Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-03-13
MINES AND MINING.

Inc greatest gold mine IN the world
is the Mount Morgan, in Australia.
Thomas McKeever, a well-known
mining man, Is years of age, died at
Spokane recently.
Two carloads of machinery, consist
ing of 450-horse power electric mo-
tor, a 29,000-pound f1y-wheel and a
generator is now being installed in the
Hecla mine at Burke, Idaho, for the
electric hoist, on which work was
started last week.
w. A. Pea of Meteor, Wash, and
Charles Fish of Sprague, owners of the
New York claim, have concluded to put
in a steam hoist and pump in the i'm
mediate future. THE shaft has been
sunk 1876 feet with the aid of a two,
horse steel whim
News was brought to w. Scheck yes
terday from Springdale, Wash, that
a new strike of silver ore has Just
been made on the Seal and Queen
claims, operated by him. This ore was
found in the third level of the Queen.
Mr.. Scheck has already sent two car
L,
which carried silver values of 100
ounces to the ton.
Electric motors, with strings of cars,
went whizzing along the side of the
hill between the North Moccasin and
the Kendall mill this week, Superin-
tendent H. H. Lang having completed
the installation of the electric equip
ment for conveying ore from the North
Moccasin to the Kendall mill. He
made trial runs to ascertain if every
thing was working properly before the
hauling of ore begins April l. 1t
was found that the system is in per-
| feet shape.
One section of the concentration at
the Washoe smelter was started mill
ing copper ore yesterday, and others
will be put in motion without delay.
1t will be about another week before
the furnaces can be fired. Opening of
! the Washoe means much to the Occur
d'Alene district, the plants principal
supply of silicious copper ore coming
| from the Snowstorm mine. The smelt-
ing of custom ores by the Washoe will
| be a boon to small mining operators
of Montana, who were forced to sus-
pend operations following the shut
down of the Washoe because of the
immediate raising of the A. S. & R.
Co.'S rates.
THE moment is opportune for the
opening of an Independent smelter, -
said G. c. Titus, former assistant su.
perintendent of the East Helena
smelter, recently, just prior to leav-
now feels itself safe in making the
most extortionate charges and has
gone so far that it's hold upon the pro-
ducers of ore has been greatly loos-
ened. l could take you to places in
Montana where thousands of tons of
ore are piled beside the railway tracks
because the owners can not afford to
send it to the American Smelling and
Refining company's plants. They de-
clare they will leave it there rather
than have further dealings with the
trust"
British Columbia News.
R. B. Perry and G. G. Wilson have
leased the O. K. mine and mill and
will shortly begin operations on it.
The Nugget mine, in the Salmo dis
trict, is making a gerat record for high
grade ore shipped from the property.
It is said that the last two cars of ore
shipped to the smelter gave returns of
nearly $4,000, the ore running nearly
800 per ton.
The Crescent mine, in the Boun-
dairy, which is a new shipper from that
district, has been sending high grade
gold and silver ore to the Trail semi
ter, and is said to be yielding hand
some profits to it's owners. 1t is ex'
pected that the shipments sent this
week will give returns of about 500
per ton. At present the manager of
the mine has force of dozen men
employed on the property.
Newman Erb, for many years chair
man of the board of directors of the
IB. C. Copper company, has been
elected president of the company, to
take the place of Colgate Hoyt, re-
tired.