Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-03-07


The Ruby mine, near Oroville,
Wash, which recently entered the list
of shippers, is to be operated more
extensively than ever.
The Superior Mining company has
resumed The running of it's tunnel,
after a close-down of several weeks.
1t is planned to run the tunnel 900
feet to cut the ledge at depth.
The long tunnel on the property Of
the Copper Age and Edison group Of
~ claims, lying near Saltese, Mont,
on the divide between that state and
Idaho, is being steadily driven on the
lead.
The Fifty-Two and the Mountain
Con groups of quartz-gold claims in
Elk City district of central Idaho, have
been purchased by Patrick j. Jennings
of Portland, and John Nassau of Spo-
kane.
Phoenix, B. C.-Granby shipments
for last week were 17,147 TONS MAX
| ing the total Boundary shipments for
the year 123,49S tons. This week the
CRANKY smelter treated 20,840 tons,
making the total Boundary treatment
for the year l24,l26 tons.
The Robena mine, located near
Bossburg, WASH is to be equipped
with concentration to cost about $751;
600. The work of installing the con-
centrator will be started within few
days and it is planned to have the mill
in operation about August l.
John Harvel, a well-known mining
,.ft IN,
the Occur d'Alenes, writes from
, Mexico that he has secured an inter
est in two copper mines in that coun-
try having wide lodges Of ore which
run from five to nine per cent copper
| By a decision of the supreme court
of Mexico the ancient claim of Jesus
I Aguirre Navarez to the famous Dolores
mine in Chichuhua is sustained and
. the claim of E. D. Cobur and Rose de-
! clared void. The mine has been sold
, several times on the Escor and Rose
title The last sale was to ]. P.
= Hutchinson, representing the Cinco
, Sonores company, in which F. Angus
tus heinze is said to have been largely
O interested.
Phoenix, B. CA. B. w. Hodges,
local manager Of the CRANKY company,
states that on Wednesday, February
10, the companys smelter at Grand
= Forks made a new high mark for ton
n mage smelted in one day, being con-
a siderably above the next best figure.
= In the "a hours the CRANKY smelter
q put through 3450 tons of ore. The en-
=. tire battery of eight furnaces were in
= full operation, and did not require
"a any outside ores of any description
whatever.
The cost of production, including
mining and smelling, is between 10
. and 1917 cents a pound. Based on a
- cent market, the companys profits
~ are running at the rate of approx
@ mately $3,350000 a year, or about
10 $350,000 in excess of the dividend re-
quirements of the Amalgamated stock,
ic based on 2 per cent a year the share.
O. With the completion of the improve
n ments at Great Falls, the production
"a will be increased one-sixth Operat-
ing it's mines to the full capacity of
it's smelters at Great Falls, the Boston
& Montana company, subsidiary to the
Amalgamated, is now producing cop
IT per at the rate of about 90,000000
eft pounds a year, the mines being work.
tt ed only six days week.
Oh In the Occur d'AIeness
@ The tunnel in the Rob Roy NINE OH
ct Sunset peak, is now in 100 feet.
as The Snowstorm is again opening up
and it is almost sure that another
week will find it running full blast
An unlocked for vein has been
le- opened up in the old workings of the
he German-American mine, near Osburn
Ill judgment for S446 in favor of A.
rs G. Kerns against the Olympic Mining
rt company has been fully paid and sat
ls- isfled.
- The property of the Idaho Lead
10 Silver Mining company is said to be
showing up well under extensive de
velopment work.
We The Acme Consolidated Silver-Lead
~ Mining company has sold to the New
:" Thought Mining company four lode
~ ~, claims in the Hunter mining district
nd A rich strike of high-grade ore, car
rying good values in gold, silver and
copper, has been made in the property
of the Advance Mining company, neal
RI Mullan.
,r- A two-foot vein of galena has beer
~ struck in the Ambergris mine, il
cd the Occur dAlenes. The ore assays
ro- rs ounces of silver, and from rs to 81