Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-06-06
FROM THE MINING CAMPS


s to be opened up with Butte capital
again.
The cyanide plant under construc-
ton at the San Poll mine in Republic
IS now nearing completion.
The Standard Silver-Lead company,
operating It's mine at Sllverton, u. o.,
VIII declare its third dividend,
TO $4,000, payable June ~.
During April the Consolidated COM
pany at the Trail (B. o. smelter treat
ed 23,S91 tons Of ore and secured $474,-
per cent was gold
Charlestown, w. Va.-Serious rioting
between 1900 striking miners and prl-
vate detectives OF coal operators is I'M
mlnent at Muckow, near here, and Gov
ernor Glasscock has been called upon
tor troops to preserve order.
Secretary Fisher testified Saturday
before the senate committee on public
lands that not single existing claim
for mineral lands IN Alaska could,
under the present showing of facts, be
allowed by the interior department.
II. A. Taylor, r. Wills and j. s. Fea,
all OF Spokane, have located 16O acres
OF cement clay on the banks of the
San Poll river, three miles north OF
Keller, and will form company to de-
velop the deposit and manufacture &C.
ment.
The Clungstone Mining company Of
Colville, Wash, the property OF which
is located near Bossburg, made ship
ment of two cars OF ore recently and
the management announced that steady
production will be kept up all sum-
mer. The ore is a silver-lead combi-
nation.
George j. Kiebler, recently appointed
receiver OF the Bear Top-Orofno Con-
solidated Mining company, filed pc
titiOn in the district court at Wallace
asking the right to sell the property on
contract. AT his request Judge w. w.
Woods has set July 16 for the recep-
ton of protests.
Wallace.-The Stewart mine, answer
ing separately to the complaint filed
in the Wallace district court against f.
Augustus Heinze, M. w. Bacon, and
the corporation, asking for a receiver
ship, declares that no necessity exists
| for the action. The case has gone to
the federal courts.
The Federal Mining and Smelling
company has declared the second quar-
terly dividend for the year, l 1-2 per
cent on an issued capitalization OF
$12 100000, amounting to $1S0,OO0, pay
able June Is. This is the second divi.
dend Of $1S0,OO0 declared this year,
making $9,709,750 in dividends since
its organization eight years ago.
At mass meeting of the Butte Min
ers' union Sunday the proposition of
the mine operators Of Butte to give all
Underground men 1915 day when the
price of copper is Is 1-2 cents a pound
or more, and 81 day when the price
OF the metal is II cents or more, was
rejected and the committee of the union
/
hand discharged. The miners demand
horizontal increase of SO cents day,
er in the mines up to the grade Of the
more experienced miner.
Grand Forks, B. C.-The CRANKY
management has disposed completely
bringing the scale of the common muck
OF the services of small army of men
and the miniature railway system which
has been employed during the last sew
eral years IN the handling of the refuse
or Stag from the settlers, which was
hauled in molten condition in six-ton
pots by "dinkyo engines and dumped,
some OF it mile from the works. After
more or less experimenting and ad-
Justlng of the new belt conveyor sys-
tenn, which was given it's tryout the
first of the year, the company has
now reached stage where it feels
justified in depending entirely on the
new system.
New York.
Bar silver-Steady, 20 1-16c.
standard copper, firm; spot, May,
June, July, august and September,
$l6.25@16.62h. Custom house returns
show exports of 2s,4s7 tons SO far this
month. Lake copper, 16A@17c; cleo
trolytit, 1910; casting, 16as@16hc.
Tin, easy; spot and May, $4515@
Lead, steady, $4.15@4.25.
Spelter, steady, $6.9O@7.
Anthony, quiet, Cooksons, Sc.
Iron, steady; No. foundry, north
ern, $15.5o@1575; No. 1 $15.25@15.5O;
No. l southern and No. southern soft,
$15.50@1575.
Judge Hanford Scored.