Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-10-11
MINES IN MANY cAn..

ore shipments from D.
mines continue heavy DOuadaI
A strong ledge seven feet m
been opened up in the new s ae...
the Eureka Mining & Min MN u'lit
pany's property on Nine Nllu g
near Wallace. Nllle cFse
w. B. Moore of Chelan Ill.
half of eastern investors bas n
bond on group Of nine m ~ saRel
claims on Sheep mountain y ouenu
from Twisp, Wash. T. oil
The Alaska Smeltlng 4
company, New Jersey cora uelal'
capitalized at $1,000. 900 ass, psla,la
Gently for the benefit Of crad sseu
Gordon Knox Bell. No reason !. :.
assignment was given. The eo u
had offices in New York and y = 4
kane, Wash. The plant is local. ! =
Copper Mountain, Prince ~ ~,
island, Alaska. y"
Coke is arriving more freely :, !.
Trail and Northport smelters s.,a
be due to the cessation Of sb,nms
by the Crows Nest Pass Coal COM
to points in Montana.
Oliver 7. Crane, master in cbo,.
who heard the testimony in the FAM
Butte Smoke" case, wherein i
sought to close the Washoe SINAI.
of the Amalgamated Copper comm,
announced draft of his fndins,
fact to counsel recently and set d.
Der 25 as the date on which he I
hear objections to them and make 1,
settlement. With the settlement
the findings the report will be suhu
ted to Judge Hunt of the rInl
States court, who may or NAV
adopt them in determining the z,
The developments in refined com
Of late, while not entirely satisfaet,
to producers, has been such as to
cite general interest, and have led
various expedients for reducing
surplus, which is still sitting like
incubus upon the market. The
pension of mining operations at
ious places will eventually lead i
decrease in the output of the ref
metal, but will not be effective 70
month or two, as it requires from
to GO days to complete the operat
of refining already in progress,
this without any substantial incre
i'll consumption means a further
crease in surplus supplies for
time being, although eventually
remedial measures will bear fruit.
The necessity of taking care Of
unsold current supply-aside f
the surplus-has led to larger exp
to Europe and to rumors of some s
ments to China. Doubtless other
eign countries will receive an in
ment in supplies of American COP
in time. according to the fnan
ability to carry stocks abroad
market has scarcely reached the Il
to excite speculation on a large SC
especially with the capital avail
for such operations much redu
compared with 19O4-05.
The Dominion Copper comp
has let a contract to Murdoch
Intyre of Phoenix to haul 300
of ore from it's Athelstan mine in \
lington camp for shipment by the
P. R. to the company's Bound
Falls smelter.
In the Occur d'AIenes.
After more than three days Of
cessant work the bodies of the
men, Vincent Passadi and Larry
elico, who were caught by caVeil
the Hercules mine at Burke, b
been recovered. From the state
the two bodies it is certain that
men were killed instantly. Pas
is said to have a wife and family
Italy, while Kiselico is survived
one or two brothers in the distriC
A survey has been completed f
seven and a half mile wagon !
from the Marguerite mine to
Northern Pacific railroad.
A force Of 20 men is employed
the construction of the new 3d.
plant for the Federal
pany's Last Chance mine near w
ner, Idaho.
The American Commander comp
will soon begin work crosscut
from the long Hunter tunnel into t
own ground, where it is expected
same ore bodies as those opened
he Hunter will be found.
A big strike of ore is reported f
The Stanley mine at Burke. r
'eet of clean anthony are have b
encountered in the top of the r
n the property. At the bottom
he Wine, which was sunk from
upper workings, from five to six
If ore have already been exposed
he latest discovery has proved
'tope of no less than 17S feet
solid anthony preI The raise