Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-03-28
MINES IN MANY CAMPS.

Patsey Clark, who has returned to
eral months absence, expresses the
belief that the entire metal situation
is improving slowly but surely. and
that by another year the production of
copper will have nearly recovered its
normal extent, but at prices in the
neighborhood of is cents
AT a special meeting of the Douglas
Island local No. 100, Western FEEDER
alton of Miners, a general strike was
called and notices were sent out or
dering union men and sympathizers to
stay away
A late report from the Finlay river
(B c. district confirms the rumor
sent out from that country few weeks
ago to the effect that there has been
rich strike of gold in that section.
A strike of rich ore about two and
half feet in width has been made in
the Interstate mine.
John Hays Hammond, the mining
expert with the Guggenheim Explor-
alton company, says his contract ex-
pired March l and he has refused to
renew it unless he gets 81, 10000 a
year Heretofore he has been receiv-
ing 100000 cash, and stocks in the
various Guggenheim enterprises that
brought the annual average up to
$500 900.
Washington State Mining Inspector
d. G. Betting has completed his figures
of the coal production of the state of
Washington for 1907, with the excep-
ton of the returns from a few small
mines which under the state mining
laws are ont required to give infor-
nation as to their output The total
production in 1907 was 3,713,S24 tons,
against 3,293,O tons for lne proceed
ing year. By counties the production
was as follows: Kittitas, 1,524,363;
King, 1,446,602 Pierce, 616,120; Lewis,
100,SS5 Thurston, 25,752. All of the
coal produced was consumed locally
except little over 5000 tons, which
was exported to Mexico from Tocoma.
Nearly four feet of silver ore has
been exposed in a crosscut of the lead
of the Butte and Occur d'Alene prop
erty, located near Mullan, Idaho.
Engineer J. II. Goodwin and two
trainmen were killed and another seri
ously injured recently, when an en-
CINE on the Copper Belt railway, the
line that carries the ore to and from
the mine in the Bingham district to
the smelters, jumped the track and
plunged into the Dewey custom mill
which was destroyed.
W. Clayton Miller, general manager
of the Federal Mining company, states
that the closing down Of the Las
Chance mine will be only temporary.
In order to meet a pressing demand
of 100000 against the Sullivan Min
ing company, George Turner, presi
dent of the company, asks the stock
holders to submit to an assessment OF
their stock of cents per share.
Forty mines have been added to the
force of the Snowstorm mine, situated
near Wallace. The mine has beer
!, shipping only about 100 tons dali.
; lately.
After % years of prospecting TO
gold in the Fish lake district, nea
Clealum, Wash, John Lynch says h,
has struck the long-sought-for vein
Lynch has been working on this ON,
prospect for nine years.
Ore shipments from Rossland (B
c. mines during last week reached
: total of 596 tons, including 5000 ton
from the Centre Star, 1900 tons from
, the lie Roi and 760 tons from tn
Josie.
The success of the Granite Poormal
mine, situated on the Kootenai river
f about five miles below Nelson, B. c
) has led to other properties in tina
vicinity starting work.