Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-01-11
MINES IN MANY CAMPS.

Easily the richest strike ever made
in the Kendall (Mont.) district was re-
corded last week. when an entirely
new body of cyanide ore, running $2S,
was struck on the North Moccasin,
owned chiefly by John A. Drake the
New York millionaire.
John Trigg, miner, employer at the
Center Star mine at Rossland b. c..
was injured by fall of rock
This winter has witnessed more &C.
tivity in the mines near Priest lake
(Idaho) than has ever before been
seen.
1t is safe to say that 100 stamps will
be dropping in the Orc Grande and Elk
City districts by next summer" said
A. Allarydice of Chicago recently, after
having spent the summer in that dis
trict.
c. r. Hoffman of Libby, Mont, re.
ports 2 fEe.nch at~eak cf clean lead
found in newly opened vein in the
Porcupine mine in that district
John d. Cameron, who has been
employed some years at the CRANKY
mines, died recently at the Phoenix
general hospital
During 1907 the mines of the Boun-
Diary district of southeastern British
Columbia produced 1,149,237 tons of
ore, the largest shippers being the
CRANKY, b. c. Copper, Dominion Cop
per and Snowshoe mines, well known
as large producers of low grade cop
per ore. This total is about $4,000
tons less than that of 1906. but the
value of the output is probably larger
In the settlement of the controversy
between the Western Federation of
Miners and the CRANKY company the
union workmen accepted the reduced
scale of wages proposed at the start
by the company; that is the scale now
in force at Rossland B. c., and Butte,
Mont.
The powder house at the Lucky
Calumet mine, in the Occur dAlenes,
blew up recently, 100 pounds of pow
der exploding. The house was wrecked
and the line of the Washington Water
Power company was blown down. This
line supplied power for the National
mine, and as result it was put out of
commission. The shaft at this mine
Immediately began filing with water
and is now half full. 1t will take sew
eral days TO pump it out.
A good strike of free milling gold
has been maze on the Star claim in
the Orogrande district, in central
Idaho.
The Big Twenty Mining company,
Spokane corporation which owned and
was developing a group of 2, lode
claims on Two Mile creek, near Os-
burne, in the Evolution district of the
Occur d'Alenes, has disposed of all of
its holdings.
Iron pyrites crystals carrying $50
in god to the ton have recently been
found in the East Snowstorm mine,
near Mullan.
From appearances it would seem
that the backbone of the strike at
Goldfeld is about broken and that all
mines will be In full operation, posi-
bly, within 10 days.
Steps are now being taken to incor-
porate the Spokane Stock Exchange,
which is to supplant the present Spo-
kane Stock Brokers association.
A carload of ore, the first big ship
ment to be made from the property.
was shipped from the MontanaMam'
moth mine, near Thompson Falls, Mon
tana, to the East Helena smelter,
A strike of 16 inches of clean ship
ping ore is reported on the Cedar
creek property, located north OF the
Hercules mine. at Burke.
A copper furnace with a daily ca
pacity of 100 to $50 tons will be built
this summer near Chewelah, Wash,
by the United Copper Mining company,
which owns a promising copper mine
near that town. The smelter will be
copper mating plant and will cost
about $4,000. The force employed