Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-10-04
MINES in MANY cAMs.

level. WI Of tba|
A three-foot vein Of rich
has been cut on the Iowas enc on
tee Golden Eagle properly !. :, level q
gulch, near Carter, Montana = Spring
A strike of free-millina
has been made in the s0la one
about five miles south of u group
Idaho 1t is reported that H. sl 1..l
was made in a tunnel M, nv slIlke
been run about 300 feet c ntsl Aas
ledge at $50 feet depth s lls
There is still great prost
production of copper, declares y
gustus Heinze, who has baen !, AZ
the most conspicuous lgures gus
copper trade for many wears s. = 'ls
says that he believes copper v dig'l's
go below IA cents a pound nr ~ ~
not below 1412 at the lowest SssuaDq
that the surplus metal on bana sqa
be worked off easily at the n.y.. a.
low prices. p'sseal
The old Mayflower pronartr
Wallace will be reopened j w
after shutdown of several mo.S
The ledge in the property i
posed at the $50 foot level and
viii be run to cut the ore sboo,
The Spokane Stock Brokers, 49,
citation resumed the calls Mo 10y
and will hold one call a dav j
o'clock in the morning.
The mill on the Kendall min.
central Montana will probablv
enlarged so that it will treat IN H.
Of ore a day, instead of only 5Oo 4.
present capacity. The enlaryems-.
will be necessary on account q Il.
fact that all North Moccasin ~.
will be treated at the Kendall nlsD,
A further reduction in the price 4
copper was made Saturday bv ~
United Metals Selling COMPANY IN
Phelps, Dodge & Co. The reductim
was to Is IA cents for 30 days' d
livery, which is the equivalent II
rate of Is cents fiat. This was d,
electrolytic copper.
1t is announced that the redno
ton in the output Of copper n NJ
Butte district was go per cent m
stead of so per cent, which was tbs
original intention. If conditions did
not improve a further reduction
would be made.
The Little Rockies Explorafim
company, which recently took over
group of claims in the Zortman dis
trict, Chouteau county, Mont. has
made a splendid strike in its Ala
oama mine. The ore, of a cyaniding
character, runs from $40 to $50 4
ton.
Reports of a second strike Of high
grade ore in mines located on the
shores of lake Pend d'Orielle reached
Spokane Saturday. The Minerva
nine, located on Granite creek, trib
ltary to the lake, yesterday encoun.
cred three feet of shipping galena
at a depth of 400 feet in the lower
evel.
While Boundary (B. c. mines ore
shipments are not up to the high wa
er mark of last week-over 41,OOO
ons-sttll for the current week they
un well up to 5000 tons daily.
By sticking to his task for the
ong, strenuous 10 minutes in the
lngle-handed rock drilling contest at
Spokane fair, Fred Yockey, a sturdy
miner of Goldf1eld. New, pounded the
teel through 26 GIG inches of gran.
tie Saturday night, winning the
ingle-handed contest over Gust Ehr
ing of Kellogg, Idaho. Ehrling
rilled through 20 inches, using
rills owned by other miners that
lad been used in the contest the
light before. His steel was thrown
ut because of being 1872 of an inch
DO small.
Rock Drilling Contest.
w. ]. McClain, foreman of the
mine at Butte, Mont, won
lird money by drilling q 11-l6
lches. Prizes of $3.50 and 500 were
warded Yockey and Ehrling for
rst and second depth drilling last
light.
Individual marks made in the
ngle-handed contest are: Fred
ockey, GOldfield, 26 GIG; Gust Ehr
ng, Kellogg, %; w. ]. McClain
ute, Fl 11-16; C. M. Patterson
sburne, Idaho, IS IA; Gus Finson,
reenwood, B. c., IL rs; H. Han
sburne, Idaho, IL 7-S; Frank John
IN, SilVerton, B. c., 16 IA; Chris
ygreen, Wallace, Idaho, 10 IA.
Thomas Bush of Boundary died in
orthport recently of Bright's dis
Use. He was an old pioneer and
ghly respected. He leaves some
,luable property.
At Rossland. B. c., the coke SIT
ltion is considerably improved, but
Ill there is a chance for its better
ent. Trail smelter, for instance, Is
inning five out Of its seven rur
Ices and could run the entire seven
there was more coke.
The half million dollar slime plant
the great Homestake mine at
eadwood, S. D., was saved from
struction recently by the heroism
ID hard work of 200 miners ana
illmen and the local volunteer lre
partment. The exterior OF the
building was badly dam
ed and the entire structure was
Omad m doctr,,cfion for time