Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-03-30
NOTES FROM SEVERAL DIS
TRlCTS OF Northwest.
Miners of Butte, Mont, Get Voun.
tary, Big Raise of Wages-Price of
Silver Goes Up-Ploneer MlnIno
Man Dles-Blg Mining Company in
Gold Fields, New.
South ern Idaho Mines.

The run of the mill on the Minerva
mine near Atlanta cleaned up $4,000
last month. All of the ore milled was
taken out in the process Of develor
ment work, drifts and a raise to con
pect the two tunnels.
Wayne Darlington has secured q
lease and an option for the purchase of
the South Mountain mine in Owyhee
county. The mine IL owned by George
A. Sorenson. The price named II, the
option is said to be $65,000.
The property of the A. D. M. C r.
mining company, situated in Lemhi
county, has been sold to W. +. Nc
>Quarrie Of Denver, Col, for $3.50, 900,
and by him reorganized and incorpor-
atCd under the laws Of Arizona with
a capitalization of $500 900, with shares
at 81 par value.
Eastern Oregon Mines.
A contract has been closed with a
Baker City company for 20 stump
mill on the Gold Bug mine. The mill
will be in operation before Christmas.
AC NCln lCCOAllf oltu III lllc
Fourteen Thousand Dollar mine in the
Greenhorns has widened to ledge of
60 feet with average values Of $26 in
copper and Sc In gold.
The Crane Flat dredge near Granite,
owned by company in which e. w.
Burbridpe of Spokane is large stock.
holder, has finished its seasons work.
The final balance was most satisfying,
for the weekly cleanups averaged near
ly 1920, while the operating expenses
were but $3.50 week.
Mines in the Cascades.
The Snoqualmie Gold Mining com.
psny is building a five mile wagon
road from its mine near Snoqualmie to
the railroad. The managers have an
Eounced that concentration will he
erected in the spring
A three foot ledge of rich gold ore
has been found in the trnnel on the
property of the Esther Gold & Silver
Mining company, which lies on Gold
creek in Kittitas county. rhe average
return from samples sent 70 the Ia
coma smelter was $107 ton.
Shipping galena ore has been Ell
countered In the property Of the Belle
Fontaine company north of Clealum
The ore WAS found when the shaft was
being installed to handle the ore ant
to facilitate sinking on the ledge.
"Silver Is going to reach a price o.
rs or better within two years, and II
is going to hold that price," said Geo
w. Roberts, director of tho United
States mints. in a recent interview.
The coal strike continues to afiee'
unfavorably shipments of orc from the
mines of ,Rossland, B. c. 1t Is evident
now that II the strike continues for an
other four or FIVE weeks Le Roi No
2 and the Center Star will be COMPEL
ed to close down pending = settlement
of the trouble.
Butte Minors Big Pay.
The miners at Butte, Anaconda ant
Great Falls have been given notice O.
an unexpected raise in wages that viii
mean an addition of 100000 montl
to Butte's payroll.
The notices posted at all the large
mines were to the effect that thu
wages Of all underground men woult
he increased from $3.50 to 1915 da,
and that all men receiving less thai
SO day would receive 50 day aftel
November Is, when the changes q
into effect
In each case the notices state: This
increase is made on account Of the
satisfying condition of the worlds
metal markets. and it may be under
stood that the increase will stand 81
long as the price Of electrolytic cop
per remains over Is cents pound.
This new scale will affect about ~.
900 men in Butte. 1000 in Anaconda
and as many at Great Falls, and will
enable the miners to earn in IL months
as much as they have heretofore
earned in year. The increase wa'
entirely voluntary on the part OF tn
companies, for the men had made NJ
request for such an action
MINING NEWS.
The recent sale of the Krao s''Se
mine at Ainsworth, B. c., to Buttc
Mont, people for the sum OF $l00.Oo'
cash. and the natural publicity which