Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-12-20
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The Mineowners association of
Goldfeld has decided to continue the
card system in operation and to re-
quire all those who go to work to sign
the agreement renouncing all ale
glance to the Western Federation Of
Miners.
Mrs Della Jones, 20 years of age,
wife of an Arizona mining man, said
to have come lately from Chicago,
killed herself in Los Angeles.
The treasury department Saturday
purchased 100000 ounces of silver for
delivery in equal amounts to the Phila-
delphia, New Orleans and Denver
mints at 55.5 cents per fine ounce.
David c. Coates has sold his weekly
mining paper, Mines and Metals, to
Harry A. Moore. Mr. Moore has been
connected with the publication for
some time past and no change is con
templated in the Office.
1t was reported that dividend Of
2 cents share had been declared on
100000 shares of North Star and
East Kootenai, payable December 90
The mines are near the Sullivan and
are owned by eastern Canadian in
vestors.
The Bunker Hill & Sullivan mine
produced 1922 tons of ore on Wednes-
day last week, new high mark of
production for the worlds greatest
silver-lead mine.
The tenth annual session of the spe-
cial course for mines at the Univer-
sity of Washington win begin on Jan
uary 6.
The Success mine and mill on Nine
Mile creek near Wallace, Idaho, have
been closed down, and about 100 men
have been thrown out of employment.
The drop in the price of zinc is as
signed as the cause of the shutdown.
Only two men have been retained at
the property, and they viii serve as
watchmen.
After making an attempt to resume
work at the Mohawk Combination
mine at Goldfeld, and it was found
that very few men reported for duty,
the attempt was abandoned
Within the last few months several
parcels of pig iron have been sent
from China to the United Statesmen
re-exports of European or American
stuff, but the produce of Chinese fur
naces.
Baker City, Ore.-The mining in
dustry is active in this section. The
Dan Payne mine, which is only a few
miles west of Baker City, has again
resumed operations, and has a small
crew at work on development.
The Uncle Dan mine, east of Baker
City, is working steadily with small
crew on development work.
The Rainbow mine, in the Mormon
basin, is causing considerable com
ment because of the large amount of
gold that is being taken from the
mine.
From "a to 80 pounds of pure gold
every 80 days deposited in the Citi-
zens' National bank of this city is
the record which the Pyx mine, in
the Greenhorn district, is making.
A strike of unusual importance has
been made at the property of the
Grant Consolidated Mining company
near Chesaw, Stevens county, Wash.
The lower tunnel on the Moon
Creek property, near Wardner, in the
Occur d'Alenes, has opened up big
body of copper ore.
Stephen Bailey of Seattle, accord
ing to rumor, has obtained an option
on enough of the stock of the Copper
Key Mining company Of Republic to
give him control of the company if he
takes up his option. The new tunnel,
No 3, has from $50 to 200 feet to go
to cut the ledge.
The situation in the Boundary, as
regards the resumption of work by the
CRANKY Consolidated at mines and
smelter with the old force of men
largely, remains practically unchang-
ed, with considerable hope that the sit
uation will be worked out in a few
days.
A. B. Ward, superintendent of the
Wake Up Jim gold quartz claim at the
head of Trail creek, near Delta, Ida
no, will increase the force tomorrow