Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-11-13
two. The congressional situation at
large is very mixed.
MINES AND MINING,

Two carloads of Finlanders, miners
from the Lake Superior region, in
charge of boss, en- route to Ely, New,
are looked upon as the advance guard
of a great army of iron miners to be
placed at work in the mines of the Ne
vada copper camp. They are under con
tract to work for $3.50 and board, a
scale much below the prevailing wages
in Ely, yet George c. Butler, who is di-
recting the party, anticipates no demon
stration on the part of the union miners
when the Finlanders reach their destina-
ton Mr.. Butler explains they are not
strike breakers, but are imported to
meet a labor shortage.
A concentration, crusher and other
machinery is to be installed on the
Keough property, in the Colville
(Wash) district.
A new machine shop has been built
at the Snowshoe mine and considerable
exploratory work has been carried on
at the property since the resumption
of operations The Snowshoe is the
leading Phoenix shipper of the COnsoH
dated company.
A large low-grade copper mine has
been discovered right in the Green
wood (B. CO. city limits, and body of
ore running across the claim for 1900
feet, and about so feet in width, has
been uncovered.
The vein traversing the property of
the Black Bear Fraction Mining com
pany, in the Occur d 'Alenes, is strong
one, and good body of galena ore has
been opened up in the shaft sunk from
the surface The present lower work
ings will tap this ore body.
Development work will be carried on
all winter at the property of the Silver
Mountain Mining company. When the
main tunnel was in about 400 feet,
drift was run, and when in about 80
feet ore was struck, The property of
the company consists of five claims,
located between Wallace and MulIan.
! P. F. Rosa, receiver of the Do
minion Copper company, near Phoenix,
B. c., has applied to the court for per
mission to borrow $4,000, with which
to protect the property during the proc
cess of reorganization.
Jacob Langeloth of New York, presi-
dent of the CRANKY Consolidated com
pany, accompanied by Jay P. Graves,
vice president and general manager of
the company, visited the Boundary dis
trict last week.
A shipment of 60 tons of high-grade
gold-eOpper ore has been made from
the Lucille Dreyfus mine, near Dan
vile, Wash, to the Northport smelter,
according to George K Stoeker, sec
rotary of the Dreyfus company.
The third serious accident and the
second to result fatally within "a hours
in the vicinity of Wallace occurred
Saturday morning, when falling rock
struck Julio Haieiumen, timberman in
the Morning mine at Mullan, killing him
almost instantly.
Ore shipments from Boundary mines
last week amounted to 1886 tons, max
ing total of 1863 tons for the
year to date.
William A. Russell, one of the old
time placer miners in central Idaho, has
bought a one-fourth interest in the
Simms placer property, consisting of
four claims, on Little Elk creek. The
property will be supplied with hy-
draulic equipment and worked extens-
lively next spring.
A noteworthy feature for the Nelson
(B. CO. shipments for the past week
is the inclusion of considerable ton
mage of zinc from the Whitewater mine,
near Sandon. Whitewater is also ship
ping lead to Trail. Total zinc ship
ments now amount to over 5000 tons, a
larger figure than ever has been secured
IN any one year. OF all this but 300
tons have gone to Oklahoma, the re-
mainder having been shipped to Ant
werp, &c tons going forward yesterday
from Nelson.