Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-12-13
MINES IN MANY CAMPS

a smelCef, especially adan4a
treatment Of its copper snIn ss1 . tAe|
will be installed in the puile ore
by the Scotch Bonnet Min,a, lutas
pany, whose property Il ia en-
Park county, Montana q
While making his daiIv II,
of the Occidental coal r peeta
Palmer, 80 miles from Taco ,.ue ne
ly, Joseph Kraczek, the FIRE NJ leeeF
70 years, encountered wbat ase
as white damp and fen MoF
dead. The body was discovara ssaWaFd
men going to work on the M Y lhe
About 40 men have applied
at the CRANKY smelter in Grsn hefs
Il OF whom were put to wors soias
mainder to go 20 work al No. sue \.
smelter gets running proparla = 'Ae
stated by officials of the Graz Is
pany that the Western Faaass.. c0n,
Miners has pickets posted IL h. q
to the smelter with the intan M gag
persuading any men who mias. '0a q
up the hill to turn back ~ stalt
The Spokane Lead Mines
is constructing RATS at NewDo ,asl'
convey the machinery for M ~ Y
concentration at Metaline ~
Another shipper has reioinaa ],
of Rossland, B. c., in the 49, NJ "
Star, which sent 80 tons to III s Ta.l
smelter The Evening star 4 NJ W.
operated under a lease for NJ
Andrew X. Idler. The lessee 49, "
to ship at least 1000 tons durins ~ /.
next six months. The mine Wa 4. Z
ated in the early days OF the can't r'
Recent reports from the Taso I,
Ian country are that the Helena NJ NJ
and Copper mine upon which A
Graves holds an option for two ~ Il
had closed operations for the win,ss 81
There is absolutely no truth n s,
denis story" said w. d. Greenon. nj
recently when asked concerning re
alleged statement of N. H Reddo, r.
Lander, Wyo., that the Greano,, v
Brothers had offered him S1OOOO NJ ii
would sign a statement that tbe
Canyon placer properties were M a
Machine drilling will suna,,. a,
hand upon the Hewitt mine Il i
SLOGAN, a compressor having lust IN d
ordered for this purpose. The cba,.
is made that the development If
mine, which is one of the most Dra
Using in the SLOGAN, may the out
proceed
Great disappointment is felt IN T
son at the refusal of the BouDaa. e
to accept the wage scale n n
Vailing in other parts of the CONT, e
In order to settle the dispute it btss h
that the Lemieux act should BE- r. pc
SO that the grounds Of M T
miners in asking for a retention Il M al
old scale despite the tremendous drOp
in the price of copper may be place
before the general public. by
The directors of the Amalgamatet III
Copper company have voted TO con
tlnue curtailment of the products 81 OF
the mines as near as possible On n
parity with the present basis Of con A
1t was also decided TO close
each or continue in operation sucl
mines and smelters as they deem best
This latter action was taken with
view of conserving the OUTPUT at sOm(
mines and smelters.
Lewistown, Mont.-An accident a
he Kendall hoist last week put tina
portion of the plant out of commits
zion for time, and until the repairs
ire completed, which will be in few
lays, mining in the lower levels hal
,een discontinued.
The dead body of Edward Wheelden
IN old prospector, was found recently
n his cabin on the outskirts of Nelson
}. C.
AS a producer of the precious metals
Nevada occupies a high place among
he states and territories of the Union.
n value of gold product the state Is
only by Colorado, Alaska
nd California, while it's silver output
ives it fifth place, Colorado, Montana
nd Idaho taking precedence.
In 1906, according to statistics col
ected by the United States geological
urvey from the producing mining com
anies, Navada mines yielded $1O,47O,
% in gold, an increase of $780, S05
yer 1905. The Unexpectedly heavy
utput OF the Goldfield mines was ST.
1854, an increase of over $5,00O,OOS
yer the preceding year. The Tonopah
istrict, in Nye county, produced
BOAST in gold, an amount not ma
,rially different from 1905. Lincoln
Ounty furnished in the Searchlignt
nd De- Lamar-F Ferguson district an a.
ost equal quantity of gold. Elko and
tOrey are the only remaining counties
te output of which exceeded $1,000
10.