Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-01-17

The Phoenix, B. c., miners union
has issued circulars warning men to
stay away from Grand Forks anil
Phoenix 1t is stated that there are
10 men for every job and there is no
use in coming into the district now
in search of work.
The main ledge of copper ore which
has been sought by the Grant Consoli-
dated Copper Mining company in it's
claims near Chesaw, Wash, was
struck Saturday.
Ely, Nev.-The ground continues
soft in the Alpha shaft. The rescuers
are keeping up an average of 10 feet
per day. The entombed men have
been furnished through a six-inch
pipe, with enough food to last them
for two months.
Representatives of the smelter trust
say they are now prepared to take all
Goldfields ores offered up to $1CO a
ton in value and pay cash therefor.
The Dawson Industrial Workers of
the World deny they are openly fos-
tering a movement looking for an
eight-hour day.
| George A. Fettibone will undergo an
operation at Los Angeles shortly for
ulcer.
! Clarence barrow, attorney for the
Western Federation of Miners, is i'm
proving and will escape an operation.
although he still suffers much pain.
| A rich strike of free milling gold
ore has been made in the lower drift
tunnel ON the West Goodenough mine.
in the Marshall Lake district, in cen
trail Idaho.
A quarterly dividend of two cents
share, or $56,0O0 will be paid to the
stockholders of the International Coal
& Coke company on February l.
'The tungsten property is looking
well and considerable activity is ex-
hibited throughout the district" said
w. S. Thyng, mining engineer, who re-
turned yesterday from Deer Trail, Ste
vens county, Wash, where he has
been inspecting the tungsten property
of the Roselle Mining company, of
which he is manager.
Three new shippers are being add
ed to the list this week from the
Sheep Creek camp, near Ymir, B. c.
These are the Nugget and Summit,
gold quartz, and the Emerald, silver
lead All are shipping to the Trail
smelter. Some good ore has been
found, especially upon the Nugget.
James Breen has filed deed trans
ferring to A. ]. Davis of Butte 10
claims and parts OF claims in valua-
BILE mining properties in the Ten-Mile
district, Lewis and Clark county, Mol
tana. While the consideration named
is but 81, it is understood that more
than 100000 was paid for the min
ing property.
The Cranky mines and smelter are
just about getting back into their nor
NAL productive shape. Six blast fur
naces are in operation at the smelter
The treasury department Saturday
purchased 100000 ounces Oh silver for
delivery at Denver, San Francisco and
New Orleans, at 55.255 cents per
ounce.
Edward T. Davis of Philadelphia,
president of the Twin Buttes Mining
& Smelling company at Tucson,
Ariz., announces that the directors
have decided to resume operations at
once, under the superintendency of
Captain William McDermott.
The directors of the Wonderful Min
ing company will soon let a contract
for 100-foot extension of the 185-foot
drift on the property.
Four men are employed at the Faith
er Lode, on Sunset peak. 1t is said
that punches of nice ore have been en-
countered in the mine recently.
Owing to delay in the arrival of
quicksilver, the new 10-stamp mill on
the Twin Butte property, near Orc
grande, will not be started until
spring