The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-10-11
MINES IN MANY CAMPS.


panys property on Nine Mile creek,
near Wallace.
w. B. Moore of Chelan, acting in be-
half of eastern investors, has taken
bond on a group of nine molybdenum
claims on Sheep mountain, 40 miles
from Twisp, Wash.
The Alaska Smelling & Refining
company, a New Jersey corporation,
capitalized at 100000, assigned re-
Gently for the benefit of creditors to
Gordon Knox Bell. No reason for the
assignment was given. The company
had Offices in New York and at Spo-
kane, Wash. The plant is located at
Copper Mountain, Prince of Wales
island, Alaska.
Coke is arriving more freely at the
Trail and Northport shelters, said to
be due to the cessation Of shipments
by the Crows Nest Pass Coal company
to points in Montana.
Oliver T. Crane, master in chancery,
who heard the testimony in the famous
Butte Smoke" case, wherein it is
sought to close the Washoe smelter
of the Amalgamated Copper company,
announced a draft of his findings Of
fact to counsel recently and set Octo-
Der rs as the date on which he will
hear objections to them and make final
settlement. With the settlement Of
the findings the report will be submit
ted to Judge Hunt of the United
States court, who may or may not
adopt them in determining the case.
The developments in refined copper
of late, while not entirely satisfactory
to producers, has been such as to ex
cite general interest, and have led tc
various expedients for reducing the
surplus, which is still sitting like ar
incubus upon the market. The sus
pension of mining operations at var
ious places will eventually lead to {
decrease in the output of the refined
metal. but will not be effective for 6
month or two, as it requires from Al
J to 60 days to complete the operation
} Of refining already in progress, an(
this without any substantial increase
in consumption means further in
crease in surplus supplies for thu
time being, although eventually tn
remedial measures will bear fruit.
The necessity of taking care of tn
unsold current supply-aside from
the surplus-has led to larger export
to Europe and to rumors of some shiI
ments to China. Doubtless other fol
> eign countries will receive an incre
Of n-io
in time, according to the financia
ability to carry stocks abroad. TIL
market has scarcely reached the leve
to excite speculation on large scale
especially with the capital availabl
for such operations much reduced
compared with l9O4-05.
The Dominion Copper compan
has let a contract to Murdoch Nj
Intyre of Phoenix to haul 300 ton
of ore from it's Athelstan mine in We
lington camp for shipment by the {
P. R. to the company's Boundar
Falls smelter.
In the Occur d'AIenes.
After more than three days of ii
cessant work the bodies of the tw
men, Vincent Passadi and Larry XII
elico, who were caught by a cavein i
the Hercules mine at Burke, hav
been recovered. From the state {
the two bodies it is certain that bot
men were killed instantly. Passat
is said to have a wife and family
Italy, while KiselicO is survived b
one or two brothers in the district.
A survey has been completed for
seven and half mile wagon roa
from the Marguerite mine to tt
Northern Pacific railroad.
A force of 20 men is employed c
the construction of the new 30-dri
compressor plant for the Federal cor
pany's Last Chance mine near War
ner, Idaho.
The American Commander compar
will soon begin work crosscuttir
from the long Hunter tunnel into the
own ground, where it is expected tt
same ore bodies as those opened
the Hunter will be found.
A big strike of ore is reported fro
the Stanley mine at Burke. Fig
feet of clean anthony has bee
encountered in the top Of the rail-
in the property. At the bottom
the winze, which was sunk from Il
upper workings, from five to six fe
of ore have already been exposed al
the latest discovery has proved
stope of no less than 178 feet
solid anthony ore. The raise
30 feet in height and 40 feet in dept
Good weather continues in Il
Occur d'Aienes and the old residen
say that it is one of the finest fal
they have ever seen. Prospecto
have been able to do more work I
their claims this summer than usu
and properties that usually are col
PEELED to shut down early in the f,
on account of the heavy SHOWS al
the consequent difficulty of getting
supplies are still running full fore