Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-08-14
MINES AND MINING.

Work has been resumed on the Won
der group Of claims near Kingston,
Idaho.
Twenty-Five men have been put to
work In the tunnels of the Rex mine
in the Occur dAlenes.
in the Last Chance, at Wardner, Ida
no, was instantly killed recently by a
cavein in what is known as the Glory
Hole.
All the furnaces but one have been
blown out" at the Northport smelter
It is not known how long the smelter
will remain idle nor the true cause Of
the shutdown.
1t is cheering news to mining inter
ests Of the Butte and Helena districts
to learn that the process being tested
at Corbin for the extraction of zinc
from the ores has proved successful.
Two hundred acres Of mining land,
known as the Niger Bill property, To-
Gated nine miles northeast of Thomp-
sons Falls, Mont, have been purchas-
ed by the G. e. Mitchell company Of
Spokane.
Fifty-nine pounds of gold dust
valued at $4,000, was recently stolen
from a registered mail sack between
Eagle and Rampant. The sack original
ly contained 80 pounds. There is no
clue to the thief.
A formal agreement has been reach
ed between John Mitchell, president of
the United Mineworkers of America
and William D. Haywood, secretary
treasurer Of the Western Federation
of Miners, for an interchange of cards
between the two organizations.
L. w. Carson, manager Of the Gold
Bug Mining company, which operates
the Gold Bug mine. located in the
Hoodoo mining district in Idaho east
of Palouse. says shipping ore will begin
by September. This will be the first
ore shipped from the Hoodoo district.
1t is understood that the English
company has recently resumed work
upon the Silver King mine, near Mel
son, B. c., with a greater force Of
men than has been employed there for
years is entering upon an extensive
plan of development, which will take
from IS months to two and one-half
years to complete.
Owing to the fact that not sufficient
coke can be had to operate the full
battery of furnaces, the CRANKY conf
pany at Grand Forks, B. c., is laying
off some men Rt the mines, the Snow
shoe mine also doing the same. The
CRANKY is able to operate but five or
six Of the furnaces most Of the time,
owing to the coke and car shortage.
Lois Pratt Of Sandon reports that
camp Is now looking better than it
did in the early spring. In addition to
the properties ordinarily working, the
Goodenough and Reco are now both
shipping, and will ship large quantities
just as soon as larger force Of men
can be gathered together. The Noun
tain Consolidated is preparing to send
down large quantity of ore secured
in development work.
The Federal Mining & Smelling
company is planning one of the big
gest enterprises ever undertaken in
connection with the mining industry
of the Occur d'Alenes. It is stated
that the company has acquired large
body Of land at the confluence of the
north and south forks of the Occur
d'Alene river, 20 miles from Wallace,
and about half a mile from Kingston,
upon which it is proposed to erect a
concentrating plant costing 100000.
An enormous dividend will be paid
September 1 on Goldfield Consolidated
stock, the $50,000,000 merger, and
monthly dividends will be paid here
after on 3,270,O00 shares Of stock. A
cash reserve Of $10,000,000 will be de-
posted in San Francisco and New
York banks to draw per cent interest
to pay for mill construction. The rate
of output of the three best Goldfield
mines is given by bullion tax certifi-
Gates as 100000 per month. There
is great excitement over this authori-
tative announcement.
Three members Of the board OF d.
rectors of the American Smelling &
Refining company, the smelter trust,
were in Wallace, Idaho, recently from
New York and spent some time in
conference with local officers of the
Federal Mining & Smelling company,
one of the trusts allied corporations.
It is said the purpose of the visit is
to induce Independent mine owners to
curtail the lead output because of the
heavy slump in the market. In the
past few months lead has dropped
from $3.50 to $5.25.