Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-03-09
MINES IND MINING.

The situation at the CRANKY smelter
is better than it has been for some
time past, and within short time
the big plant will be smelling a daily
tonnage of ore unprecedented in its
history.
The supply of coke Is increasing at
Rossland. and on Friday the lie Roi
smelter at Northport resumed opera
tons after being closed down for sew
eral weeks.
The Butte mill and smeltermens
union failed to vote upon their propo-
sition to demand an increase in wages.
Jack Burke, one Of the owners OF
the Agnes group of Big Sunday creek
near Saltese, Mont. reports that the
full face of the upper drift has broken
into a solid body of first class con
centrating ore. The drift has been
in ore carrying much iron, and the
strike was expected The find was
made at a depth of about ITO feet
Great excitement is reported in the
little town of Scott Mills. Marion coun-
ty, Oregon, over the recent discovery
made there of rich coal veins.
A strike of great importance was
recently made in the Standard Nam
moth mine at Mace. Idaho, the big
property of the Federal Mining &
Smelling company. The shaft Is down
to the 1850 foot level. where work
OF cutting a station was begun. Dur
ing the progress Of the work about
10 feet of very rich concentrating gal
ena ore was exposed. The ore is so
rich that much of it might be ship
ped after hand sorting. The vein was
supposed to be about 80 feet from the
station and the discovery of the ore
probably indicates a marked widen
ing of the pay shoot. The other wall
is not yet in sight.
L. l.. Carter of Baker City, Ore
acting for associates in Cincinnati,
has purchased the Brooklyn group o.
copper claims on the Snake river for
$4,000. James, Rongold & Company
Of Cincinnati are back of the deal. Mr.
Carter has already taken a crew OF
IA men to the property, which lies
south of Lewiston.
1t is reported from Grangeville. Ida
no. that George Hyatt has made g
rich strike on his group of claims or
Maxwell creek in the Marshall lake
district. The ore vein is about two
feet wide on the footwall OF a five fooi
ledge, and carries much free gold, as
does the ore from the Goodenougf
mine. The find was made at the enc
OF 275 foot crosscut tunnel.
Andrew Laidlaw has made the fina
payment on the Galbraith coal mine
at Lundbreck, Alberta. Mr.. Laidlav
will organize the Galbraith Coal coh
pany, with a capital stock Of $3.50,
900, to handle the mine.
At a meeting of the mine owners
in Nelson. B. c.. recently resolution
against the Sunday observance Law
which went into effect March 1 wa
passed, the contention being that tn
miners preferred to work rather thai
do nothing on that day, especially a
the season of work in some localitie
is short.
An IL foot vein of ore averaging
better than 81 a ton in gold and silve
has been opened by a crosscut on tn
, Southern Cross property, which lie
about 5000 feet east of the Daisy mine
near Mullan, Idaho.
With better coke supplies Bound
, airy smelters are handling more ore
which is reflected in shipment re
r turns.
The coming season is expected t
4 Re a record maker in Salmon rive
3 IDAHO. mining development. Begin
. ming at Whitebird and going up tn
, | river as far as Higgins, the place
/ mines are getting ready for the sprin
, work. The deep SHOWS and the fac
hat the ground is saturated wit
, moisture will furnish water for niue
, onger season than usual.
Arrangements have just been con
n pleted whereby the Maple Leaf. one {
4 he most promising copper propertie
p IN Franklin camp, B. c.. up the Mort
Fork Of the Kettle river, will be d.
= | velOped on vigorous scale dfrect1