The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-12-25
MINES N MINING.

MINES AND MINING.
A group Of 20 mining claims located
near Burke, Idaho, 10 being developed
by the Eastern Star Mining company.
The directors Of the Tonopah Min
ing company ef Nevada have declared
the regular quarterly dividend 81 as
per cent, payable January 81.
About . carload Of gray copper ore
has been sacked at the property Of the
Butte . Ssenr d,Alene MINING som-
pany, which i iocated near Mullsn,
Idaho.
The Hecla Mining company Of wal
lace, idaho, has declared regular divi-
dend No. 6e for December. stoekhold.
ers win receive 8 cents q share, or $780,
600. This makes . total d~istributiox
Of profits to date Of s1,71o,oo0-
J. P. Graves, general manager Of the
CRANKY company, states that the com
pany il not represented in the large
copper combine reported a. being
formed in New York by about So per
cent Of the copper production Of the
world.
A fatal accident occurred in the
Granny mines Saturday, BY which John
T. Anderson and Charles johnson were
killed. They had inst completed sharr-
ing 10 holes with dynamite whom there
was : premature explosion. johnson y
body was mangled beyond recognition.
A company has been formed "
Occur d'Alens mine operators for. the
purpose Of building ) smelter Of 100
tons capacity on the Little North
Fork. The necessary funds have BEEN
subscribed and it 10 probable that the
plant win be built and in condition to
operate early next summer.
A compressor plant win be installed
at the property Of the Nabob Mining
company, which is located neal Ward
ner, Idaho. The company is driving .
5000 foot tunnel, which is now in
about 100 feet. A contract for 800 feet
Of work in the tunnel has just been let,
and the work will be started at once.
It is reported that great excitement
prevails in the Silver City mining camp
over the discovery Of rich cinnabor ore
on Sinker creek, 30 miles from Silver
City. It Is reported that there are
large quantities Of the ore in the vi
cinity Of the new discovery, and as
says made in Boise show it to run as
high al 1872 per cent mercury.
The honor Of having the first cleo
trical smelter established on q com
mercial basis is claimed by the city OF
Nelson, B. G. The electrical zinc smelt-
or Of the Canadian Zinc company Of
Nelson is now producing spelter and
lead-silver bullion from mixed zine
ores, and the operations Of the plant
have proven to be a complete success.
L. W. Anderson Of Seattle, president
Of the New Republic, mine, says:
"Twenty miners are now employed,
and when the improvements to the
railway leading to the No. 3 tunnel,
now being prosecuted by q consider
able force Of men in the employ Of the
Great Northern railway, is finished,
steady shipments to the smelter will be
made from the mine.o
At a meeting Of the bondholders Of
the Dominion Copper company recent
ly held in New York. the trustees for
the bondholders handed in q report in
favor of selling the property Of the
company. There is q bonded indebt-
edness Of $500, 900, with interest, and
a floating debt Of about $4,000. The
trustees do not know what time will be
required to bring about the sale.
There died in London this week Eng
lands most eccentric millionaire and
richest untitled man. He was Henry
Isaacs Barnato, elder brother Of Bar
ney Baraato, the "Kafir King" and
the man Of the family who kept down
the lid Of one Of the largest fortunes
in the world. The British treasury
will collect, a. oon as it can decently,
81, 100000 in death duties from the e.
tate. q