Elk City mining news., 1912-05-23
FROM MINING CAMPS

The United Copper mine at Chewelah,
Wash, is producing ITO tons of ore
daily.
The recently enacted minimum wage
wage law for miners has broken down
and Great Britain is threatened with
another crisis in the coal trade
The Consolidated company at Trail,
B. c., has increased its force to 500
men in the smelter and 100 men in
the refinery, and the payroll has reached
$4,000 a month.
A riotous demonstration, made by for
eigners at Olyphant colliery No. l, Del
aware G. Hudson company, Saturday,
resulted in the killing of George Roba
resky, 14-yearold boy, by the state
troops.
Senators and representatives of all
the northwestern states have agreed to
give any possible aid in making the
meetings of the American Mining con
gress in Spokane, November 25, 26 and
27, a big success.
The mill ON the Last Chance mine
commenced dropping stamps this week.
The mine is about one mile and a half
north of Elk City, Idaho, and is owned
by James z. Larsen of Elk City and
the Wilson brothers of Spokane.
A $35, 900 mill is to be erected at once
at the Gwinne mine at Clifford, on Hall
creek, near Colville, Wash. A 300
horsepower hydro-electric power plant
has been purchased and the plant will
include a concentrator and drills and
a compressor.
The Voight property, near Grand
Forks, B. c., which is being developed
by the British Columbia Copper com
pany, gives promise of being an impor-
tant mine in the operations of the com
pany and the management is already
considering extensive plans.
The herculean and hazardous feat OF
boring a huge tunnel under the Colo
RADIO river has been accomplished. The
top drift of the Yuma tunnel pene
trated the California bank Saturday
making connection with the shaft OF
that side and completing the crossing
of the stream.
r In getting out ore recently for the
? North Washington Power and Reduc
J. ton mill, some very rich ore was en-
countered in the Quilp mine at Repub
lie at so feet below the main tunne
level. A sample was taken that assaye'
n $63s.6s, of which $40 was in gold an'
= $9s.6s in silver.
d A. B. Butterworth, formerly electri
cal engineer in charge of the Snowsho
; plant at Phoenix, B. C, is now filing
!, similar position at the Nickel Plat
f mine at Hedley. The snowfall at tn
" Nickel Plate for last month makes
o new record, 21S inches. The recor
a month in 1911 was in May, when IL
II inches fell.
i Speaking for large number of Amer
d leans who still are at work in norther
S, Mexico, DR.. L. d. Ricketts,, manager o
II the Cananea Consolidated Copper con
- pany, issued statement Saturday de
- crying all talk of intervention and de
lr cldrlHS lHdJ 1OIelSuelo Ill hSAIOo; OSP'
le cially Americans, have been treate
il with fairness and consideration.
10 The Yuma siphon or tunnel, which
n one of the most dangerous and difficu'
Sc engineering structures undertaken b
the reclamation service, is 1000 fee
n long, with an internal diameter of
feet 1t crosses the turbulent Col
a' rado river 100 feet below the surfaC
of the stream, and penetrates for tt
entire distance soft and perviol
sandstone formation.
New York.
to Mexican dollars, 4sc; bar silve
Is 60 3-sc.
e. e. Standard copper, firm. Spot, $15.'
g. @15.75. Lake copper, $16@16.25; ele
nt trolytic, $16@16.12 1-2; casting, $15.'
of @15.75; local sales, 25 tons, May
s. 1855.
ed Lead-Steady. $4.1O@4.20.
es Spelter-Steady. $6.75@6.s5.
es Antimony-Quiet. Cookson,s, So.
rv Iron-Steady. No. 1 foundry mort
to ern, $15.25@1575; No. ?, $15@15.5
40 No. 1 southern and No. southern sol
lie $15@15.75.
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