The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1908-04-03
MINES N MINING.

Nelson, B. C.-The report of tbo
ceedfngs at the annual meeting ., m 40
Hall Mines Smelling company. Iocotus
here, has been received from ~
country and explained the reosnu. "u
the shutdown of last fall. 1t is ebou'u
that the mines connected with avn
smelter, the Silver King and NV
Emma, yielded a handsome nros, ~ que
the IL months dealt with. those Ir,-
dlately preceding the closedown .1
nrst a proht of nearly $4,000 and tbo
latter rather more than half as ruau
by the mismanagement of the suai
ter this profit was converted ,rto
loss of $4,000 and the works clo..s
down. 'oSed
Richard Mulroy, who recant,v
cured the Republic mine at Rennhr5o
wash on a bond and lease. is now
cleaning out the drifts and stones ona
putting the mine in shape to bag,n
active mining operations Anril ! o.
cording to the terms of the lease
The CRANKY company again broke II,
record for the shipment of ore from
It's Phoenix mines last week Tho
shipments were 27,2SS tons, makiny
total for the present year of 2Ie zoe
tons. The smelter treated $685. TONS
and a total for the year of 39,587 tons
1t is stated in Greenwood that tho
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 tbe
1000 foot level.
Ed Ellis and j. A. Allan, Seattle
placer men, have arrived in camn 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.
we'll mines, Alaska, is assuming a sert,
GUS aspect. Company F, Tenth infaD.
try, has arrived at Treadwell with or.
ders to aid the marshals. The arrival
OF the troops was unexpected. There
is no disorder.
P~ittsbuTg, Ramon Tuesday all of
the coal mines in this district shut
down by mutual consent Of the miners
and operators, aud will remain closed
30 to so days.
Leavenworth, Kaa.-Local mine
operators are preparing for the com.
ing strike of coal miners. All of the
mine mules I being offered for sale,
apparently In anticipation of a long
Jontest. Large quantities of coal have
already been stored by the railroads.
In L~eavenworth 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-
:iates 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
'ng 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'
lured from the Bunker Hill after be-
ing imprisoned by a cave-in for rs
hours. Rasmussen, his partner, who
was found nearer the entrance, aided
in the second rescue. The party drove
a drift IL 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
iecay. The experiments are beng
conducted under the direction OF j. NJ
Nelson and H. A. Paul of the govern
ment forestry service, who have ar
rived at Wardner from Washington. 4
picking plant will be erected at Ware,
ner and the timbers will be treated
with creosote and zinc chloride, Az
ter the plant is in good working oFdeF
Mr.. Nelson will leave to install plants
in other places, while Mr.. Paul wiz
remain at the Bunker Hill & Sullivan
mine a good part of the summer
The Sterling Mining company is run
ming a crosscut tunnel to cut the man
ledge IN its property.
The Monitor mine, near the mon
tana line, in the Occur d'Alenes, Whlcm
shut down the first of the year WIN
probably not be operated this Season
unless the price of copper reaches 10
cents, according to a statement mau0
H. ]. Read, manager.