Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-06-15
MINES AND MINING.

An ore train wreck occurred recent
" on the Phoenix, B. c., branch of the
Great Northern which stopped all
traffic.
A strike has been made in the Bay
City mine at Garfield bay, according
to reports which have reached Sand
point.
Valuable iron ore deposits have re-
Gently been found near Centralia,
Wash, within half a mile of the North
ern Pacific tracks.
Tom Burke, a miner in the Stand
ard mine at Mace, Idaho, fell down an
ore chute in the mine recently and
was instantly killed.
The books of the Tiger-Poorman
mine at Burke show that Harry Or
chard was not at work on April 20,
1899, the date on which the Bunker
Hill & Sullivan mine at Wardner was
dynamited.
]. c. Beidelman, manager of the
Amalgamated Republic Mines com.
pany, which has taken options on
seven properties near Republic,
Wash, says that work on construc-
ton of the new mill at Republic will
begin at once.
Victoria B. C.-The fire which was
discovered on May 20 in No. 10 mine
at Comax, is still raging. Water is
being poured into the mine and the
outlook is serious. The fire will have
the result of increasing the coal short
age already being severely felt.
A new refinery and a zinc precipita.
ton plant is to be constructed at once
at the Barnes-King mine at Kendall,
Mont, which will complete the many
Improvements the new management
has added to the recovery department
of the plant. The cost will be about
$4,000.
The directors of the Cranky Con.
solidated Mining, Smelling C Power
company have declared regular
quarterly dividend of per cent, and
the usual quarterly extra dividend of
1 per cent on the issued capital stock.
The dividend totals $4O5,O00. The com.
pany's total dividends to date total
81, 800.
By deal closed in Denver, Col, the
Japan group of mines near Telluride.
Cold, has been transferred to the Con.
solidated Mines Selection company,
limited, of London, England, the con-
sideration being $1,OOO,OOO.
The coal companies have posted no
tees to the effect that an increase of
10 per cent would be granted TO all
employees who would return to work,
The miners have been out and the
mines closed for a week, pending the
organization of a union, which the
company refused to recognize.
The Copper Zone company is devel,
Oping its claims in Big canyon. Sal
mon river, Idaho. The tunnel work,
under the direction of J. T. Davis, has
been carried on during the winter and
spring. This mine has been operated
for the last four years and assays from
the surface yield over $40 a ton The
striking of the ledge lower down has
shown yields in copper, silver and
gold.
1t is now settled that work on the
group of claims of Phoenix, B. c., own.
ed by the Phoenix Amalgamated Cop,
per Mines company, limited, will be
taken up within the next few weeks,
f. p. Buck, president of the company,
was a visitor here this week, coming
from the company's head Office at
Sherbrooke, Quebec. This company
owns a group of eight or ten copper
claims adjoining the CRANKY Con
solidated property on the south, it
being a consolidation of three other
companies.
The scheelite deposits of Montana
bid fair to make more secure its title
of Treasure state" as more recent
developments prove the existence OF
what are said to be the largest de-
posits in the world of this metal
whose value is now recognized the
world over. The scheelite mine is sit.
uated at Jardine, not far from the Vel
lowstOne national park. The value OF
the concentrates is about 60 cents a
pound or $12 a ton. The deposit is
without blemish and is believed, from
expert development, that the lodges
are as regular as those Of copper or
gold. The scheelite carries as high
as 70 per cent of metallic tungsten
which shipped as broken from the
ledge, averages between 5000 and $500
a ton.
A remarkable story comes from
Basin, Mont, the thriving mining
camp between Helena and Butte. Re
Gently miner named Collins miracul
ously escaped death in the Hope mine
at that place through being protected
in cave-in by falling timbers in such
manner that he was unscathed, al
though tons upon tons of looseneC
earth and rock were resting imme
diately above him. After II hours oil
work on the part of a rescue party
Collins was eXtricated from his pre-
carious position. So great, however
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