The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-12-13
MINES IN MANY CAMPS.

"A Smelter, especially adapted to the
treatment of it's copper sulphide ore,
will be installed in the near future
by the Scotch Bonnet Mining COM
pany, whose property is located in
Park county, Montana.
While making his daily inspection
of the Occidental coal mine, near
Palmer, 80 miles from Tacoma, recent
ly, Joseph Kraczek, the fire boss, aged
% years, encountered what is known
as white damp and fell backward,
dead. The body was discovered by the
men going to work on the day shift.
About &C men have applied for work
at the CRANKY smelter in Grand Forks,
q of whom were put to work, the re-
mainder to go to work as soon as the
smelter gets running properly. 1t is
stated by officials of the CRANKY COM
pany that the Western Federation of
Miners has pickets posted on the road
to the smelter with the intention of
persuading any men who might start
up the hill to turn back
The Spokane Lead Mines company
Is constructing RATS at Newport to
convey the machinery for the new
concentration at Metaline
Another shipper has rejoined the list
of Rossland, B. c., in the Evening
Star, which sent 80 tons to the Trail
smelter. The Evening Star is being
operated under lease for a year by
Andrew K 1dler The lessee expects
to ship at least 1000 tons during the
next six months. The mine was oper-
ated in the early days OF the camp.
Recent reports from the Lake Che
Ian country are that the Helena Gold
and Copper mine upon which ]. P
Graves holds an option for two years.
had closed operations for the winter.
There is absolutely no truth in Red
denis story" said w. d. Greenough
recently when asked concerning an
alleged statement of N. H. Redden al
Lander, Wyo., that the Greenough
Brothers had offered him $4,000 if he
would sign statement that the Rec
Canyon placer properties were sailed
The dead body of Edward Wheelden
an old prospector, was found recent,
in his cabin on the outskirts of Nelson
B. G.
AS producer of the precious metal.
| Nevada occupies high place amoni
the states and territories of the Union
In value of gold product the state il
outranked only by Colorado, Alask;
and California, while it's silver outpu
gives it fifth place, Colorado, Montana
and Idaho taking precedence.
In 1906, according to statistics col
lected by the United States geological
survey from the producing mining CON
panies, Navada mines yielded $10,470
704 in gold, an increase of $5,200SS
over 1905. The Unexpectedly heav
output of the Goldfield mines was 81
1854, an increase of over 100000
over the preceding year. The Tonopa
district in Nye county, produce
$1,304,677 in gold, an amount not ma
terially different from 1905. Lincol
county furnished in the Searchligh
and De Lamar-Ferguson district an a
most equal quantity of gold. Elko an
Storey are the only remaining countie
the output of which exceeded $1,000
0OO
Machine drilling will suppressed
hand upon the Hewitt mine, in tn
SLOGAN, compressor having just bee
ordered for this purpose. The chang
is made that the development of tn
mine, which is one of the most prom
Using in the SLOGAN, may the quicke
proceed.
Great disappointment is felt in Ne
son at the refusal of the Boundar
miners to accept the wage scale. pr
vailing in other parts of the countr.
In order to settle the dispute it is fe
that the Lemieux act should be il
voked, so that the grounds of tn
miners in asking for a retention of tn
old scale despite the tremendous dro
in the price of copper may be place
before the general public.
The directors of the Amalgamate
Copper company have voted to col
tinue curtailment of the products {
the mines as near as possible on
parity with the present basis of col
sumption. 1t was also decided to clos
each or continue in operation sue
mines and smelters as they deem bes
This latter action was taken with
view of conserving the output at som
mines and smelters.
Lewistown, Mont-An accident {
the Kendall hoist last week put thu
portion of the plant out of commi
sion for time, and until the repair
are completed, which will be in fe
days, mining in the lower levels ha
been discontinued
After man has quit that sort {
thing for a few years, he has a might
poor opinion of the champion tw,
stopper.