Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-08-31

Gu from WdrrenS lnIO Rdmey HduBe
camp in central Idaho
A new lead has been cut on the
famous old Reco mine in the Sandon
district, British Columbia.
Work has been begun on 250-foot
crosscut tunnel on the White Tail
property on Horse creek, near Libby,
Mont.
All hope of rescuing alive four min
ers who have been entcmbed for sew
eral days in No. IA tunnel at Blanch-
ard, Pa, has been abandoned.
! S. S. Callahan has taken force OF
six miners to develop the Washington
Calumet on Copper creek, near Twisp
The property consists Of five claims.
Work has been resumed at the Mi
norca group on Fifteen Mile creek,
rear Orient, B. G. Considerable rich
ore was at one time shipped from the
mine.
Quite contrary to representations
which have been made extensively In
the west, the creation of national for
ests places no check on prospecting
for minerals.
The old War Eagle mine near Lew
istown, Mont, is to be reopened and
worked on large scale. A $4,000
concentrating plant is to be erected
on the property.
The first shipment of ore from the
Winnipeg property, located on Bel
cher mountain, started from the mine
Tuesday morning bound for the Gran
by smelter at Grand Forks.
Strangers were more numerous than
residents in Twisp last week. Many
residents are doing the annual assess
ment work on mining claims, while
those who take a couple of weeks of
to go prospecting every year are now
engaged in that most alluring of al
occupations.
: After selecting Helena as the con
vention city for next year and choos
ing Sheridan. Wyo., as headquarters
; the United Mine Workers of America
r for district No. %, embracing the
e states of Montana and Wyoming, have
e concluded their annual convention IL
e Helena. All of the old officers, in
b Guiding President Thomas Gibson Q
l. Livingston, were rejected.
: Miners from nearly all parts of tn
# northwest are pouring into the Ell
/" and Pierce City districts in a stead
e stream; some are prospecting tn
l. ground for undiscovered locations
h while the majority of the visitors ar
J. moneyed eastern capitalists searchin
k for mines with showings which wi
IS warrant development on a larg
SCALE" says T. Ralph Pittock.
The big Gagnon, Neversweat an
e. West Stewart mines and the Dial,
lie Davis crosscut at Butte have bee
lie forced to close down by the machil
lists strike. Business men are b
coming alarmed at the possibilitit
of the strike on the part of the m
chinists. 1t is feared that other mine
may follow the example of the pro
u critics mentioned and shut. down
, fast as the machinery becomes uni
to use: Both the unions and the mi
ing companies show no signs of wea
Z, ening.
OF In the Occur d'AIenes.
- Development work on the Bunke
= Chance is to be resumed some tin
!. next month This property is situat
- on Eagle creek and is owned by t
y. Samson Mining company.
" Wilbur, d. Greenough has given o
!. that he and his brother will not ia
~ up their option on the control of t
n. Copper King Mining company, viii
-. owns the Copper King mine near M
he Ian.
=. The management of the Bell mil
~. near Gem, expect to Strike the ore
or depth of 665 feet within the ne
"A. 100 feet.
"a An ore car and 270 feet of ira
III have been purchased for the Eldora
ne mine. The tunnel will have to be c.
I'm tinued $50 feet to get under the GO
,es surface showing.
nd In the Cascades.
gn The smelter of 220 tons daily
>ao pacity, to be constructed on the CIR
'lr- Excelsior mine, will be completed
u.s. February, 1908. The machinery
lco been purchased.
ng A 10-stamp mill is being freigh
ny to the Minnesota mine near Bell
SEQ ham. The North American, an adje
y ing property, will also install
eu- stamp mill this season.
The Whatcom Coal compa
mo backed by eastern capital, has secu
me ,aasa IN 1Ooo acres of coal lands
TUG Blue canyon. An expenditure of
600 has been ordered. The lease
M cludes an option to buy.
The 15-stamp mill on the prope
. of the Mount Baker Mining comp
was recently destroyed by