The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-05-04
MINING NOTES.

The Center Star at Rossland, B. G.
is clearing the foundation for a plant
to contain the War Eagle compressor,
which Is to be moved from the War
Eagle shaft. On this same foundation
is to be installed a $50 horse power
electric motor This is a portion OF
the general plant which the company
plans to use in hosting for both mines
through the Center Star shaft. 1t
Is planning to install the largest
hoisting plant in British Columbia.
The Simalkameen Valley company
was recently reorganized at Nelson,
B. G. Diminishing the whole body of the
former directorate and appointing an
entirely new board.
The management of the Rex (Six-
teen to One), in the Occur d'Alene
district, upon which strike was re-
Gently reported, announces that 10
feet Of high grade concentrating ore
is already in sight, with comparative
ly little prospecting. Theodore Ander-
son, lessee, had figured upon having
at least 25 or 80 feet of drifting east
erly to do before breaking into the
ore body.
Boundary, B. G. mines have pro-
duced and shipped over 100000 tons
Of ore this year.
BY the decision of a jury in the
United States court at Butte, dam
ages to the amount OF $72,541.55 were
awarded to the Butte & Boston Con-
fsolidated 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 in Colville, Wash, April 1, to
satisfy Judgment for $831145 and
| $68.50 costs, has been confirmed.
The whole property offered under the
sheriff's hammer brought $4,000 and
was sold to Blake & Carsten.
Christopher Curry was killed re-
Gently at the Center Star mine at
Rossland, B. c. The unfortunate
miner fell 1000 feet and was almost
torn to fragments by the projections.
The Dominion Copper company this
week placed large orders for ma
chinery at the company's mines at
Phoenix, B. G.
While in the act of stealing ore, a
man, who refused to give his name,
was shot and probably MORALLY
wounded by the owners of the Joker
claim near Manhattan, New. This is
the elimination of efforts that have
been in progress for a week to cap
ture some of the high grade ore
| thieves.
Fred d. Malone and Dick Peel,
miners working in the U. s. Grant
mine, near Virginia City, had a hair
raising experience in which Malone
gave an exhibition of unusual courage
and GOODNESS that saved his partners
life. After charging several blasts in
the bottom of winze and lighting the
short fuses they started to climb the
ladder to place of safety. Malone
was above Peel on the ladder and the
above the splitting fuses and the dyna-
mite when his foot got caught in the
ladder and he could not extricate it.
1t seemed as if his death was inevi-
table. But Malone, at the imminent
risk of his life dropped swiftly to the
bottom Of the winze and cut off the
lighted fses with his knife, thus pre-
venting the discharge of the blasts.
He had just time necessary to do
that, the burning end of the last fuse
being close to the earth when he
reached it.
John D. Ryan, managing director Of
the Amalgamated Copper company,
and Arthur Carson, manager of the
North Butte and the Butte Coalition
Mining companies of Butte, has 81 anted
strictly eight-hour law for all EN-.
ployes. Heretofore the miners were
lowered and hoisted upon their own
time, but hereafter the work will be
done upon the time of the company
meaning about an hours shorter time
in their days work. The scale Of
wages remains unchanged. About TO-.
900 men are affected, the big smelters
Of the Amalgamated at Anaconda and
Great Falls coming under the order OF
Mr.. Ryan.