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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-03-18

our last previous review developed
rapidly. About all Of the active smell
ting capacity of the United States is
now In use, the idle furnaces consist
ing only of few here and there which
are cold for necessary repairs. In
Kansas and Oklahoma everything is
running. A good deal of the moribund
capacity, including that at Caney,
bearing and Altoona, is being put into
use There is even contemplation Of
putting the old plant at Pittsburg,
Kan, rated as inactive, in operation
again. Work on the two big plants
building is being rushed as rapidly as
possible, and one by one their fur
naces are going into commission.
Entrance of Australian Ore.
There is Q plethora of ore supply.
Not only have the big American min
ing companies increased their outputs
to the maximum possible, but a large
tonnage Of Broken Hill ore is on the
way hither. The last was a develop
ment that was bound to come. A ba-
sic cause for the recent situation was
the inability to smelt the Broken Hill
ore in Germany and supply Great
Britain with spelter from there. AS
soon as the price for spelter rose above
a certain figure, 1t was manifest that
all restrictions of unfavorable geog-
raphy, unfavorable metallurgica
practice, etc, would be nullified an6
that Australian ore would come here
so long as we had iapacity to take it:
and as was pointed out in a recent ar
ticle, our total smelling capacity is
largely, possibly as much as so pei
cent, in excess of the use of it ir
1914.
Decrease in Consumption.
"On the other hand, the consump-
ton Of spelter for industrial purposes
is suffering severe contraction Re
PORTS from the galvanizing districts Of
Great Britain and the United States
agree respecting this. Increasing pro-
duction and decreasing consumption
are bringing about the cure of tho
distressful situation that has lately
existed, and stil exists. On the whole
it is fortunate that the collapse ir
spelter which occurred this week was
so drastic If the slump goes further
land the squeeze in this industry be
ended very soon, as it will be accord
ing to the present outlook, we may be
saved from the troubles that always
follow a long period of initiation
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ZINC SMELLING
Continued from Page u


that the highest price mentioned in
my newspaper responsible or ire
1ponsble, was the true price for spell
ter and anything else a malevolence,
Upon the demand of the Joplin opera
tors the attorney general of Missouri
started an investigation to find out
why the smelters would not pay more
fore ore, to pry into the cherished
myth of a zinc smelters trust, etc
The simple fact was, of course, that
the price paid on the forced purchase
of few carloads of spelter did not
represent the basis OF. which an output
If $4,000 to 10000 tons a month was
being marketed, or could be market
ed; and smelters were not going to
buy ores on any basis higher than that
upon which they could sell spelter
Case of Butte & Superior.
The Joplin ore market, being an
open market, the smelters were able
to meet the situation by refusing to
purchase ores except at price which
hey figured would be reasonably
,afe. The smelters taking in ore on
'liding scale contracts, on the other
land, system that obtains especially
With respect to the Rocky Mountain
)res, were not such free agents. They
we're obliged contractually to take in
IRE right along, whether or not they
'ould sell the spelter against 1t. The
situation was so distinctly adverse to
he smelters that the concern taking
the Butte & Superior ore notified the
mining company on March that
hereafter it would refuse to accept
my more than the minimum stipulat-
I'd in the contract which would have
lad the effect of greatly curtailing the
Butte & Superior production had not
that company been able to make
arrangements elsewhere for
The surplus. In fact, arrangements |
we're promptly made with the Ameri- |
an zinc, Lead ana smelling company |
or the treatment of the surplus Butte
\ Superior ore at Caney and bearing |
which smelteries had previously been
die While the details of this ar
angement have not been made pub /
lc, it may be assumed with certainty
hat the mining company has guaran-
eed the smelling company against
oss, or that the smelling company is
DING to handle the ore on toll for the
inning company, which must subse-
uently sell its spelter as best It can
All SHELTERS Active.
$50 much for the purely technical
osition of the ore and spelter mar {
cts. Considering the situation broad
:, the factors that we pointed out in
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-03-18
SUPERIOR ZINC
SMELTED IN KANSAS
AMERICAN ZINC TAKES A THIRD
OF PRODUCT UNDER SLID.
ING SCALE CONTRACT.

The Boston News Bureau, COM
menting on the shifting of Butte &
Superior shipments to the Caney and
Deering smelters of the American
Zinc, Lead and Smelling company In
Kansas, to which reference was made
in the last issue of The Miner, Says
the change will operate to the adj
vantage of both companies. TO the
former the ability of the American
company, controlled by friendly in
terests, to put its Caney and Deering
(Kansas) smelters almost immediate
ly into commission and receive that
portion of Butte & Superior concen
trates which the American Metal
company has refused to take, was al
most providential, as at the present
time there is serious shortage in
zinc smelling capacity In this coun-
try. 1t means that Butte & Superior,
which has no smelter OF its own. is
saved 3S Ia per cent reduction In
production at time when the spell
ter producers are straining every
nerve to get out maximum output In
order to get the benefit of the high
price resulting from the famine in
spot supplies of the metal.
Under Its smelling contract with
Butte & Superior. the Amer lean Met
ii company had a perfect right to re-
duce its taking of concentrates, rs 1t
has done, a step which, II says, Is
made necessary by reason of heavy
purchases OF Australian concentrates
on which presumably the American
Metal company plans to make larger
profit than II would in the treatment
of Butte & Superior concentrates.
Where II Helps.
The American Zinc company for the
past two years has been unable to
make any profit at Its smelters in the
treatment of purchased ores-the
spread" between ore and spelter pre-
venting Just now there is an In
creasingly large supply Of domestic
ores, stimulated by the fancy prices
for spelter, but the lack OF smelling
capacity has shifted the situation en-
tlrely to the benefit of the smelters
which are now able to buy ores on an
oversupplied market and turn the pro-
duct into spelter at big profits.
Such has been the unfortunate ex-
perlence Of the American Zinc COM
pany in the smelling field that until |
the late boom in the industry 1t stood |
ready to dispose of its Caney and |
Deering smelters at any old price and
rest content to make its major profits
out OF the Tennessee mines The quick
shifting about of conditions has sud
denly given to the two smelters men
toned most unexpected and strate,
gic value.
We understand that In the negotia-
tons with the Butte & Superior, the
attitude Of the American Zinc people
was not that Of exacting all that
might reasonably have been demand
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-03-18
THE HEMLOcK.
Better Ore Is Now Being Found a
Depth Is Gained.

Better Ore Is Now Being Found as
Depth Is Gained.
Saltese people are very much pleas
ed over the showing now being made
n the Hemlock, a property that is be.
ing developed by the local community
After passing through quite shoe
" fair milling ore, but in ground tha'
was very much broken and disturbed
he drift Is now entering another
'hoot which is Of much better grade
while the walls Of the vein are wei
iellned and in place. The shaft l..
pnly $50 feet deep and until recently
the drift has gained very little depth
Now, however, depth is gained rapidly
the face of the drift being $50 feet
in and almost under the best showins
in the old tunnel. The Hemlock /
located only a short distance from
Saltese, up Packer creek
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NOTICE..
Whom II May Concern:

To Whom II May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that Lake d.
Wolfard Horace Comegys and Ralph
Comegys, owners of undivided inter-
ests in the Virginia lode mining claim.
situated in Beaver mining district
county of Shoshone Idaho, will not
nor will either of them be responsible
for any debts or obligations however
incurred by Patrick Burke, or his as
signs, or by any person or corporation
whatever for any work done upon, or
for any machinery or supplies furnish
ed for or used upon said Virginia lode
mining claim, or for any contract,
debt, lien or obligation made or incur
red in respect to said lode mining
claim.
Dated this 2Sth day of August, A. D.
1913.
LAKE d. WOLFARD,
HORACE COMEGYS,
RALPH COMEGYS.
Sept 4-tf
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THE TARBox
Accident to Pump Causes Temporal
Delay in Unwaterina

accident to Pump Causes Temporar'
Delay in Unwatering
Last Saturday the piston rod of tn,
sinking pump used by the Tarbo>
Mining company in unwatering broke
which delayed the work for three o,
four days The pump had just bee,
substituted for the bailer the timber
of the shaft having sprung whiel
caused the bailer to wedge. A ney
piston rod was made at the foundr
In this city and sent over to the min
Tuesday. AS soon as the pump low
ers the water below the damage /,
the shaft, 1t is expected that repair,
can soon be made that will PERM
using the bailer again. 1t sholds IL
gallons and handles the water NOR
rapidly than the sinking pump.
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NOTICE TO DELINQUENT STOCK
HOLDERS.

Office of the Sonora Mining & Milling
Company Wallace, Idaho, March H.
1915.
Notice is hereby given that there is
delinquent upon the following de-
scribed stock on account of an assess
ment of two CD mills per share levied
on the 10Th day of February, 1915, the
several amounts set opposite the
names of the respective shareholders
as follows. to-Wit:
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THE CARLISLE.
Preparations Rapidly Being Made tc
Make Zinc Shipments.


Make Zinc Shipments.
The leasers of the Carlisle are los
ing no time in getting action. A
blacksmith shop has been provided
and hand jig is being constructed
which will be in operation in a few
days. The vein has been opened in
two tunnels for distance of 300 feet
with practically continuous shoot OF
ore. At the present high price of zinc
II is expected that the leasers win be
able to make shipments that will re-
turn a good profit The Carlisle was
recently purchased by the Ray-Jef-
ferson company and in turn leased on
n 20 per cent royalty. In addition to
earning a profit, It is expected that
the work of the leasers will accom-
piish much in demonstrating the value
Of the Carlisle.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-03-18
THE BIG ELK.
Development of Property Will Resume
About April I.

Pete Peterson Of Saltese, manager
OF the Big Elk company, was in the
city this week. He states that moth
ing is doing on the property just now.
but that work will be resumed about
the first of April. Much of the stock
In the Big Elk company is held in this
city. Several carloads of copper orr
have been shipped which yielded gooG
returns. Mr.. Peterson reports littl
doing in the vicinity of Adair in the
way of mining with the exception OF
the long tunnel that is being driven
by the Monitor company.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-03-18

And in accordance with law so many
shares of each parcel of such stock as
may be necessary will be sold at the
office of the company in the Eagle
block Wallace, Idaho, on the Cd day Of
April, 1915, at o'clock p. m. of such
day to pay the delinquent assessment
thereon together with the cost of adj
vertising and expenses of sale.
OTTO A. OLSON,
Secretary Treasurer of the Idaho.
Nevada Exploration Company, Lin.
tied; Office in Eagle Block Wallace
Idaho. M1S-A1- st
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NOTICE TO DELINQUENT STOCK
HOLDERS.

Office of the Idaho Nevada Explora
tion Company, Limited Wallace
Idaho, March II, 1915.
Notice is hereby given that there is
delinquent upon the following de-
scribed stock on account of an assess
ment of two (2) mills per share levied
on the Sth day of February, 1915, the
several amounts set opposite the
names of the respective shareholders
as follows to-Wit:
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And in accordance with law so many
shares of each parcel of such stock as
may be necessary will be sold at the
office of the company in the White &
Bender block, Wallace, Idaho, on the
18th day of April, 1915, at 1880 o'clock
p. m. Of such day to pay the delin-
quent assessment thereon, together
with the cost of advertising and ex-
penses of sale.
w. A. SMITH,
Secretary Treasurer Sonora Mining &
Milling Company, Wallace, Idaho.
M18-AS-4t
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THE couNsELMAN SCHOOL OF
sTENoeRAPHY offers free course
in bookkeeping with every shorthand
scholarship purchased within ten
Gays. Write for particulars. Asst
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-03-18

Read the Wallace Miner and keen
posted on what is doing in mining in
this district,
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-03-18
Accountants and
Auditors
BLAND & co.
Offices:

Hutton Building Spokane, Wash
Wallace National Bank Bldg, Wallace
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-03-18
All SHELTERS Active.

$50 much for the purely technical
position of the ore and spelter mar
kets. Considering the situation broad
W the factors that we pointed out in
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-11-11
SAFETY JIM"
Story illustrating How Serious Acct
dents May Be Prevented.
(Anaconda Standard


]. |. Price, secretary of the Boston
& Maine reduction works safety COM
mittee, relates this incident concern
ing Safety Jim"
Every now and then you see in the
daily press a brief news item which
reads, as rule, something like this:
about week ago John Jones stepped
on a nail. Two days later infection
set in. He died early this morning Of
blood poisoning"
You, the man on the job, you who
may happen to read this article, can
prevent number of painful accidents
which only too often result in serious
IL not fatal consequences, IL you would
only stop for moment when the oc-
casion presents itself and do the same
thing you see Jim Hodge, an employee
at the Boston & Montana reduction
works. in the act of doing.
And here is how Jim got his picture
in the ABODE:
A lot of boards that went into the
makeup of concrete forms We're piled
up in the yard. One of the boards,
with a number of nails all projecting
upward, slipped off the pile and fell
alongside of a passage way that Is
rsed quite extensively during con-
truction work.
We happened to come along; we
aw the plank with the ugly and dan
gerous looking nails, and we began to
wonder as to what success we had at
aimed in educating the man on the
Job to do a little looking out for him
elf and the "other fellow"
1t occurred to us that the man who
would stop and turn over that plank
a man worth knowing; he is man
everybody in the employ of the Ana
conda Copper Mining company ought
to be acquainted with. So we rugged
up a camera, installed it in the chief
clerks office, and there we were walt
ing for the man.
Sure enough, along comes Jim. He
has his eye fixed on the board. He
comes alongside of it. He stops. He
stoops. He turns the plank over. He
plods on to his work.
The sense of duty which prompted
Jim Hodge to stop on his way to work
and turn over the plank with the pro-
jecting nails is nothing else but the
spirit of safety first, and when every
man on the job will have developed
this particular sense of duty, which
every one owes to himself and to his
fellow men, sense of duty which lifts
his above the daily routine, a sense OF
duty which lifts him above the slip
shod methods that have been taking
root in the average man year after
| year, sense of duty which lifts him
above the quitting time whistle, then
and only then will safety first have
arrived.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-11-11
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.

Office of the Lucky Swede Gold and
Copper Mining Company Wallace,
Idaho, October II, 1915.
Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting of the board Of directors of
he Lucky Swede Gold and Copper
Mining company, held on the 11tn day
of October 1915, an assessment of two
(2) mills per share was levied upon
the capital stock of the corporation,
payable on or before November H.,
1915, to Otto A. OLSON, secretary
treasurer, at the Office OF the company,
Wallace, Idaho.
Any stock upon which this assess
ment remains unpaid on the 18th day
of November, 1915, will be delinquent
and advertised for sale at nlblic auc-
ton, and unless payment Is made be-
fore, in full, together with the costs of
advertising thereof, figured at rs cents
for each certificate advertised, will be
sold on the 18th day Of December,
1915, at 800 p. m. at the office Of the
company, to pay the delinquent as
sessment thereon, together with the
costs of advertising and expenses of
sale.
OTTO A. OLSON,
Secretary Treasurer of Lucky Swede
Gold and Copper Mining Company;
Office in Eagle Block, Wallace, Ida
no. O14-N11-5
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-11-11
THE MONTANA-STAND
Burke Stakeholder Visits Property and
Inspects New Road.
(Thompson Falls Ledger

(InOmpSOn Fails Ledger)
M. j. Maher of Burke, one of the
heavy stockholders of the Montana
Standard mine, was a visitor in town
yesterday, having come in from the
mine, where he went to inspect the
work now being started on a raise of
900 feet Mr.. Maher is highly pleas
out, it being Of very good grade. 1t
Is expected that this work will be
prosecuted all winter, and it would not
surprise those who are informed about
the Standard to see ore being shipped
before many months. 1t has long been
a known fact that this mine would be
a handsome dividend payer if given
chance. Local people will be glad to
learn that some of the former Difficult
ties in the way of this property have
been removed
Mr.. Maher came from Burke on
horseback, riding over the new Coop
er gulch road now being built by the
county commissioners under the sup
ervision of William Cookson, and he
says that the part now completed,
from the summit down to about three
miles from the mouth of the gulch, is
splendid auto road and one of which
Sanders county should be proud. He
believes that by the time the work is
all done on this size that Shoshone
county will have finished its part. Mr.
Maher said autos should make the
trip from Wallace in two hours and
| he stated that next season would
bring hundreds of visitors from the
Occur d'Alenes, who have heretofore
gone in other directions for their out
ings.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-11-11
PROFIT IN SHELTER SMOKE.
Former Nuisance Has Now Been
Turned to Beneficial Use.

Engineering and Mining JournaD
1t is only a few years since smelling
plants were being closed because they
were distributing sulphuric acid over
surrounding farms. Now comes the
announcement that the smoke ques-
tion Is to be settled by the production
of sulphuric acid and it's application
to the alkali lands of the western
states. At the engineering convention
In San Francisco, Dr. c. B. Lippman
of the University of California, an
nounced that apparent beneficial re-
suits have been obtained by the appli-
cation of sulphuric acid to alkali soils
Views were presented, depicting crops
grown on test plots that had received
from ~ to 71a tons of sprayed sui
phuric acid to the acre. the ground
previously having been unfit for agri-
cultural purposes on account of alkal'
salts. There is much alkali land
around certain smelling plants in the
west, and the smelters would welcome
a profitable outlet for the sulphuric
acid that they could produce. Thus #
may be proved to them that damage"
as well as dirt is merely matter out
of place."
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
(Reported by shoshone Abstract Coz

School district No. TO Hypotheek
NJ. & M. Co., deed, right of way over
Section 1-4S-1 E., 81.
Mary Layher to same. deed. same,
500.
John e. SIRIUS to Mary Miller deed
S "A feet lot II, block 22, Whrdner,
81.
Robt. H. Pfeil, sheriff, to Angelina
Muncey, deed, EhSWA and lots "a,
section 1902 E., $6S6.1O.
Village of Mullan to A. F. McRae,
deed, lot IL and E Is feet lot II, block
81, Mullan, 1925.
Florence L. Warne to w. A. Boro,
deed, lot 8, tract A, Kellogg, $500.
Thomas Brunell to d. E. Wherry
deed, house at Monarch, 81.
Bell of the West M. Co. to Federal
M. & S. Co.. deed, right of way over
sundry lodes, Placer Center, 81.
j. r. Callahan, ct al to same, deed,
same over Black Jack group, Placer
Center, 81.
VIM. A. Hallett to same, deed, same
over Tom lode, Placer Center, ST.
Dan Harrington to same deed, same
sundry lodes, Lalande, 81.
Headlight NJ Co. to same, deed,
same Jessie lode, Lalande, 81.
John Hay to same, deed, same sun
dry lodes, Lalande, 81.
Samson Katz to same, deed, same
sundry lodes, Lalande, 81.
M. ]. Maher to same, deed, same
Occidental lode, Lalande, 81.
Shoshone M. & M. Co. to same, deed
same sundry lodes Placer Center and
Lalande, 81.
Emil Tomsche to same, deed same
SwHNEA 26-4S-4 E., 81.
Village of Mullan to Rosetta Ham
mer, deed, lots 4-5-6 and part lot Z
block %, Mullan, $3.50.
VIM. Cusick to B. B. Fast, deed, lots
8-S, 26-49-1 E., $40,
WI. D. g1lIlCidlI w IiSNCi cN'NSSi
lot S, block 2, Whrdner, $40.
d. w. Price ct al to q. l.. Brunch
deed, lots 6-7-S, block 5; all block b
Wood add, Kellogg, $110.
Estate Daniel Howes to George w
Rays. deed, NEA SEH 21-44-2 b., VI
Fife Cameron to Mary K. Wheian
deed, tract E of lot /, block 3, Eas'
Wallace, 81.
Edward Sullivan to w. H. Hanson
deed, 1-16 interest Rose lode, Lalande
81.
Edward Sullivan to ]. Fl. Nordquist
deed 1-16 interest Rose lode La
lande, 81.
r. A. sill to c. E. Sill, deed, lots 5-6
block 6, Presleyis add, Kellogg w.
VIM. Finley to WIN. A. Heaton, deco
parcel Of land, East Burke, $1S5
VIM. A. Heaton to Fay Heaton, deed
tract Of land, East Burke, $500.
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Mining District, in the said County of
Shoshone, State of Idaho, taxed in the
name of Walter A. Jones, ct al, for the
year 1911.
Under the terms of said tax sale
certificate, the tame of redemption ex-
pired the 9th day of July, 1916, and
under this notice the time of redemp-
ton from said sale will expire three
months after the last publication of
this notice, to-wit: February II, 1916.
Unless the said property is redeemed
from said tax sale prior TO said Feb
ruary IL, 1916, the undersigned will
apply for a tax deed for your respect
i've interests in the said property.
Dated this 22nd day OF October 1915.
12S-N11-3t FRANKLIN PFIRMAN.