The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-12-13
MINES IN MANY CAMPS.

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A sme1ter, especially adapted to the
treatment Of its copper sulphide ore,
will be installed in the near future
by the Scotch Bonnet Mining com
pany, whose property is located IN
Park county, Montana.
While making his daily inspection
of the Occidental coal mine, near
Palmer, 80 miles from Tacoma, recent
~, Joseph Kraczek, the ire boss, aged
% years, encountered what is known
as white damp and fell backward,
dead. The body was discovered by the
men going to work on the day shift.
About 40 men have applied for work
at the CRANKY smelter in Grand Forks,
q Of whom were put to work, the re-
maindeT to go to work as soon as the
smelter gets running properly, It is.
stated by officials of the CRANKY com
pany that the Western Federation of
Miners has pickets posted on the road
to the sme1ter with the intention of
persuading any men who might start
up the hill to turn back.
The Spokane Lead Mines company
is constructing RATS at Newport to
convey the machinery for the new
concentration at Metaline.
Another shipper has rejoined the list
of Rossland, B. G., in the Evening
Star, which sent 80 tons to the Trail
smelter. The Evening Star is being
to1 q a WOO hu
Andrew K Id1er. The lessee expects
to ship at least 1000 tons during the
next six months. The mine was oper-
ated in the early days OF the camp.
Recent reports from the Lake Che
Ian country are that the Helena Gold
and Copper mine upon which J. e.
Graves holds an option for two years,
had closed operations for the winter.
There is absolutely no truth in Red
denis story" said w. D. Greenough
recently when asked concerning an
alleged statement Of n. H. Redden at
Lander, Wyo., that the Greenough
Brothers had offered him $4,000 if he
would sign statement that the Red
Canyon placer properties were sailed
The dead body Of Edward Wheeldeh
an old prospector, was found recently
in his cabin on the outskirts of Nelson
B. G.
AS q producer of the precious metals
Nevada occupies a high place among
the states and territories of the Union.
In value Of gold product the state ~
outranked only by Colorado, Alaska
and California, while it's silver output
gives it fifth place, Colorado, Montana
and Idaho taking precedence.
In 1906, according to statistics col
lected by the United States geological
survey from the producing mining COM
papies, Nevada mines yielded s10,470,.
704 in gold, an increase Of S5,200,S 1856
over 1905, The unexpectedly heavy
output OF the Goldfield mines was 81
/ 026, 154, an increase of over $5,O00,00S
over the preceding year. The Tonopah
| district, in Nye county, produced
terially different from 1905. Lincoln
county furnished in the Searchlighi
and De Lamar-F Ferguson district an al
most equal quantity of gold. Elko anu
Storey are the only remaining counties
the output of which exceeded $1,000,
/ OOO
Machine drilling will supersede
/ hand upon the Hewitt mine, in the
SLOGAN, a compressor having just beer
ordered for this purpose. The change
Il is made that the development of the
mine, which is one of the most prom
Using in the SLOGAN, may the quicke
proceed.
Great disappointment is felt in Mel
son at the refusal of the Boundar.
miners to accept the wage scale pre-
yailing in other parts Of the country
In order to settle the dispute it is fel
that the Lemieux act should be in
voked, SO that the grounds of tn
), miners in asking for retention Of tn
old scale despite the tremendous dro
in the price of copper may be place
before the general public.
The directors of the Amalgamate
Copper company have voted to COL
:. tinue curtailment of the products G
: the mines as near as possible on
parity with the present basis Of COZ
: sumption. It was also decided to clos
: each or continue in operation sue
: mines and shelters as they deem bes
!. This latter action was taken with
: view of conserving the output at som
: mines and shelters.
n MONTANA ITEMS.
t Henry Gallette of Randolph, N. J