Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-10-05
MINES IN MANY CAMPS.


fourth level of the Morgan mine at
Black Diamond, Wash, by 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.
A strike Of free-milling gold ore
has been made in the ]. f. group,
about five miles south of Orogrande,
Idaho. 1t is reported that the strike
was made in tunnel which has
been run about 300 feet, cutting the
ledge at $50 feet depth.
There is still a 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. Heinze
says that he believes copper will not
go below IA cents pound, probably
not below 14@ at the lowest, and
that the surplus metal on hand can
be worked off easily at the present
low prices.
The old Mayflower 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 drift
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 will treat $50 tons
of ore 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 and
Phelps, Dodge & Co. The reduction
was to Is IA cents for 80 days de-
livery, which is the equivalent of
rate of Is cents fat This was for
electrolytic copper.
1t is announced that the reduc-
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. If 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 splendid strike in it's Ala
bama mine. The ore, of cyaniding
character, runs from $40 to $50
ton.
Reports Of 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, trib-
utary to the lake, yesterday encoun-
tered three feet of shipping galena'
at a depth of 400 feet in the lower
level. n
While Boundary (B c. mines ore
shipments are not up to the high wa
ter mark of last week-over 41,OOO
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
single-handed rock drilling contest at
Spokane fair, Fred Jockey, sturdy
miner of Goldfeld. New, pounded the
steel through 26 GIG inches of gran
lite Saturday night, winning the
single-handed contest over Gust Ehr-
ling of Kellogg, Idaho. Ehrling
drilled through 23 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. ]. McClain. foreman of the
Kaneshaft mine at Butte, Mont. won
/ third money by drilling 81 11-16
inches. Prizes of $3.50 and 500 were
awarded Yockey and Ehrling for
first and second depth drilling last
night
| Individual marks made in the
single-handed contest are: Fred
Jockey Goldfield, 26 GIG; Gust Ehr-
ling, Kellogg, %; w. ]. McClain,
Butte, 81 11-16; G. M. Patterson,
Osburne, Idaho, 10 IA; Gus Finson,
Greenwood, B. c., II 7-S; H. Han,
Osburne, Idaho, II 7-S; Frank John
son, Silverton, B. c., is IA; Chris
Nygreen, Wallace. Idaho. 10 IA.
Later developments in the troubles
over the Silver King mine, adjoining
the Senator Stewart in the Occur
d 'Alenes, owned by F. Augustus
Heinze, which were stirred UP through
! the alleged failure of Heinze to make