The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-25
NEWS or THE MINES,

Spokane. Nov. 22.-Jay p. Graves
Of Spokane, vice president and gem
sral manager Of the CRANKY company.
says that more ore is being taken out
and treated now than at any pre-
vious time in the company's history.
the treating amounting to 125, 900 tons
month. The property. including the
mines at Greenwood. y. c.. and the
Smelter at Grand Forks. f. c.. tn.
latter said to be the third largest in
the world, is worth about $4,000. 0oa
Extensive improvements have Just
been completed at the smeltcr plant.
Steel buildings have replaced the old
ones, There are new converters and the
eight furnaces have been enlarged and
made modern throughout. Reports
have been current for some time that
the CRANKY properties. controlled by
the United States Metal Selling com
pany. are included in the billion dollar
copper merger organized by j. p.
Morgan and his associates. but Mr..
Graves says that no proposal has been
made for the mines and smelter in
which many Spokane men are inter-
estsd. However, the impression pre-
walls in local mining circles that the
and will he followed by lead proper
ties in the Occur d'Alenes.
Butte and Occur d'Alene group i'm
Gentle Annie gulch. two and hall
miles east of Mullan. Idaho, probably
will be the next property to join the
shipping ranks. A three-foot shoot.
rs feet in length. extending from
the Sas-foot level to the 501 foot level.
has been opened. and the ore is rich i'm
salena. The property Is owned by
W. +. Edris. postmaster of Spokane
ana his associates. and consists of 10
claims. Development work has DEM
onstrated that there are three veins.
the principal ledge being cut by a
tunnel to depth of 5a7 feet. A shaft
WAS sunk from the tunnel To n depth
of 50s feet, where the ore body has
widened To four feet. The ore is i'm
reVette uuartzite and is in the same
formation as that of the big mines i'm
the Occur dAlane district. The man
asement has decided to drift both
Ways on the ledge tn ascertain the
exact extent of the ore body Enough
mas been shown To warrant the in
slaliition OF additional machinery and
preparations will be made for he
ginning regular shipments from the
mine ut an early date. The property is
equipped with fiye-inch drill COM
pressnr and power is supplied by this
Washington Water Power company Of
Spokane.
Belcher mine. Is miles northeast of
oh Al
the leading properties in Stevens
county. has sent 100 tons of ore L.
the CRANKY smsIter ut Grand Forks
and 500 tons To Greenwood srnelter.
where the runs were satisfactory.
While the grade OF the ore is consid-
erably lower than was generally
credited to the property. it is suffi-
clently high 10 pay hasdsnme slyi-
bends. The mine was placed in
charge of Bruce White Il short time
ago ana Is now turning out a car of
or" each Il hours. General Manager
J. A Anderson. who visited the mine
a lie" days ago, said that progress il
being made. adding that the property
Il opened IN shape Ia be a large pro-
uuesf- \ NARROW gauge railroad has
been constructed for seven miits To
CONNECT the mine with the Great
Northern and Spokane & British CO.
lumbi. railways.
BECAUSE an assessor of Shashane
county or some other county employe
WAS careless IN making d description
Of the Philippine lode claim in the
frska district i'll northern Idaho sew
sr''i years ago. the claim has been