The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-01-25
MINING NEWS.

Dennis Clark and James Cronin, two
well known mining men, have taken
a 100000 bond on the Queen Vic
toria group of claims, which lie about
six miles from Nelson, B. c.
The miners federation convention
has adopted resolution criticizing
the governors of Colorado and Idaho
for what they termed the unwarranted
prosecution of Meyer, Pettibone and
Haywood. The resolution declares:
1T is not the intention of the courts
OF Idaho to give the accused a fair
and impartial trial. Their extradition
was contrary to law and covered by
fraud, which disgraced the jurispru-
dence of the people"
A robber recently stole box con.
tanning $4,000 in gold bullion bound
for the San Francisco mint, from an
express truck at Barstow at o'clock
in the morning. The bullion, with
much other express matter, was being
transferred from the westbound train
at Los Angeles to the San Francisco
train.
The convention of the United Mine
workers of America adopted the report
OF President Mitchell, and refused to
| concur in the report of Vice President
Lewis. President Mitchell Endorsed
the action of the last convention in
| allowing miners to sign agreements by
districts. Vice President Lewis had
taken the opposite position.
The Velvet Mining company, pur-
cnasers of the Grant group of copper
mines on Copper mountain just east
OF Chesaw, Wash, is meeting with
great encouragement with the develop.
ment and exploration work now being
carried on at the property. Manager
McPhee was down from the mine a
short time ago and reports strike
Of native copper in the location work
ipgs.
! About $50 men have been thrown out
of employment by the closing down
Of the Bunker Hill & Sullivan mine
The mine was compelled to close or
account of being unable to get cars
to remove the ore. All the ore bins
shoots and storerOoms are full ant
there was no means at hand of hav
ing any of it removed and every avail
abe inch of storage space has beer
utilized.
Official figures have just been made
public regarding the output Of the
CRANKY Consolidated for the calendar
year 1906, and show the compan!
shipped from it's Phoenix, B. c., mine.
during that time % per cent, more
ore than in 1905, and about 40 pc
cent. more than during 1904.
Late advices from New York sa,
that the CRANKY company of tn
Boundary, B. c., has during 1906 earn
cd approximately $2,130,7o0 net. or 81
on each new share, par value $10C
During the year four dividends of
per cent each were declared, callin
for the payment of $1,620,000, leavin
$510,7S0 either for new construction
or to be added to the surplus account
Net surplus on June 80, 1906, was 81
547,73S.
1t is said the Pacific Coast leagu
will meet invasion by invasion and pu
a team in at Spokane and Vancouve
as an opposition blow to the rrojecte
expansion of the Northwestern league
which is now figuring on Seattle.
The Dominion Copper company ha
decided to remove the Office of tn
company from the slnelter at Boundar
Falls To Greenwood. The amalgams
ton of the British Columbia and tn
Dominion Copper companies had bee
projected can not be confirmed.
A newly organized Butte mimi
stock exchange opened formally o.
Monday morning.
A good strike is reported from tn
Old Germany mine on Copper mour
J n, southeast of Chesaw, Wash
which property is owned principal
; by Spokane men.
The mother lode" of Last Chanc
gulch, now Main street of the capit.
city of Montana, and which yielded
sum estimated at $50,000.00O in gol
t. early day placer miners, has al
parently been discovered in the prof.
critics of the MISUNDERSTANDING con
pany, three miles south of the cit!
The mine, which is known as tn
Spring Hill, has been operated as
fuxing proposition for the Butt
smelter of the Pittsburg company. l
this manner the property was quit
thoroughly developed.
In the Occur dEIenes.