Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-09-04
MINES IN MANY CAMPS,

MINES IN MANY CAMPS.
Alexander Murphy has received from
the government patent to the New
York lode claim in the Placer Center
district.
The double compartment shaft at
the Alice mine is now down to the 49,
foot level and as soon as the pump
and station are completed drifting to
the east will be begun.
The Nabob mine, on Pine creek, is
now. pumped out and drifting will
soon be begun for the bottom of the
shaft, which is down to the 3S0-foot
level.
The Lightning Peak company is
shipping $500 silver ore from it's prop
erty 20 miles north of Franklin camp.
The Trail smelter gets the ore.
The B. c. Copper company is to be-
gin the development Of its Minnie
Moore claim at once. The property is
an extension of the Emma and Jumbo.
The owners Of the Greyhound prop
erty in the Boundary have taken an
900 bond on the Pluto claim, an
adjoining property lying just west Of
the Greyhound.
ledge of copper ore from % to 40
feet wide, samples from which have
assayed as high as $72 to the ton, has
been uncovered one-half mile from
Mulkens bay at the east end of Hay
den lake by the Big Prong Mining
company.
The Montana & Wyoming Oil COM
pany has struck large quantities of
gas near Garland, Wyoming, while
drilling for oil in that vicinity, asserts
a recent report. n
Grand Forks, B. Give furnaces
were running at the CRANKY last week.
Manager Hodges banked all furnaces
on Monday morning early to permit
the closing Of the works to enable the
employees to celebrate Labor day
An order for 30-horsepower cleo
trio hoist for the East Snowstorm
on the east, has been placed.
After driving tunnel $50 feet, the,
ledge on the property owned by the
Orlando Mining company, located five
and one-half miles from Burke on the
Montana-Idaho state line, was struck
yesterday. The property is a producer
of galena and antimony ore, averaging
SIS to the ton in values.
The Silver Queen group of mining
claims, located about two miles south
Of Kettle Falls. has been bonded by
James ]. Budd, president of the Ark
Group Mining company Of Spokane.
According to rumors from Wallace,
the 25O-ton concentrator which is be-
ing built on the Stewart mine, re-
Gently acquired by the Heinze inter-
operation on September 8. The out
put of the Stewart is now approx
mately 300 tons daily.
Rather than take out mineowners'
recognition cards, 125 men out of $50
employed by the Portland Gold Mining
company quit work at Cripple Creek,
Col. This includes n out of 80 tim
Der men and their helpers, who had
demanded an increase of so cents a.
shift. The timbermen have been re-
ceiving $3.50 a day and thir helpers
So day. It is predicted that between
800 and 400 men will refuse to take
out cards and will quit work.
Negotiations have been completed
between R. M. McEntire and J. w.
Upton, owners of the Silver Crown
mine, located IL miles from Libby.
Mont, and ]. L. Drumheller and John,
Sengfeldez, whereby the latter take
over $4,000 shares of treasury stock
in the company at ten cents, payments
made on the stock to revert to the
treasury to be used in active develop
ment Of the mine.
John A. Drake, the multi-millionaire
of New York. is at Lewiston on his.
annual visit to inspect his mining in
terests in that section. He will visit
Gilt Edge and Cone Butte and will
spend some time at Kendall looking
over his property there.
"A. P. Low, deputy minister of the
dominion department of mines, is in
the Kootenai. He is making a general
tour of investigation all over the west.
1t is probable that with him will be
taken up the question of the coke
shortage.
The domestic troubles Of Eugene
L. Giroux, which are attracting a great
deal of attention throughout the west
at the present time because of the
prominence of Mr.. Giroux in mining
circles. had their beginning in Baker
City, Oregon, several years ago, when
he was engaged in mining ventures.
there.
A good surface find has been made
near Bolster townsite and development
work will ensue.
The gallows frame for new hoist
for the Tip Top property in the Bound
airy is now erected.