Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-07-24
MINES AND MINING.

Word has been received in Council,
Idaho, that a rich ledge Of ore has
been struck in the North Star mine,
near Pollock The company in charge
will erect a mill at the mine as soon
as 1t can be put on the ground.
Development will start this week
on the copper prospect known as the
old, Anderson mine, nine miles east
of Troy, Idaho, the new owners,
Steelswith & Broman, pushing the
work. Some fine ore showings have
already been encountered at $50
foot level.
Kingdom Gould, the youngest son
of George J. Gould, Is one of a party
Of half dozen Columbia university
students who are now studying min.
eralogy at first hand and doing some
prospecting in southern Arizona.
S. Spaulding is developing the Red
Bird mine at Florence, Idaho. He has
tunnel on the ledge zoe feet, obtain
ing depth of $50 feet The pay shoot
is two feet wide and carries 1925 in
gold. -as...4 -....-' g.
]. L. Harper has resigned the man.
agement of the Belcher property in
the Belcher camp near Republic,
Wash, and will devote his entire time
to the interests of the. Bortle Copper
Gold company. 49,
Owing to the united opposition of
property owners south along the pc
ninsula and the prospects of long and
annoying litigation against them, the
Guggenheims have finally abandoned
their proposition of building a $5,OOO,-
900 smelter at-San- Bruno point, eight
miles down the hay. from SAM Eranr
cisco.s - / - So s-s ~
GThe.treashry~depsftment purchased
on Saturday 100000 ounces of silver
for delivery at New Orleans at 6S,707
per fine ounce.
The developments in the Copper
Key mine are among the most inter-
esting of the Belcher mountain prop
critics, and the. same is Itrnei of the
Oversight, its southeriy neighbor.
which, however, has not been opened
to as LgfeatSa depth. - = - &
The Mizpah Copper Mining COM
pany, operating in the Hoodoo dis
trict in Idaho, is working three shifts
on the tunnels on the property.
The 'Lokal Anzeiger. of Berlin has
received a report from German South
west Africa of the discovery near the
coast of Luderitz bay of rich deposits
Of copper ore. An expedition will soon
leave Luderitz to continue prospect
ing. The newly found. ore lies in a
waterless region. The coast is with.
out harbors, and there are but few
places where the ofeNeould be trahs.
shipped out 1nysteamers and barges.
Geprge =. Walker, Aditor of the
Boston Commercial, a financial week.
ly, has left Phoenix, B. c., for Cali
fornia, and Neyada;. having spent a
week IN the Boundary Inspecting and
examiAing the three district smelters
and the large cnppsBs mines. Mr..
Walker is nov dnse ~ through the
west, during Witch Us has visited the
copper PRODUCERS II Butte. Uath and
British Columbia, and will also take
in those in California, Nevada. Art.
coma and Colorado before he returns.
In the Occur d'Aisnes.
The Surprise Mining company has
begun to install the machinery at the
new iconcentrator which has Just been
finished on their property at Pine
Creek "a .ir!r's ,rcy" r'f'"T "a ,u,tI,
| An, important, strike az on the Big
Eight group on Pine creek Is reported.
The group is. the property of the In
ternational Mining & Exploration
company.
7 A big strike in the Missoula copper
mine is reported from Wallace.
l. A lcQntract has been let to 5. B. Stfa.
der -Warder--te extend the main
tunnel in the Samson property "a dig
tanoeof atIsast 80 feht. ThesSaRsen
Is located on Big creek, near Wardners
A strike Of ore N tAd Yrap1etxrdup
is reported by James L. Batterlou, in
charge of Development work on the
property, which is located on Hunter
creek. It. is, stated vein Of good
shipping orefhas been cut. - c
Ore from the Tamarack & Chesa-
peake mine is now being hauled to the
RAILROAD by. the teams lately hauling
ore from the Hercules. the installa-
| ton of the Hercules tramway render
| ing haulinge by teams unnecessary, :
7 A strike In the Reliance IS reported
by John, NJ. Scrafford, manager. .us,s
+, Eastern. nsegon Mines.
The new electrical compressor plant
for the Red Boy mine has arrived at
sumpter,, and will 's0oh be Installed
and In, IN working king order ~ gl4mcsgeu
open the Royal White property near
Greenhorn. A quantity Of high grade
sna scE I'm miaR Sc siiiin mime the
slopes.
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