The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-11-01
MINES AND MINING.

Inc P1ttSDurg-MOntana Smelter ana
mines at Butte have resumed opera
tons after a period of suspension OF
about two months. Two hundred men
are afforded employment. The Pitts
burg Montana company is composed
principally of Pittsburg and New York
stockholders.
The Stanley mine, one of the most
promising properties in the Occur
d'Alenes, is to be equipped with 10
stamp mill. The work of installing the
mill is to be started at once and 1t
is expected it will be in operation
within three months. The management |
estimates the cost of the mill at $780,
900.
A big strike in the Tiger mine near
Burke, Idaho, is reported. 1t is stated
that two and half feet Of solid
galena ore has been encountered on
the 22O0-foot level.
Frederick Keffer, managing engineer
of the B. G. Copper company at Green
wood, who recently made an exhaustive
examination Of the Copper World Elk
tension mine, located on Palmer noun
tain, has submitted his report of in
vestigations. Mr. Keffer says in his re-
port that if work is continued ore will
increase in value with depth.
LOOMS, Wash.-H, Stevenson, who
has had charge of development work
at the Dolphin group of claims, lately
bonded by Spokane mining men, states
that sufficient work has been done dur
ing the summer to demonstrate that
there are large ore bodies on the Dol
phin holdings. Prospects for the bond
being taken up are encouraging.
A crosscut of the great body of cop
per recently discovered in the Lucky
Calumet for rs feet and have not yet
struck the footwall. A shot placed in
the side of the crosscut brought down
chunks of such ore as was first found
in the Snowstorm mine in the Occur
d'Alenes.
Reno, Nev.-The United States be-
gan suit in the United States district
court at Carson to set aside patents
to $4,000 acres of land held by the
Southern Pacific company in the White
Horse mining district, on the ground
that the land was fraudulently repre-
scented by the railroad company to be
agricultural, when it was nOtOriOusly
mineral.
Phoenix, B. C.-With this weeks
output, more than 100000 tons of ore
have been produced thus far in 1907
by the mines of the Boundary district
and over 100000 tons have beer
smelted by the three district smelters
| 10, III mt Ia,
to the Trail smelter outside the dis
trict This week again the Granb,
smelter reduced more than 5000 ton
of ore for every day of the seven, bu
Dominion Copper does not appear II
the list.
At the San Francisco stock eXchang
board Saturday it was announced o
the authority of United States Senf
tor Nixon of Nevada that the Goldfiel
Consolidated Mines company will pa
dividend of 25 cents share on Jal
uary rs next. The dividend will amour
to 100000.
keystone, S. D.-Excitement col
tinues here over the find of the d.
posit of rubies, zest for the hunt fc
the gems being added to by the decla
alton of experts that the stones are {
the true oriental hue and the cleare:
ever found in the United States.
II The men employed at the Snoy
storm mine at Mullan have been lai
!. off and the mine has practically close
=, 10 How long it will remain closed is NJ
known.
The Panhandle smelter at Pondera
:. near Standpoint, Idaho, has shut dow
- and Monday the lead concentrates al
ores shipped in from Canada to
ID smelted are placarded with red sigl
Is stating that the ores are in charge
IS. the United States customs. A custom
1e house officer is in charge at the SINE
at er. When asked the reason the GO
W eminent had attached the ores the {
ficer made the laconic answer: LA
sv of funds" Seventy-five men were la
no off and paid Tuesday.