Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-04-27
MINING NEWS.

/ mines IN the world, WHO mdue MS
home at Wardner for nearly a year in
1890, is said now to receive a salary
aggregating 100000 a year. which is
more money than any other man ever
received for his yearly services in a
similar capacity.
At Chelan, Wash, great excitement
prevails over the discovery Of lodges
on Chelan Butte carrying high values
in gold and a stampede is now on to
the scene of the find, only few miles
away. Specimens show stringers of
free gold in large quantities. Miners
state that the ore resembles Cripple
Creek ore. The lodges are well de-
fined A large number Of claims have
been located already and many more
Wa follow.
A report, which is probably anthem
tic, is circulated in Republic, Wash, to
the effect that an engineer has been
engaged to survey a new line of stand
ard gauge railroad from Belcher juno
ton, at the mouth of Lambert creek,
to the mines on Belcher mountain.
The parties behind the new project are
supposed to be eastern men who are
Interested in Belched Mountain mines.
No matter who puts up the money the
enterprise should be of great benefit
to this community and surrounding
country.
A specia, dispatch from Juneau,
Alaska, says that the great Treadwell
strike has been settled on the open
shop basis Not over 10 are affected
and the blacklist is abolished. There
will be no further interference or rec
ognition of the union, and no attempt
at dictation to the mine management
The troops will be withdrawn this
week.
A strike of the utmost Importance
has been made in the Interstate mine
near Sunset peak, in the Coeul
d Alenes.
The Big Badly Mining & Milling
property on Crooked creek, about II
r miles southeast of Buffalo Hump, Ida
, no, is to be thoroughly exploited dur
ing the coming season.
The big Jim Hill ore land leas,
, melon" was unlawful and the millions
of dollars in ore certificates involved
, should have been turned in as assets
of the Great Northern Railway com
+ pany instead of being distributed Il
the Great Northern stockholders. Thii
Is the substance of the report of tn,
house committee.
E. A. Henchilwood of Elk City, Ida
. no, has discovered a new place
r ground of unusual richness, just ives
: OF the American River bridge on tn
Orogrande road. The area of tn
ground is small, but prospecting ha
proved it to be wonderfully rich.
In the Occur d'AIenes.
A contract has been let to M. Coyn
n and Joseph Higgins to continue tn
s another 100 feet. The property is Il
+ the Stevens Peak copper belt.
" The Hecla Mining company has dc
clared a dividend. supposedly the reg
q ular monthly dividend of 2 cents
|. share, or $4,000.
r f. August Heinze, who recently &C
lquired extensive mining interests il
# the Occur d'Alenes, is figuring upol
/. adding to his holdings by the purchas
# of the o. X. Consolidated. the Blacl
S Hawk and the Wyoming groups, whic
# adjoin the ground of the Occur d'Alen
Development company, which is unde
!. bond to the Montana mining million
p aire.
, Wallace, Idaho-At a meeting of tn
l. Champion Copper Mining company d
S rectors held recently, it was decide
!. property at once with three shifts @
men.
Articles Of incorporation have bee
filed at Wallace for the Yreka Mimi
company. naming it's capital at 500
l. coo, with 100000 shares of a pa
value of 10 cents each. The incol
I rorators are all residents of Kellogf
II A boarding house, a bunk house an
=, a blacksmith shop have been erecte
) on the Golden Star property on Place
, creek, and work has been begun on
2c0-foot crosscut. Fine galena ore wa
, found on the property years age
=. when 1t was mined with a shalloV
y shaft.
y British Columbia Mines.
/ The Cariboo mine in Camp McKir
{ ney is now unwatered to the 400 foe
level and active mining will soon b
in progress at the old dividend payei
Il The slight damage done by sno'
slides to the tramway and flume o
the Montezuma mine near Kaslo /
nearly repaired, and the old propert
will be working full blast within tn
6 week.
The Cranky smelter company a
: Grand Forks, B. c., has about a II
:. days coke supply at the smelter TO
- operating six furnaces of the batter
of eight.
/. Eastern oregon Mines.
The Sumpter smelter has ordere
d from an iron works at Baker Cit
three new Stag pots. The new equiv
/ inent will somewhat enlarge the smell
o ers capacity
l. w. ]. Hughes Of Baker City report
that three feet of base gold ore, rio
enough to pay for shipping, however
has been cut in the Equity mine Il
|. the Quartzburg.
r. The Sumpter smelter was blown 4
k last Thursday morning. The run wi
!. be continued as long as the ore o.
v hand holds out. A shutdown will 70