Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-10-05
MINES IN MANY CAMPS

"i"ON DlainOHu, WASH, by a large.
rock falling from the roof of the
level
A three-foot vein of rich zinc ore,
has been cut on the lower level of
Tee Golden Eagle property of Spring
gulch, near Carter, Montana.
strike of freemilling gold ore.
mas been made in the J. f. group,
about five miles south of Orogranle.
Idaho. 1t Is reported that the strike
was made in a tunnel which has
been run about 800 feet. cutting the,
ledge at $50 feet depth.
There is still great profit In the
production of copper, declares f. Au-
gustus Heinze who has been one of
the most conspicuous figures in the,
! copper trade for many years. Heinge
says that he believes copper will not.
go below IA cents a pound, probably
not below 14h at the lowest, and
That the surplus metal on hand can
be worked off easily at the present
low prices
The old Mayfiower property near
| Wallace will be reopened at once
after a shutdown of several months
The ledge in the property is ex-
posed at the $50 foot level and drifts
will be run to cut the ore shoot.
The Spokane Stock Brokers' asso-
citation resumed the calls Monday
and will hold one call a day at 10
O'Clock in the morning.
The mill on the Kendall mine in.
central Montana will probably be.
enlarged so that it win treat $50 tons.
OF ore a day instead Of only 500, the.
present capacity. The enlargement
Will be necessary on account OF the
fact that all North Moccasin ores
will be treated at the Kendall plant.
A further reduction in the price OF
copper was made Saturday by the
United Metals Selling company ane
Phelps, Dodge e Co. The reduction
was to Is IA cents for 30 days do
livery. which is the equivalent OF "a
rate of Is cents fiat. This was for
electrolytic copper.
1t is announced that the redue-
ton in the output of copper in the.
Butte district was 60 per cent in
stead of so per cent, which was the
original intention. II conditions did
rot improve further reduction
would be made.
The Little Rockies Exploration
company, which recently took over a.
group of claims in the Zortman dis
trict, Chouteau county, Mont, has
made a splendid strike in its Ala
bama mine. The ore, of a cyanidinr.
| character, runs from $40 to $50 a..
ton.
Reports of a second strike of high
! grade ore in mines located on the
shores of lake Pend d'Orielle reached
| Spokane Saturday The Minerva
mine, located on Granite creek, trih--
utary to the lake, yesterday encoun.
tered three feet of shipping galeaa
al a depth of 400 feet in the lower
level
While Boundary Oh. c. mines ore.
shipments are not up to the high wa
tier mark of last week-oVer II 600
| tons-still for the current week they
run well up to 5000 tons daily.
BY sticking to his task for the
Rock Drilling Contest.
long, strenuous 10 minutes in the
Isingle-handed rock drilling contest at
Spokane fair, Fred YOckey, sturdy
miner of Goldfeld New pounded the
teel through 26 GIG inches of gran
| Saturday night, winning the
Isngle-handed contest over Gust Ear
, of To- A vb..ffr
drilled through % inches, using
drills owned by other miners that
had been used in the contest the
night before, His steel was thrown
out because Of being 1872 Of an inch
too small.
w J. McClain, foreman OF the
Kaneshaft mine at Butte, Mont, w@a
third money by drilling q 1I-lG
inches. Prizes of $3.50 and 500 were
awarded Yockey and Ehrling for
first and second depth drilling lasE
night
Individual marks made in the.
single-handed contest are: Free
Yockey. GOldfeld, 26 GIG; Gust p5hS-
ling, Kellogg, %; w ]. McCfaany
Butte, 81 11-1G; C. M. Pattersna.
Osburne, Idaho, IS "a; Gus FinsoD,
Greenwood. b. c., II rs; H. FNH,
Osburne, Idaho, II 7-8; Frank Joha-
son, Slyerton, B. c., 1G IA; Chris
Nygreen, Wallace, Idaho, 10 IA.
Later developments in the troubles
over the Silver King mine, adjoining
the Senator Stewart in the CueSr'
d'Alenes. owned by F. AugustRss
He.nze, which were stirred up through
the alleged failure OF Heinze TO make
payments on the bond taken on the
property, tend to show mining men
that a formal fight between Fred W
Bradley of San Francisco, president
of the Bunker Hill & Sullivan NINE
and f. A. Heinze has been launched
the winner to take over the Senator
Stewart and Silver King properties
Thomas Bush Of Boundary died III
Northport recently Of Bright's dis