,oru,
to the staff OF the general land oToo
while doing this work. "'e
A fatal accident occurred Of tho
EFT lease on the Mohawk. near ca,a
feldp recently, as a result of u.n,u
Thomas c. Leahy, a miner, was I'm.
and Peter McAuly was very serio,o,''
wounded. The two men, accomnon.1,
by two other miners, were heinz ~,
ed to the surface in a bucket.
The Boundary ore output last wool.
was about 5000 tons more than :
vlots week. Following are the 6or.o.
from the several shipping mines. Ts
CRANKY smelter from GRANNY minaa
1853 tons; from Emma, SO tons. r.
Dominion Copper company's smeltor
from Brooklyn-Stemwinder, 23OS tons.
from Idaho, 297 tons; from Rawhida
S58 tons; from Sunset, S25 tons. fror'
Mountain Rose, "a tons; to Nalson
smelter from Emma, S3 tons; to Trail
smelter from Snowshoe. 114O tons
Total shipments for week, "a, 3 tons.
total shipments for year to date oso
SS5 tons.
Boundary smelters treated a.
follows: CRANKY smelter, 1928
tons; Dominion Copper Companv,s
smelter, 1852 tons. Total treatment
for the week, 1850 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 been
idle for several days have resumed
operations.
On the theory that it is a 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 inyen.
ton. This does away with the expo.
sure to dry Leaf. The device consists
of a 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
flame of the candle. The cup is filled
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
were considerably damaged and hun
dreds of fowls were killed. Incendfar-
ism is suspected.
The Centre Star mine at Rossland,
B. c., has found the oreshoots so good
on the 18th level hat 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, 261O tons; LIE Roi'
2700; lie Roi 30. 2. go. Total for the
week, 1910, and for the year, 224,O7S
tons.
The six additional Huntington-He-
berlein c~onveRters at the Trail smelter
are about ready for operation, making
II in all, while preparations are III
progress for the installation OF SIX
more.