The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-08-16
MINES AND MINING.

WOrk mas Deen resumed Oh Tic WoA-
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 d'Alenes.
Charles Nordquist, machine man
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
1t 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.
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 greater force OF
men than has been employed there for
years is entering upon an extensive
plan of development, which will take
I
years to complete.
| Owing to the fact that not sufficient
coke can be had to operate the full
battery of furnaces, the CRANKY com
pany at Grand Forks, B. c., is laying
off some men at the mines, the Snow
shoe mine also doing the same. The
CRANKY is able to operate but five OF
Let, Of h0 En- nj
owing to the coke and car shortage.
Lois Pratt of Sandon reports thai
camp is now looking better than il
did in he..early spring. In addition tt
the properties ordinarily working, the
Goodenough and Reco are now boil
shipping, and will ship large quantities
just as soon as larger force of mel
can be gathered together. The Noun
tain Consolidated is preparing to sem
down large quantity of ore secured
in development work.
The Federal Mining & Smeltin
company is planning one of the big
gest enterprises ever undertaken il
connection with the mining industr
Of the Occur d'Alenes. 1t is state
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body of land at the confluence of tn
north and south forks of the Coeu
d'Alene river, 20 miles from Wallace
and about half a mile from Kingston
upon which it is proposed to erect
concentrating plant costing 100000.
An enormous dividend will be pal
September 1 on Goldfeld Consolidate
stock, the $50,0OO,O00 merger, an
monthly dividends will be paid here
after on 3,27O,0OO shares of stock.
cash reserve of $1O,000000 will be d.
: posted in San Francisco and Ne
, York banks to draw per cent interef
to pay for mill construction. The rat
: Of output of the three best Goldfiel
= mines is given by bullion tax certi1
Gates as $2,O0O,00O per month. The1
, is great excitement over this author
tative announcement.
Three members of the board of d
rectors of the American Smelling
Refining company, the smelter trus
= were in Wallace, Idaho, recently fro
+ New York and spent some time
n conference with local officers of tt
Federal Mining & Smelling compan
l. one of the trusts allied corporation
d It is said the purpose of the visit
It to induce Independent mine owners
l. curtail the lead output because OF tt
n heavy slump in the market. In IL
past few months lead has droppt
T. from $3.50 to $5.25.