Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-08-30
MINES IN MANY CAMPS.

airy ore shipments the past week.
A telephone line is being construct |
ed from Narrens into Ramey Ridge |
camp in central Idaho.
A new lead has been cut on the
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 entombed for sew
eral days in No. IA tunnel at Blanch
ard, Pa, has been abandoned.
S. S. Callahan has taken a 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. c. 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 a 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 off
to go prospecting every year are now
engaged in that most alluring of all
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
for district No. o. embracing the
states of Montana and Wyoming, have
concluded their annual convention in
Helena. All of the old officers, in
Guiding President Thomas Gibson OF
Livingston were rejected.
Miners from nearly all parts of the
i northwest are pouring into the Elk
and Pierce City districts in a steady
stream; some are prospecting the
ground for undiscovered locations
while the majority of the visitors are
moneyed eastern capitalists searching
for mines with showings which will
e warrant development on large
scale" says T. Ralph Pittock.
The big Gagnon, Neversweat anC
West Stewart mines and the DAILY
Davis crosscut at Butte have beer
forced to close down by the machin
lists strike. Business men are be
coming alarmed at the possibilities
of the strike on the part of the ma
chinists 1t is feared that other mines
may follow the example of the prop
critics mentioned and shut down a
fast as the machinery becomes unti
to use. Both the unions and the min
ing companies show no signs of weak
ening.
In the Occur d'Alenes.
Development work on the Bunker
Chance is to be resumed some tim
y next month. This property is situate
on Eagle creek and is owned by tn
Samson Mining company.
Wilbur D. Greenough has given on
that he and his brother will not TAX
I'D their option on the control of tn
Copper King Mining company, whic
4; owns the Copper King mine near MI
|, Ian.
(; The management of the Bell mine
It near Gem, expect to strike the ore a
0 a depth of 665 feet within the mex
l, 100 feet.
An ore car and 270 feet of trac
have been purchased for the Eldorad
Z mine. The tunnel will have to be col
2 tinued $50 feet to get under the goo
l, surface showing.
=, In the Cascades.
y The smelter of 220 tons daily C;
S, pacity, to be constructed on the Grea
Excelsior mine, will be completed
February, 1908. The machinery hs
!: been purchased.
!: A 10-stamp mill is being freighte
!: to the Minnesota mine near Bellin
ham. The North American, an adjoil
&c ing property, will also install 1
re stamp mill this season.
;. The Whatcom Coal compan
S. backed by eastern capital, has secure
n a lease on 1000 acres Of coal lands
Blue canyon. An expenditure of $7I
h. 900 has been ordered. The lease /
S. cludes an option to buy.
}: The 15-stamp mill on the proper
of the Mount Baker Mining compaI
le was recently destroyed by a fir