Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-11
FROM MINING CAMPS

Work has been reopened on two
mines on Gold Hill, near Meyers Falls,
Wash.
The Mckinley mine at Orient, Wash,
is boring into the hill steadily with two
shifts.
The CRANKY company is operating six
of its battery of eight furnaces at its
smelter.
Mint Director George c. Roberts sees
no cause to predict any sudden increase
in the supply of gold.
The Tanana mining district Alaska,
produced $5,oO5,OO of gold in 1911. The
new Iditarod district yielded 1922,
900.
A Milwaukee company has perfected
plan for producing power from crude
petroleum, unrivaled in cheapness and
efficiency.
The first underground emergency hos
pital in Illinois was opened January ]
in one of the largest coal mines near
Collinsville.
The Patterson creek tungsten dis
trict near Salmon City, Idaho, is re-
ported to be looking better as devel
opment progresses.
A new ledge of rich ore has been en-
countered upon the property of the
Tungsten Consolidated companies, six
miles east of Loon Lake, Wash.
Fritz brothers are elated over their
important discovery of tungsten ore in
the Pierce City mining district. The
ore contains wolframite and hubenite.
The Woodrat mine near Coolin, Ida.
on Priest lake, has started shipping sill
yer lead ore. The ore is hauled 26 miles
to the Great Northern railroad at Priest
River
Senator William A. Clark president
of the United Verde Copper company.
takes a very optimistic view of the
metal situation, and expects 15cent cop
per very shortly.
The discovery of a mountain of high
grade tale lying between Okanogan
and Ferry counties, near Bridgeport,
Wash, is the basis for plans to estab.
lish big talcum powder factory.
While on his way to do assessment
work on his mining claims near the
old Bonanza mine, A. p Watson, an
aged mining man and prospector of
Baker City, was stricken by DEATH
w. w. Taylor, general superintendent
of all the coal mining properties of
the st. Paul system of railroads and
one of the best known coal mining
authorities in the northwest, died re-
Gently at Roundup of blood poisoning
superinduced by carbuncle on his
neck.
F. G. Cotterell of San Francisco, an
expert of the bureau of mines, who has
been investigating the smelter fume
problem, and several Calfornians asso.
ciated with him, have turned over Their
patent rights in device for the sup
sonian institution.
Actuated solely, by desire to keeT
500 miners in the Trail Creek coal field
from being thrown out of work. Judge
George Turner of Spokane and his asso
> ciates have turned over the Yellow
stone Park railroad, which operates be
tween Chestnut and Trail Creek, to tn,
Northern Pacific Railroad company t.
; operate for three months
Through the sale of a gold mine il
California, j. Otto Lee, of Albany, Ore.
has received 100000 on an original in
vestment of $500 made one and one
half years ago, and expenditure sine,
making the total investment abou
= $4,000. This mine is located in tn,
Coso mining district, in Inyo county
California, and was sold for 100000.
e The gold production of the Unite,
States in 1911 was $96,233, 52s, and tn
silver production 57,79s,117 ounces
This is a reduction of gold of abou
+ $4,000, and in silver of about 10000
ounces, as compared with the return
for 1910. The coinage of the mint
was: Gold, $50, ,s22; silver, $6.477
301; nickels and coppers, $3,156,72
Total, sos, 790,s5o. The net gain in tn
> country's stock of gold coin, includin
bullion in the treasury, during the pas
p year, was $1OO,OOOOoO
Among the states and territories tn
principal gold producers in 1911 were
California, 500, ,9s7; Colorado, $40
= 153,s6o; Nevada, $1s,96s,57s; Alaska
L 16,OO2 ,O76; South Dakota, $7,43O, 1867
Utah, $4,7O9.747; Montana. $3.16s. $40