Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-09-25
MlNEs AND MINING.

Attempts have been made to GUST F.
Augustus Heinze's employees from the
Silver King mine near Wardner &C.
cording to seemingly reliable reports
from that place.
The Spokane Mine Exchange will re-
open soon, as an agreement apparently
has been made between stock brokers.
Boundary (B. c. ore shipments took
q big squirt last week, being more than
5000 tons above those Of the previous
week and making new highwater
mark for shipments in one week from
this district. CRANKY has been ship
ping heavier than ever, to keep the
battery Of eight blast furnaces busy
continuously. One day this week more
than 1000 tons having been sent out by
both railways for this one company
alone.
A promising body Of ore has been
opened up in the old Anderson copper
mine, six miles east of Troy, near the
main canyon Of Big Bend creek, Idaho.
Baker City, Ore.-A body of ore
which assays 80 per cent copper. IS in
gold and So in silver has been opened
up on East Eagle creek. The ore IL
about two or three miles from the near
est wagon road and has to be tran.
sported this distance on pack horses.
as 1t is Impossible to get to the mine
with a wagon. The discoveries of the
mine are taking out two carloads to
send to the smelter to learn the aver
age amount of copper carried.
This week at the East Helena plant
of the American Smelling and Rein
ing company, another blast furnace
will be blown in, making the fourth in
operation. This step has been neces-
STATED by the renewed activity in min
ing in the Helena and adjacent dis
tricts. With the exception of lead
ores from the Occur d'Alenes, only
Montana ores are being smelted at
East Helena for the first time on rec
ord.
By cage plunging 100 feet down
the shaft of the Jones & Laughlin
iron mines at Negaunee, Mich, II men
were killed and seven fatally injured.
Millions Of dollars are being spent
by private corporations and by the
Union Pacific and Chicago Milwaukee
& st. Paul railroad companies in open
ing up vast tracts Of bituminous coal
lands within a radius of 70 miles of Ia
coma.
Interests connected with the Davis
DAILY Estates Copper company declare
that large shipments Of ores to the
Washoe smelter will be begun before
long. When F. Augustus Heinze set
tied his Butte litigation with the
Amalgamated Copper company several
months ago he secured, as part of the
deal, a contract assuring favorable
rates at the Washoe smelter for Davis.
DAILY and La France ores. It is ex.
advantage Of the benefits of this con-
tract.
The mining plant Of the Tennessee
company Of East Joplin. No. was
blown up by dynamite recently, the
loss being estimated at several thou
sand dollars. One charge was placed
on top Of the 100-horsepower boiler,
another near the hub Of the fywheel
Of the engine and third in the nitric
ate portion Of the pump machinery. A
week ago the News-Herald plant in
Joplin was wrecked by dynamite The
same night a mining plant belonging
to the Grany Mining company was
blown up. Recently Patrick Hennes-
sey, a Joplin councilman, found an un.
exploded stick Of dynamite beneath his
front porch.
In The Occur d'AIenes.
The Sheridan Mining company has
levied an assessment of one mill a
share, payable on or before September
26, 1907.
The north drift from the 900 foot
crosscut on the Ruth Is now in 400 feet,
and is believed to be close to the ledge.
The face of the drift shows heavy
liberalization.
The shaft on the Evolution has been
completed to point 200 feet below
the level Of the lower tunnel and
station has been cut preparatory to
prosecuting for ledge which is thought
to be 100 feet away.
Charles Wright Of Burke, Idaho, was
killed in the Standard mine recently.
About $50 men were laid OF in three
mines at Wallace, Idaho, Saturday. In
the Gold Hunter mine 20 to 30 men
were dropped from the rolls. from the
Snowstorm 70. and the Morning so
men. The Snowstorm has received
word from the smelter that It could
not handle ore In such quantities as
had been sent in the past.
The Idora mine will be furnished
with electric power within a few
weeks.
British Columbia Mines.
With the increase in quantity of
coke received. there Is an augmenta-
ton in quantity Of ore produced by