The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-02-28
MINING NOTES
New York Metal Market.

New York Metal Market.
Copper nominal; electrolytic, leI
@16A; iron nominally uncnangea.
Metal Exchange quotes lead QuIet'
spot and March offered at 6lo; spei,
ter quiet; East st. Louis Spot $o.so
@645; March, $6.30@6.4o'
A payment of $4,000 on the RET
ported purchase price OF $15o,ooo mas
been made at Nelson, b. o. on tne
Mountain Chief mine, near Henata'
says Nelson report. the purcnas-
ers were represented by j. W. evans,
president of the new company CIV
the vendors by o. Wheeler.
The United Copper mine is the only
producing copper mine in the state
that is producing at present, according
to Conrad Wolfe, president, in state
ment at Chewelah February 70. ne
said the United Copper has produced
81. $50. 900 and spent $250,00O for smelt-
ing. 100000 for taxes, 100000 Tor
freight, s76O,O0O for labor, $500, 900 Tor
materials and disbursed $15O,Ooo IN
dividends.
The Rambler Cariboo Mines, oper-
ating near Three Forks, B. g., mas
cash surplus of 44,930, according TO
a report for, the eight months ended
on December 81 last. This includes
| $4,000 in Liberty and Victory bonds.
The report Shows receipts OF $83,1OS
and disbursements aggregating 1885,
TIT. The report of w. A. Cameron,
Superintendent says the company
4 mined and milled $500 tons OF ma
terial in the eight months. The pro-
duction from this material was 4OO
tons of lead concentrates and $40
tons of zinc concentrates. The concen'
} traitor was in operation six months.
The other two months were spent IN
repairing damage caused by snow
slides. The report was accompanied
by checks for a dividend at the rate
of a cent share, or a totalof$l7,5OO.
, 1918 Output 3. c. Mines.
> The quantity of gold, lead and cop
per produced in the interior of British
Columbia was greater in 1918 than In
the last previous year but the produc-
l ton of silver and zinc was decreased,
e according to the estimates of w. Fleet
n Robertson, provincial geOlogist, In his
q report for the department OF mines
While the silver output was less, lts
7 value was greater, than in the pre-
. yious year, owing to advances In the
g price of the metal.
e r. The Boundary-Yale district headed
l. the list for gold production for thu
l. year, with 56,734 ounces out of thu
1t total of 1925 for the province. Ross
II. land came second with 38,O96.
Nelson district produced more gol'
:. than in 1917, the increase being du
~ to larger tonnage from the Yankee
III Girl mine at Ymir.
lie Of silver, the largest number 0
ed ounces was produced by SLOGAN CIT
e. and district, with a total of 1,353,26
in which was nearly four times tn
I'd amount produced by any other oil
-. trict in the province.
ho The total quantity of lead produce
in 1918 is estimated at 43,949,66
pounds. Compared to the previou
year this was an increase in quantit
H., but, owing to. the lower market prie
~ of lead, suffered a decrease in valu
'm of s6393. Fort Steele produced til
mt largest number Of pounds during til
lid year, the total being 19,340,800.
ere The lead production of Nelson div
he sion came largely from the Emera
me mine. :,
nd The production of copper duriI
- the year was estimated at 63,387,9
VI over 100000 more than in the prel
ses GUS year. There was decrease in Il
value, owing to the lower market prit
Skeena division headed the list
1T producers of this metal with 1892
~. 928 pounds, out of the total of 63,S
.a O10 produced in the province.
the Copper mining is now firmly este
ley' lished as the most important fol
pes of mining in the province" says \
ned Robertson in his report. I'm 1918 t
old value of the copper mined exceed
fac by over $4,000 900 the combined valu
ad. of all other metals mined, and
formed 3S per cent Of the total val
of the mineral production for the yea
The quantity Of zinc produced d
ing 1918 was about 36,149,894 poun
ms showing decrease compared to
AZ, previous years figures. This prod
90 ton was valued at $2.501,573.