Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-04-04
MINES AND MINING.

The Monitor mine, near the Mon
tana line, in the Occur d'Alenes, which
shut down the first of the year, will
probably not be operated this season
unless the price of copper reaches Is
cents, according to a statement made
DR.. III. j. Read manager.
Nelson b. C.-The report of the pro
ceedings at the annual meeting of the
Hall Mines Smelling company, located
here, has been received from the old
country and explained the reasons of
the shutdown of last fall 1t is shown
that the mines connected with the
smelter, the Silver King and the
Emma, yielded a handsome profit for
the Is months dealt with, those imme-
diately preceding the closedown, the
first profit of nearly $4,000 and the
latter rather more than half as much.
by the mismanagement of the smell
ter this profit was converted into a
loss of $4,000 and the works closed
down.
Richard Mulroy, who recently Sc
cured the Republic mine at Republic.
Wash, on a bond and lease, is now
cleaning out the drifts and Slopes and
putting the mine in shape to begin
active mining operations April l, acl
cording to the terms of the lease.
The CRANKY company again broke its
record for the shipment of ore from
its Phoenix mines last week. The
shipments were 27,2SS tons, making a
total for the present year of 246. 796
tons. The smelter treated 1856 tons,
and total for the year of 239. 5S7 tons.
1t is stated in Greenwood that the
Providence mine will shortly resume
operations The company has lately
raised $4,000 for the purpose of sink
ing the shaft on the property to the
1000 foot level.
Ed Ellis and ]. A. Allan, Seattle
placer men, have arrived in camp to
take charge of the Bethel group of
placer claims, situated on Mary Ann
creek, northwest of Chesaw, Wash.
The strike situation at the Tread
well mines, Alaska, is assuming a seri-
Gus aspect. Company f, Tenth infan-
try, has arrived at Treadwell with or
ders to aid the marshals. The arrival
of the troops was unexpected. There
is no disorder
Pittsburg, RAMON Tuesday all of
the coal mines in this district shut
down by mutual consent of the miners
and operators, and will remain closed
30 to 60 days.
Leavenworth, Kan.-Local mine
operators are preparing for the com
ing strike of coal miners. All of the
mine mules are being offered for sale,
apparently in anticipation of long
contest. Large quantities of coal have
already been stored by the railroads.
In Leavenworth 1000 men will be af-
fected.
j. H. Ehlers of Spokane has made
the initial payment of $4,000 on a
$4,000 bond which he and his asso-
ciates have taken on the Black Bear
Fraction mine, near Wallace.
There has been great activity at the
Rex mine, in the Occur d'Alenes, dur
ing the past few days, and three cars
of ore are now ready for shipment to
the smelter at East Helena.
Paul Emmanuelson was taken unin-
jured from the Bunker Hill after be-
ing imprisoned by a cavern for 2S
hours. Rasmussen, his partner. who
was found nearer the entrance, aided
in the second rescue. The party drove
a drift II feet by hand in order to
reach Emmanuelson. The men were
caught while timbering caving ground.
The Bunker Hill & Sullivan Mining
company is making experiments in
treating mine timbers to prevent their
decay. The experiments are being
conducted under the direction of j. NJ.
Nelson and II. A. Paul of the govern
ment forestry service, who have ar
rived at Wardner from Washington. A
picking plant will be erected at Ward
ner and the timbers will be treated
with creosote and zinc chloride. AT
ter the plant is in good working order
Mr.. Nelson will leave to install plants
in other places. while Mr.. Paul viii
remain at the Bunker Hill & Sullivan
mine a good part of the summer.
The Sterling Mining company is run.
ming a crosscut TUNE Ito cut the main
ledge on its property.