Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-12-21
MINES IN MANY CAMPS.

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 40 men have applied for work
at the CRANKY smelter in Grand Forks
Il 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 Metaine.
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. Idler. 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 at
Lander Wyo., that the Greenough
Brothers had offered him $4,000 if he
would sign statement that the Red
Canyon placer properties were sailed.
Machine drilling will supersede
hand upon the Hewitt mine, in the
SLOGAN, a compressor having just been
ordered for this purpose. The change
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mine, which is one of the most prom
Using in the SLOGAN, may the quicker
proceed.
Great disappointment is felt in Mel
son at the refusal of the Boundary
miners to accept the wage scale pre-
vailing in other parts of the country
In order to settle the dispute it is felt
that the Lemieux act should be in.
voked, so that the grounds of the
miners in asking for a retention of the
old scale despite the tremendous DROP
:, in the price of copper may be placed
= before the general public
The directors of the Amalgamated
Copper company have voted to con
: tinue curtailment of the products. OF
= the mines as near as possible on q
parity with the present basis of con
. sumption 1t was also decided to close
= each or continue in operation such
mines and smelters as they deem best
This latter action was taken with &
view of conserving the output at some
mines and smelters.
Lewistown, Mont.-An accident al
the Kendall hoist last week put thai
portion of the plant out of commits
sion for time, and until the repairs
are completed, which will be in few
days, mining in the lower levels has
been discontinued.
The dead body of Edward Wheelden
an old prospector, was found recently
in his cabin on the outskirts of Nelson
B. G.
AS producer of the precious metals
. Nevada occupies high place among
the states and territories of the Union
} In value of gold product the state Is
|; outranked only by Colorado, Alaska
and California, while its silver output
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 com
! paDies, Navada mines yielded s10,470,
704 in gold, an increase of s., 200 1856
over 1905. The Unexpectedly heavy
output of the Goldfield mines was 81,
026,154, an increase of over SIS, 900 00e
over the preceding year. The Tonopah
district in Nye county, produced
$1,304,677 in gold, an amount not ma
. terially different from 1905. Lincoln
/ county furnished in the Searchligh,
! and De Lamar-Ferguson district an al
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