The Lone Star Mining and Development Company is understood to have outlined a program of development requiring an expenditure of approximately $250,000, which is to include $40,000 for the erection of an ore reduction plant. Financial arrangements are being handled by W. L. Eisen investment brokers. It is estimated that 110,000 tons of silver-lead ore are blocked out for milling in the company’s property, near Conconully, Washington. The board of directors of the organization are as follows: Chris Bernard of Spokane, president; Gus Backlund of Coeur d’Alene, vice-president; George Qualey of Spokane, secretary-treasurer; C. E. Blackwell of Okanogan and Major Winfield Harper of Wenatchee. Offices are maintained at 1215 Old National Bank Building, Spokane.
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N. C. Sheridan, Coeur d’Alene, mine operator, has become associated with the Snowdrift Mining Company, operating near Turk in southern Stevens County, Washington. It is proposed to add tables to the mill on the property to save the coarse copper and regrind the tailings and put them through a flotation plant.
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The Bonanza King Mining Company, G. A. King, manager, Bossburg, Washington, placed its mill in operation and within a short time expects to be treating ore at capacity of 100 tons every 24 hours. This plant is equipped with rock crusher, two sets of jigs, roll mill, two flotation cells, two blades and the latest improved filter. Al Denoo of Tekoa, president; Lee Howard of Spokane, vice-president; Edward Schmidt, secretary-treasurer, and Mr. King make up the operating personnel.
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A truckload of ore from the tunnel in the Sterrett property, near Northport, Washington, has been shipped to the Kellogg smelter. This mine is operated on a royalty basis by W. B. Simmons, and upon receipt of a return from the smelter that will insure profitable operation, regular shipments will be made.
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Stockholders of the Electric Point property at Northport, Washington, unanimously voted to turn over their property on March 15 to the Northport Power and Light Company, a subsidiary of the Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company of Canada, Ltd. The stockholders will receive nothing, but the new operators have assumed all obligations and debts, amounting to about $40,000, and will make payments as the mine is being worked. The Northport company has also closed a deal for the Gladstone Mountain mine, adjoining, which is to be taken over on the same date. It is probable that the two mines will be worked together.
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The Metaline Mining and Leasing Company, Oscar DeCamp, superintendent, Metaline, Washington, has cut ore in the Intermediate tunnel about 90 feet before expected. One shift is advancing the tunnel six feet daily and another shift will be added as soon as the weather permits.
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Preparations are being made to sink a prospect shaft at the property of the Scandinavian Pend Oreille Mining Company at Metaline, Washington, I. W. Luhr, president and manager. Five men are engaged in the work. This company is just beginning the development of about 300 acres.
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The Shamrock Silver-Lead Mines, Inc., has been organized recently for the development of the Herman, Anderson, Shamrock and the Hidden Treasure group of mining claims on Iron Creek, a few miles northeast of Keller, Ferry County, Washington. This organization is backed by Seattle capital and is incorporated with 8,000,000 shares of 50 cents par value. The officers and directors are: Guy B. Walker, Moore Hotel, Seattle, president; L. F. Callahan of Spokane vice-president; Robert Weinstein of Spokane, secretary-treasurer; J. E. Angle of Spokane, mine manager, and Lloyd B. Walker of Seattle. The principal office is 705 Mohawk Building, Spokane.
The property is well equipped with living quarters, assay office, 100-horsepower steam boiler, 708-cubic foot steam driven air compressor, one drill Gardner compressor driven by a Fordson tractor and a complete set of underground tools and machinery. To provide more economical operation the company will install a Diesel plant to replace steam power.
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The United Treasure group of three claims near the International boundary in Stevens County, Washington has been purchased by H. A. Blenz. ft is said that the sum of $10,000 was involved in the deal.
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WASHINGTON MINING NEWS TMJ APRIL 15 1929
THE MINING JOURNAL April 15 1929
WASHINGTON
The Shamrock Silver-Lead Mines, Inc., has opened a body of high-grade milling ore in its property, near Keller, Washington, according to James E. Angle, mine manager. The crosscut has been advanced 15 feet in ore without reaching the wall of the vein and while no assaying has been done the ore has the appearance of carrying 30 ounces silver and 5 per cent lead per ton.
Additional equipment, including a pump and gasoline hoists, is being installed by the Pacific Mutual Silver Lead Company near Keller, Washington. Development will be centered on deepening the No. 2 federal shaft 200 feet and drifting into the mountain from that depth to get under a proven body of ore opened by the Bunker Hill and the Mammoth shafts. By this method a depth of about 1,200 feet can be gained.
During the past few months a boarding house and blacksmith shop have been built and an air receiver and other equipment installed. Considerable ore is ready for milling. C. A. Gray, Symons Building, Spokane, is secretary and general manager of the Pacific Mutual Silver Lead.
The Mining Corporation of America has been organized recently under the laws of Washington to take over the property of the Venus Silver Mines Company, operating near Fruitland, Washington. The new directors are H. Heineman and Richard Ott of Ritzville, F. G. Grant of Tekoa, W. W. Gifford of Seattle and J. W. Bayley of Fruitland and this is the same board as governs the Venus Company. The capital stock in the Mining Corporation is 350,000 shares of no par value.
A crew has started pumping water from the shaft of the Loon Lake Copper-Silver Mining Company at Loon Lake, Washington, and expects to un-water the 300 level within 30 days. The shaft is being re-timbered and a boiler is being taken in to furnish power for pumping. Evan Morgan is manager. Shipments of rich copper ore have been made from the 300-foot level, but the slump in copper after the war made further shipping unprofitable. A body of rich sulphide ore is known to exist at the 600-foot level and the shaft will be sunk to this depth.
The Grandview Mining Company. B. H. Stewart, general manager, made its initial shipment of zinc-lead concentrates from the new mill at Metaline Falls, Washington, to the smelter at Kellogg, Idaho, and regular consignments are to follow. The mill is working three shifts daily at a capacity of 350 tons and costs of production are not higher than $2 per ton. The ore for milling is supplied from two raises to the surface and several other raises will be driven in developing and mining the ground.
The Livingston Placer Mines, Inc., which is sponsored by Ralph Douglas of Seattle, financial broker, commenced operations on March 15. About 2,500 yards of gravel are going through the sluice boxes daily and an average recovery is being made of nearly 1 per cent in black sand concentrates. So far, the gravel has averaged 50 cents per yard. The Livingston management expect to handle more than a half million yards this year.
Prominent Tacoma and Seattle capitalists are behind the project and the company is fully financed. Application for listing of the stock will be made shortly on the recognized stock exchanges.
The Fred B. and Jay Gould groups of mines, near Chewelah, Washington, owned by the Chewelah Silver-Lead Company and Alex Morrison, have been purchased by O. C. Niles and associates of Spokane. The consideration is reported to be $50,000.
It is planned to start work as soon as a gas engine and two-drill compressor can be purchased and installed. More than $50,000 worth of silver-lead ore have been shipped from the Jay Gould mine and the Fred B. claim is opened by an 800-foot tunnel and some drifts.
Stockholders of the Chloride Queen mine, 12 miles north of Colville, Washington, have organized the Union Mining and Smelting Company, under which name future development will be conducted. It
is planned to run a long tunnel to tap the sulphide ore. D. B. Zent, Symons Building, Spokane, has been manager of the property for several years and stated that work will be started shortly.
The Commodore Mines Corporation is pouring cement foundations for a Diesel engine, sawmill and a Sullivan compressor, according to President Matt Baumgartner, 328 Lindelle Block, Spokane. The lower tunnel will be continued to a depth of 500 feet below the Queen shaft as soon as the machinery is in place. About two carloads of ore, assaying close to 100 ounces silver per ton, are ready for shipment as soon as the roads are in condition, and milling ore will be taken out as soon as the mill is installed.
The Metaline Contact Mines Company, S. W. O’Brien, president, Metaline, Washington, has a crew at work on the northern section of its property, which is about two and one-half miles south of the International boundary. This company has increased its holdings to nearly 4,000
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It is said that the Scandinavian Pend Oreille Mining Company, I. W. Luhr, president and manager, Metaline Falls, Washington, has let a contract for 2,000 feet of churn drilling. Work is to start at once.
Conrad Wollie, mine operator, 405 Mohawk Building, Spokane, Washington, has taken over the Blackhawk group of mines in the Metaline district in Washington, adjoining the Reeves-McDonald property.
Present work is confined to open cuts, which are reported to have exposed a wide vein of lead, zinc and silver values. Later, a compressor and machinery necessary for more exploration will be installed.
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WASHINGTON MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 6 30 1929
THE MINING JOURNAL JUNE 30 1929
WASHINGTON
President C. H. Groth, of Bellingham, Washington, and Trustees Charles Grelf and Phil Bardon, of the Verona Mining Company, have returned from a two-day trip to Seattle, where they made all arrangements for the purchase, packing and shipment of a 50-ton Faust concentrating plant.
The equipment will be set up at the company’s property, comprising 820 acres, 18 miles from Glacier Station on the Milwaukee Railroad. Two parallel veins of galena ore, each averaging eight feet in diameter and carrying gold, silver, lead and zinc values averaging $12.50 per ton, cross the property, and it is estimated that there are more than 100,000 tons of this grade of ore available. Power will be developed in Bagley Creek. This equipment will be supplemented by a flotation plant, which is to be ready for operation in July.
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The Alder mining property, near Twisp, Washington, has been taken over by L. K. Armstrong, 720 Peyton Building, Spokane, and associates. This is a promising gold-copper mine, and 15 men are employed in exploring the ground through tunnels.
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A group of Roslyn, Washington, men, headed by Earl B. Crane of Portland, Oregon, have taken an option on the property of the Glacier Peak Mining and Smelting Company, comprising 25 unpatented quartz claims, 18 miles from Lake Chelan in Snohomish County, Washington. The option is for a consideration of $400,000, to be paid over a period of five years. Large deposits of low-grade copper ore and compounds of molybdenum have been found in the district, but inaccessibility has retarded development.
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The Consolidated Mercury Mining Company, F. B. Prescott, president and general manager, 1007 A Street, Tacoma, Washington, is crosscutting from a new tunnel run from the foot of the hill to reach the vein and will develop the ore above the tunnel level. Upon its completion, a retort will be installed for the reduction of the cinnabar ore.
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A crew of men under the direction of C. J. White of San Diego, California, is at Spirit Lake, near Kelso, Washington, in connection with the development of the Coe Copper Mines. Transportation has been a great drawback, and for 20 years no work has been done.
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WASHINGTON MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 9 30 1929
THE MINING JOURNAL SEPTEMBER 30 1929
WASHINGTON
The Verona Mining Company, C. B. Groth, president, 2809 Victor Street, Bellingham, Washington, is erecting a two-story building, at its property, near Shuksan, in the Mt. Baker District, the first floor of which, will be an office, dining room, kitchen and commissary, and the upper floor will be sleeping quarters. A compressor house, laboratory and blacksmith shop are being set up also. Considerable mining machinery, including hoisting equipment has already been taken to the mine, and the remaining equipment is being taken in as rapidly as possible. Plans are to install a Hardinge conical ball mill, having a capacity of 25 to 50 tons daily, together with primary and secondary Blake crushers, a Wilfley concentrating table, and flotation machinery. As soon as the camp buildings are completed, work will be resumed in the mine.
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A spur track is being installed to the property of the MacMyrl Talc Mining and Milling Company, near Rockport, Washington, and a small mill having a capacity of 15 tons daily has been purchased. In the mine the west crosscut has been driven 43 feet and has revealed a ledge of black talc and the east crosscut is in the main ore body and will be continued to the hanging wall. C. H. McLean is manager and mine superintendent, and W. P. Stockdale has charge of underground work.
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The Silver Glance Mines Development Company has been organized by A. B. Elliott and William H. Kinnon of Colville, Washington, and associates, to operate, under lease, the upper workings of the Commodore Mine in the Deer Trail District, Stevens County. The new organization has a capital stock of 1,000,000 shares of 10 cents each.
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It is understood that the British-American Mines and Smelter Corporation, which is a subsidiary of the British-American Consolidated Properties, Ltd., has closed a deal for the purchase of the Lone Star group of mines at Conconully, Washington. Chris Bernhard of Spokane, president of the Lone Star Mining Company, negotiated the sale. The property includes approximately 1,850 acres of land and the new owners intend to spend $40,000 in developing the ground.
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The Molybdenum Mines Company, recently organized, has taken over a group of 12 mining claims in Deep Creek, 59 miles along a good automobile road from Naches on the Northern Pacific railway.
E. C. Young of Wallace, Idaho, expects to go to the property during September and will be in active charge of development work. Yakima, Washington, is the principal place of business. Edwin Fitch of Buena, one of the locators of the claims, is president of the company; Victor Cresci of Grandview is vice-president, and Fred Parker of Yakima is secretary.
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E. C. Owen, chief owner of the Lucille mining property, near Boundary, Washington, has been performing assessment work on that group, and on the Keystone, which he owns also. A good road has been made between these two mines.
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The Pullman Mining and Milling Company, A. B. Baker, president and manager, Pullman, Washington, has opened a 10-foot vein of copper, gold, silver and lead ore, followed by the discovery of a body of chalcopyrite ore, which has been the objective of development. This property is well equipped with machinery, a new compressor capable of running three drills being installed. It is planned to take out ore for shipment as soon as boat service is resumed on the Snake River.
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The Royal Development Company, Jay Lonergan, chief engineer, Leavenworth, Washington, is making preparations to build a pilot mill to test out the ores, and prepare a flow sheet, for a large concentrator. Development has continued over a number of years and a large tonnage of ore, carrying copper and silver values, has been made available for milling. The Trinity Tunnel is more than 10,000 feet in length and is equipped with an electric haulage system, with a trolley locomotive running on a four-foot track. This locomotive can travel 15 miles an hour with safety. Ventilation of the tunnel is accomplished by 10 booster fans installed at the entrance to the tunnel. The power plant utilizes water from Phelps Creek, near the St. Francis tunnel, and two remaining power sites are owned by the company.
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The Gladding McBean Company of Seattle, Washington, is hauling an average of eight carloads, or 440 tons, of clay each week to the Rock Island railroad station, from where it is shipped to Renton and mixed with other clays on the company in making brick. As soon as the repair work is completed on the Columbia River Bridge, the output will probably be doubled. The crew has been reduced to 16 men since mine cars were constructed. Mr. Martin is chemical engineer and manager at the mine, which is located about four miles from Wenatchee.
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C. H. Ballard of Twisp, Washington, president and manager of the Azurite Gold Mining Company, has purchased about 15 tons of supplies and provisions, and has made arrangements for their transportation to the mine. The old Hart trail, a narrow gauge wagon road built for four-wheeled trucks of 22-inch tread, is being repaired so that machinery can be taken to the district. Upon the completion of this road and the installation of machinery, miners will be employed by the Azurite Company.
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It is understood that the Shamrock Silver-Lead Mines, Inc., James E. Angle, mine manager, Keller, Washington, is considering erecting a concentrator. For some time, the company has been drifting in ore that contains good values in silver and lead.
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WASHINGTON MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 10 15 1929
THE MINING JOURNAL OCTOBER 15 1929
WASHINGTON
Reports on the progress made in diamond drilling, by the Metaline Mining and Leasing Company, R. W. Loyd, superintendent, Metaline, Washington, are that six holes have been driven, aggregating 1,300 feet. Five of these cut ore at from 50 to 100 feet below the surface and the average width of the metallic content is 27 feet.
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On the easterly extension of the Cliff Ore Body, the Grandview Mining Company, R. H. Stewart, general manager, Metaline, Washington, has proven enough tonnage available by churn drilling to supply the 200-ton mill at capacity for about 18 months. The metallic content of the ore runs from 6 to 10 per cent, combined lead and zinc values. Mill tests have proven that ore running as low as 4 per cent zinc and 2 per cent lead can be mixed profitably if handled on a large scale. Concentrates from the Grandview mill are shipped to the electrolytic zinc plant at Kellogg, Idaho, and a large part of the profit is used in continuing churn drilling in the mine.
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On September 17, two bars of gold bullion, were shipped from the Boundary Red Mountain Mine in Whatcom County, Washington, to the mint at San Francisco. This represented the cleanup for the month of August and amounted to $8,492.30. A. H. Westall of Sardis, British Columbia, is mine superintendent, and George Wingfield of Reno, Nevada, is president of the company.
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Four suits have been filed against the Wearea Mining Corporation and C. M. Huddle, one of the largest stockholders and former manager of the Almeda Mine, near Grants Pass, Oregon, to restrain operations on the Riverside Placer Extension Claim, and the Fraser Placer Claim. The Wearea Company recently announced the reopening of the Almeda Mine, which has been closed since 1916.
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The Wannicut Mill and Reduction Company, which is making preparations to install a custom mill in Okanogan County, has established an office at 333 Doneen Building, Wenatchee, Washington. Offices of the Central Washington Mining Council are located there also. Between 12 and 15 properties are understood to be opening up in the Wannicut Lake District, west of Oroville.
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The Loon Lake Copper-Silver Mining Company, Loon Lake, Washington, Evan Morgan, manager, has unwatered its shaft below the 350 level, where a cave-in revealed high-grade ore. A 40-horsepower hoisting engine is used in unwatering and about 600 gallons of water are taken from the shaft every five minutes. On both the 200 and 300 levels, chalcopyrite was found mixed with bornite, from four to eight feet in thickness. Assays showed from 26.5 to 47.5 per cent copper, and by hand sorting shipments could be made without milling. Mr. Morgan and Ben Cohn, 722 Riverside Street, Spokane, president of the company, have just returned from Vancouver, British Columbia.
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It is understood that eight inches of high-grade silver ore have been opened in the Plata Rica Mine, near Deer Trail, Stevens County, Washington. Some of the assays have returned from 150 to 300 ounces silver to the ton. E. B. Sargeant, attorney, G. N. Depot, Spokane, Washington, owns this property.
Moving the Mountain to the Sea—Five million cubic yards of earth to be moved in 300 working days! This stupendous undertaking is called for in the contract awarded to George Nelson & Company for the moving of Denny Hill, at Seattle, Washington, to Elliott Bay, in the Denny-Hill Regrade Project No. 2.
This project is now in full swing, and at 400 feet per minute—faster than the average man can walk—Denny-Hill is hurrying into the bay.
In previous projects of regrading Seattle has tried various methods, including an industrial railroad method and hydraulicking. When the present project came up, W. B. Barkhuff, Seattle’s chief engineer, made a thorough study of standard methods of moving materials, and decided that a system of belt conveyors would best meet the requirements of reasonable cost, elimination of wear and tear on city streets, non-interference with traffic, and elimination of noise and annoyance formerly caused to residents and business houses on the streets along which the material was handled. Complete Link-Belt Anti-Friction belt conveyor equipment was selected.
An electric crawler shovel bites deeply into the hill, two cubic yards to the bite, drops it load into a hopper, which in turn feeds its contents onto the 86-inch movable belt conveyor, where the gray stream of earth starts, a constant monotony of motion, for its ultimate destination at the bottom of Elliott Bay.
The earth is carried on a belt conveyor system running overhead, clearing street car trolley wires, without interfering with traffic, or with Seattle’s general business; and down a vista of over a half-mile, crossing over Railroad Avenue and railroad tracks, to Seattle’s ocean doorstep. The long straight run of overhead conveyor discharges onto the pier conveyor, which runs at an angle, out to the end of the pier, where the stream of earth tumbles onto barges which are huge Leviathans of scows, of self-dumping construction. These are moved out into the bay to discharge their load in deep water.
The cut is being made in two benches, two shovels operating at the top bench making a cut of about 40 feet. Two other shovels operate on the lower level, which is on the grade line. Belts are 36 inches wide, operate at a speed of 500 feet per minute, and have a capacity of more than 600 cubic yards per hour.
The lengths of the different conveyor sections are 1,360 feet, 920 feet, and 600 feet centers, and the field conveyors are 200 feet centers. The portable or movable hoppers are fitted with apron feeders, which are so timed as to deliver the two-yard load onto the belt before the shovel can return with another load.
The George Nelson and Company was assisted by Link-Belt engineers in laying out and planning for the necessary equipment with which to accomplish this tremendous task.
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WASHINGTON MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 10 30 1929
THE MINING JOURNAL FOR OCTOBER 30 1929
WASHINGTON
The Pend Oreille Mines and Metals Company, L. P. Larson, president, Old National Bank Building, Spokane, which a short time ago entered a $5,000,000 constructive program, is building a large boarding house and power plant, west of the Pend Oreille River, where the mine deposits are located. A 2,000 -ton unit of a milling plant is to be set up on the east side of the river, near the town of Metaline Falls, Washington, and connected with the mines by a tram, bridge and probably a tunnel under the river. Further plans include the construction of an electrolytic zinc plant that can turn out 50 tons of refined zinc daily. It will be similar to the Sullivan electrolytic zinc plant in the Coeur d’Alene District in Idaho.
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It is understood that the Wannicut Mill and Reduction Company, Major Winfield Harper, president, Wenatchee, Washington, will receive quantities of ore as small as one ton to encourage the small mines in the Wannicut Lake District. Several mines in that locality are developed to the point where they can furnish from one to 10 tons daily for an indefinite period.
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The Deertrail Monitor Mines Company, J. Richard Brown, president and general manager, 316 Rookery Building, Spokane, intends to do about 1,000 feet of drifting in its property, in the Deertrail District, in Washington. Ten men are employed, under the direction of Mine Superintendent S. Warburton.
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The Silver Creek Copper Mining Company has been incorporated by J. W. Craig, Fred Magnuson, and Edward T. Swanson, all of Index, Washington, to work the Broken Ridge group of mining claims. Capitalization is $250,000. The property comprises 17 claims, located by the above men in October, 1923. Development has been continuous since the ground was located and includes several tunnels, the longest being the lower tunnel, 450 feet. Construction of the Index-Galena highway is affording transportation for mines in Snohomish County, that could not be operated up to this time. The Silver Creek will install water power and machinery for further development.
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The Chief Barnaby Mines Company, Arthur E. Aikman, N4023 Madison Street, Spokane, has purchased an additional 120 acres adjoining its holdings at Kettle Falls, Washington. Long Brothers are driving a tunnel under contract. In the 35 feet of tunnel completed, silver-lead ore has been opened across a width of four feet.
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According to General Manager H. C. Topping, the Acme Consolidated Mines Company, Orient, Washington, is making arrangements to sink its shaft 150 feet. The company is operating under bond, and for lease, and is both producing and developing gold and silver ores. Nine men are on the payroll. H. P. Berg, 1321 Puget Sound Bank Building, Tacoma, is president of Acme Consolidated, and S. A. McCoy, 832 Old National Bank Building, Spokane, is consulting engineer.
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Plans for the immediate sinking of 300 feet of shaft, putting in a new hoist, etc., have just been announced by the Sunset Copper Company, E. A. Sims, president and general manager, Port Townsend, Washington. The mine is at Index, where mining and milling operations require the services of 73 men. The mill has a capacity of 190 tons daily, equipped with modern machinery. Ed. C. Morse is general superintendent at Index.
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The Consolidated Mercury Mining Company, Frank B. Prescott, president and general manager, 1007 A Street, Tacoma, is breaking ground for a new 30 to 50-ton Gould retort at Morton, Washington. Six men are employed.
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The Idaho Lime Company, J. H. Evans, president and general manager, Bossburg, Washington, is producing with 35 men on the payroll. The company has six kilns with a capacity of 10 tons each, and is mining its lime from an open quarry. Capacity for hydration is 16 tons daily.
H. A. Croonquist is general superintendent of operations.
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A 50-ton Raymond Impact pulverizer is to be installed by the MacMyrl Talc Mining and Milling Company, Inc., C. H. McLean, superintendent, Chelan, Washington. Eleven men are employed. William O’Connor of Okanogan, Washington, is president of the concern and Fred Hubbard is general manager.
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According to General Manager William J. Priestley of Miller River, a 100-ton mill is to be built at the property of the National Gold Corporation in King County, Washington. Hydroelectric energy will be used in operating the mill. In the mine, gold, silver, lead and arsenic ores are found and can be mined through the tunnels by gravity. The number of employees varies from 14 to 28.
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The Western Premier Mining Company has been organized by A. J. Diedrich and J. H. Gunther of Valley, Washington, to operate the Skookum ground, and the Edwin Seaman property, about nine miles west of Valley. Western Premier has a 10-year lease with option to purchase for $15,000. Copper is the principal mineral in the Seaman ground, which comprises 40 acres. Open cuts and trenching has shown assays of 31.6 per cent copper and 1 ounce silver to the ton.
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WASHINGTON MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 11 30 1929
WASHINGTON
The Grandview Mining Company, H. H. Stewart, general manager, has shipped 11 ½ carloads of ore from its property at Metaline, Washington, during the month of October. This production was accomplished with a reduced force in the mine and mill, and is nearly double that of the preceding month. Churn drilling is still in progress and some good ore is being located. One hole shows 9.9 percent zinc, within 60 feet of the tunnel, and another is in good lead values.
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As soon as the power plant on Flume Creek is completed, the Pend Oreille Mines and Metals Company at Metaline Falls, Washington, will start driving a new tunnel from the Hidden Falls Claim, to tap the Josephine workings, at a depth of 450 feet below the collar of that shaft. This tunnel is to be the main working adit for the Josephine-Sullivan ore bodies, where diamond drilling revealed good ore. Construction of the four-story hotel and three-story office building, started last summer, is progressing nicely.
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Equipment valued at approximately $2,500, has been purchased for the Copper Zone Mine on Ruby Mountain, 14 miles from Okanogan, Wash. It includes a 10-ton roller mill, Wilfley tables, a set of rolls and crusher. A ledge of silver ore, 10 feet wide, and worth $20 per ton, has been opened. Bert Hayes of Okanogan is working the mine.
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Perry, Moriarity and Turk, lessees, are mining a carload of ore a month from a 15-inch vein in the United Copper Mine at Chewelah, Washington. The ore carries 200 ounces silver per ton, accompanied by copper values. Royalties accrue to the Chewelah Union Mining Company, owning the United Copper property.
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The Cascade Mineral Corporation is developing the Thunder Creek group of six patented claims, on Thunder Creek, 52 miles from Rockport, Washington, and about 100 miles northeast of Seattle. Twelve men are on the payroll. Two tunnels have opened the mine, to lengths of 708 and 500 feet. About 20,000 tons of ore have been blocked out in the No. 2 tunnel, and assays taken on cross sections of the ore, returned an average of $45 per ton. More than 10,000 tons of ore have been exposed in the lower tunnel. The property includes a five-acre patented millsite, and tests have shown that a 50-ton flotation mill can treat the ore profitably. Henry S. Volkmar, 412 Washington Building, Seattle, is president and general manager of the company, and Olav Drange is mine superintendent.
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The tunnel of the Metaline Mining and Leasing Company, Metaline, Washington, is within 40 feet of the secondary ore body disclosed by a vertical diamond drill. This ore is directly under the original deposit, and according to the drill core, is 10 feet thick. The latest acquisition of the company is 90 acres, between its property, and the Sterling ground. Metaline Mining and Leasing now controls about 500 acres. S. Harry Draper, S2109 Grand Street, Spokane, is president of the company and H. W. Loyd is superintendent.
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The St. Helens Copper Company, C. W. Riddell, general superintendent, is preparing to block out ore and erect a concentrating plant at its property at Spirit Lake, near Kelso, Washington. Twelve men are on the company payroll. C. J. White is general manager of the company and headquarters are maintained at 1290 Gaviota Avenue, Long Beach, California.
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John Gorrien of Minneapolis is looking over the property of the Washington Black Rock Mining Company at Northport, Washington, which was a regular shipper of high-grade ore, until a year ago, when the vein pinched out, and work ceased. The ground is equipped with power, a compressor and necessary mining equipment. Diamond drilling is to be done on new leads that give promise of yielding ore. W. L. Colyer, 712 La Sell Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota, is president of the company.
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Bert Hayes has uncovered a ledge of silver-lead ore in the Silver Zone Mining Claim, on Peacock Mountain, near Pateros, Washington, and has purchased a 10-ton mill at the Price Mine. Hayes has taken a one-year lease on the Silver Zone from his co-worker, L. Funk, and is preparing the ground for production in the spring.
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WASHINGTON MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 8 15 1931
WASHINGTON
That the Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining and Concentrating Company at Kellogg, Idaho, has unwavering faith in the Slate Creek region, near Metaline Falls, Washington, would seem logical, after learning of its willingness to spend as much as a half million on development work. Its property includes the Leadhill, Hidden Treasure, and others, incorporated as the Leadhill Mining Inc. Temporary living quarters have been established and a crew of 10 men are engaged in development. The officers of the Slate Creek company are: S. A. Easton of Kellogg, president; B. H. Kizer, vice-president; L. K. Armstrong, 704 Peyton Building, Spokane, secretary-treasurer.
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Following his return from Keller, Washington, Manager C. A. Gray, Box 482, Spokane, has outlined some development of the property of the Pacific Mutual Silver-Lead Company. Immediate development will be confined to sinking the Federal No. 2 shaft in the east section of the property to a depth of 300 feet. At that depth a 300-foot drift will be run to the ore body, which carries substantial values in copper, silver, gold and lead.
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The Danlee Mining Company, John B. Leedy, superintendent, Mazania, Washington, has ordered a compressor and all tools necessary for tunnel work from C. Kirk Hillman of Seattle. As soon as it is installed, a tunnel will be driven to cut five veins at a length of close to 700 feet It is from the last of these veins that a shipment of gold ore is being sacked now. The company holds a 99-year lease on the property and it is yet considerably less than a year since the grassroots discovery was made. The property includes 11 claims.
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Under the supervision of A. E. Wilson of Colville, Washington, the Sunset Gold Mining Company began the operation of the First Thought mine at Orient. It is planned to ship the ore that is available, meanwhile some effort will be made to explore the ore bodies that have been located by diamond drills.
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The General Placers Corporation at Seattle, Washington, headed by E. A. Gabriel, 1247 Dexter Horton Building, is rehabilitating its camp in the Swauk Basin in Kittitas county, preparatory to active dredging. The program is said to include the lengthening of the bucket line and stacker of the modern dredge now on the ground and which is reported to have cost $168,000. The dredge is to be operated by electricity provided by a 17-mile power line that has been constructed from Cle Elum by the Puget Sound Power and Light Company.
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Some interest is being taken in the Tubal Cain mine in the eastern Olympic Mountains, near Quilcene, Washington, which is being operated by the Olympic Manganese Mining Company. While the property has rich manganese bodies, lack of transportation has always been a drawback, and a movement is now afoot to work out a solution. The Tubal Cain was opened in 1907 and has been developed by a tunnel driven 2,700 feet into the mountain with a number of cross tunnels.
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The original plans of Hugh L. Cooper of New York, who is promoting the Z Canyon power project on the Pend Oreille River, below Metaline Falls, Washington, have been changed, and it is understood that the project will be carried out piecemeal. The height of the waterfall when the dam is completed will be 270 feet and it is planned to build only 70 feet of this height as the first unit. The maximum capacity of the first development will be 60,000 horsepower, this capacity being determined on the basis of a maximum of 8,500 cubic feet per second of the natural river discharge authorized by the state of Washington for power purposes at Z Canyon. The first installation will be two 15,000~ horsepower units, and the initial unit will be built for extension and conversion at any future time into the second stage. The ultimate high-head development will be capable of producing 280,000 horsepower of electric energy.
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The Grandview Mining Company, Guy E. Riegel, managing director, is doing some deep diamond drilling at Metaline Falls, Washington, hoping to locate ore comparable to the rich Josephine deposit of the Pend Oreille Mines and Metals Company. One hole, down 285 feet, went through excellent zinc ore, and another is being continued beyond a depth of 850 feet.
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The Silver Chief Mining Company, A. J. Palmquist, West 522 Cleveland Street, Spokane, is diamond drilling its property west of Colville, Washington, held under a 99-year lease from the Clugston Creek Mining Company. At a distance of 125 feet beyond the face of the crosscut the drills passed through a 45-foot ledge of ore, but a heavy flow of water prevented the drills from going farther. Five feet of the core have assayed 12 per cent lead, 2 per cent zinc and 127 ounces silver.
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Twenty-five tons of ore are going through the new mill of the Tungsten Mining and Milling Company, west of Addy, Washington, daily. This is about 50 per cent of capacity, according to James P. Reed of Inchelium, Washington. Ore for milling for several months is assured in a 120-foot tunnel all in ore and a raise, also in ore.
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The Wannacut Mining and Reduction Company, sponsored by Major Winfield Harper of Wenatchee, Washington, has been taken over by Jay Lonergan, also of Wenatchee, formerly chief mine engineer for the Royal Development Company. It is Mr. Lonergan’s intention to build a custom mill in the Wannacut Lake district, southwest of Oroville, near the old ghost town of Golden. It is estimated that enough ore has been blocked out to operate the plant for five years. The new proposition is the Wanoro Gold Mills Company.
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The construction of a 100-ton mill in the Bumping Lake district, 70 miles west of Yakima, Washington, is said to be forthcoming for mid-August, on the property of the Northwest Tungsten Company, Inc. Tungsten values in the ore range from 1.5 to 7 per cent, and some molybdenum is found also. Hugh A. Walker of Pasco, Washington, is acting manager, and A. C. Keene of New York City is consulting engineer.
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WASHINGTON MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 1 15 1930
THE MINING JOURNAL
WASHINGTON
The British-American Mine and Smelter Corporation, is co-operating with the Wannicut Mill and Reduction Company, in an effort to build a custom mill in the Wannicut Lake District, in Washington. Accordingly, they have agreed to deposit 25,000 shares of 7 per cent preferred stock in the parent company, the British-American Consolidated Properties, Ltd., in a Wenatchee bank. W. J. Quackenbush is president of the British-American Mines Corporation, and Major Winfield Harper of Wenatchee, is president of the Wannicut Company. Arrangements are being made by these men to carry out actual construction.
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Churn drilling has been discontinued for the winter, by the Grandview Mining Company, R. H. Stewart, general manager, Metaline, Washington, because additional exploration work is not needed at the present. Mill ore is averaging about 5 percent lead, and plenty is available in the main tunnel. The company has denied the statement that the mill will shut down.
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The newly organized Western Ceramic, Mining, and Manufacturing Company, at Aberdeen, Washington, has let a contract to the Elliot Brothers Construction Company for the construction of a 70 by 100-foot factory building, which will cost $4,153, according to Noel G. Lowry, president of the organization. The company has been financed for $25,000 by a group of local men. A railroad spur from the Northern Pacific tracts, and a side road, are now being prepared. On completion of the factory building, machinery will be installed, and shipments from Moscow, and Deer Park will be refined.
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The Magna Mines and Metals Company, Otto Bergland, manager, Colville, Washington, has ordered a two-drill compressor, which will be housed with a 45-horsepower Holt engine, in the new building near the tunnel entrance. One car, and 1,000 feet of track, have also been ordered. About six or seven men will continue driving the main tunnel during the winter.
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The Silver Ledge Mining Company has leased its silver-gold property on Cold Creek, near Methow, Washington, on a royalty basis, according to William Dunn, president of the company. Four men have been sent to the mine to overhaul the machinery. The high-grade ore will be shipped to the smelter, and the low grade will be left at the mine until a mill can be built.
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The Western Metals Corporation has sold 18 mining claims in the Sultan District, to Homer P. Ford, according to a deed filed with the County Auditor. The deed also covers the millsite of the corporation and equipment. An $80,000 promissory note, secured by a mortgage on the property, has been given the Western Metals by Ford.
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About 2,200 tons of sodium sulphate, were recovered in a two-day test run of the Weltha Plant at Okanogan, Washington, and buildings are being rushed to completion, so that regular work can be started. The process of treatment was invented by George W. Anderson, of Seattle, for refining material from the reservation lakes, the nearest of which is five miles. It is hauled to the plant in chunks about one foot by one and one-half inches thick and is pulverized, freed of impurities, dehydrated and sacked. The entire plant can be operated by two men to feed the machinery, one electrician, and one boiler man. The plant can handle one carload a day, but owing to poor roads between the deposits and the plant, not more than two cars a week will be handled during the winter.
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The Azurite Gold Mining Company is planning to install a 30-ton pyritic smelter next spring, according to C. H. Ballard, president and general manager, Twisp, Washington. Five miners are spending the winter in the mine driving tunnels and blocking out ore in the main azurite vein, which is on Mill Creek, above Winthrop. About 500 feet of progress on the 1,000-foot drift are expected by the time the roads are open. The ore, which will be handled by gravity, will be taken from the tunnel portal, by tram to the smelter, less than a quarter of a mile away. Selected samples assay as high as $750.66, while average samples assay as high as $83.33.
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The Alder Metals Corporation, Bliss Moore, general manager, E. 1211 Nineteenth Avenue, Spokane, Washington, is planning to drive a new working tunnel down, to which the ore can be stoped from the No. 8 level, about 200 feet above. Pipe is being laid into the No. 8 tunnel, from the new three-drill compressor, which is installed at the portal, a distance of 300 feet, where a raise will be driven about 280 feet to the second level. Timbers have been provided by a sawmill on the property, and roads connecting the tunnels have been conditioned for hauling. Houses for shelter and provisioning the crew have been built. About six local men are now employed, and experienced miners will handle the machine drills.
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Drifting has been started in both sides of the crosscut, on the 300-foot level of the Josephine Shaft, of the Pend Oreille Mines and Metals Company, Metaline Falls, Washington. The crosscut followed the diamond drill hole for about 80 feet, showing values which average about 20 percent in lead and zinc.
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The Flume Creek Power Plant is nearing completion, and smelter and concentrator construction will be started next spring. Both underground and surface crews are now working.
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Solid ore, containing $65 in lead, $23 in zinc, and $18 in silver, to the ton, has been uncovered in the 1,400-foot level by the Silver Chief Mining Company, in its property west of Colville, Washington. This property is held under lease from the Clugston Creek Mining Company. A. J. Palmquist, West 522 Cleveland Street, Spokane, is president and general manager.
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The Galena Farm Mine is making regular shipments to the Trail Smelter. This mine was taken over about two years ago by new interests, and its development is showing good results.
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The Maola Copper Company, operating the Loon Lake Mine, Loon Lake, Washington, has unwatered the shaft down to the 500-foot level. It has also explored the 200 and 800-foot levels, and will continue to lift water and explore the 500 level. Ore of milling grade is showing. The new company has also acquired the Blue Bird Mine, adjoining the property, making about 400 acres of patented ground. The officers of the company are: Ben Cohn, president, and Arthur W. Davis, secretary, both of Spokane; George it Warner, Deer Park, treasurer; and Evan Morgan of Loon Lake, manager.
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The Spokane Magnesite Sales Company, 2601 North Dakota Street, Spokane, Washington, Henry Hostetler, president, has purchased a mixing plant from the Spokane Concrete Pipe Company. This company was organized in September, 1928, and purchased its magnesite from the Northwest Magnesite Company of Chewelah, Washington.
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The Charlotte Ann Mercury Company has been incorporated with capital stock of $100,000, to develop cinnabar properties. The headquarters of the company will be maintained at Morton, Washington, which is in the Lewis County Cinnabar District. The incorporators are: Ivan Seyler, Martin Poulson, Sr., W. J. Mitchell, T. J. Griffin and H. A. Carpalis.
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The Chewelah Eagle Mine, known formerly as the Blue Star Mining Company, is employing a few men in taking out concentrates, and is planning to install a small concentrator, according to Dr. S. P. McPherson, president, Chewelah, Washington. The objective of the work is to redeem values in the low-grade ore on the dump and in the stopes.
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The 2,000-foot tunnel, acquired on a 40-year lease by the St. Helens Copper Company from the Mt. St. Helens Consolidated Gold Mines Company, has been cleaned out and retimbered. A new air line has been installed and the tunnel is ventilated by a fan blower. The portable compressor will be used during the winter by the 15 miners, who will work almost entirely in the tunnel, by the light of their carbide lamps. The ore will be stored in bunkers on the shore of Spirit Lake, and in the spring, will be conveyed across the lake on 7 barges, and from there on trucks, to the Tacoma smelter. A one-mile road from the mine to the lake has been completed.
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The Magna Mines and Metals Company, Otto Bergland, manager, Colville, Washington, has uncovered ore for about 200 feet, in the 7,000-foot tunnel, which was recently started. The ore showing will be drifted on about 600 feet, where it will intersect the lime-granite contact. At this place, in about 500 feet, and at a depth of 750 feet, is a body of vertical ore, 400 feet long, and from 10 to 20 feet wide. A sample from one drift assays 40 percent zinc, 10 percent lead, and 6 ounces of silver. Ore has been opened from this point in 17 places, by shafts, tunnels, and open cuts.
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WASHINGTON MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 1 30 1930
WASHINGTON
The Commodore Mines Corporation, owned by Matt Baumgartner, 328 Lindelle Block, Spokane, Washington, has been taken over by John Sawbridge, of Yakima, and other stockholders of the Sunshine Mining Company of Idaho. The property consists of the Queen and Seal, and other claims in the Deer Trail District, of Stevens County, Washington, and it has recently been worked on a lease, by the Silver Glance Mines Development Company. The camp, which was destroyed last fall by a forest fire, will be rebuilt. The new operators expect to spend about $25,000 on development, and 8 or 10 men will begin work in the upper levels at once. It is hoped that funds for building a new mill will be provided by returns from ore shipments.
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The lessees of the Electric Point Mine, near Northport, Washington, have received about $4,000 in smelter returns, from four carloads of ore mined from an abandoned chimney. Since this ore body was diminishing, the men are now drifting from another old chimney, at a depth of 150 feet, and they expect to strike ore in about 40 feet. The ore is trammed about four miles to the bunkers, where it is taken by truck, to Boundary Station, for shipment to the smelter at Kellogg, Idaho. The owners of the property receive 20 percent of smelter returns, and good wages are left for those operating the mine.
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The Sunset Copper Company, E. A. Sims, Port Townsend, Washington, president, is contemplating an increase in production that will require the expenditure of about $500,000 during the year. The electric power generation capacity will be enlarged at once, at an estimated cost of $100,000, and an application has been made for 40 cubic second feet of water from Trout Creek. Later in the year, concentrators, smelter, and other machinery will be added to the refining plant. During 1929 the company produced 1,200,000 pounds of copper valued at $283,400.
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WASHINGTON MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 6 15 1930
WASHINGTON
The Blame-Republic Company, F. Le Roi Thurmond, manager, P. O. Box 842, Republic, Washington, is preparing to drive a 600-foot crosscut, to intersect the Republic Vein, on the Jim Blame Claim.
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The Molybdenum Mines Company, George Mansfield, manager, Sunnyside, Washington, has started operations on its property at Omak. Work is to consist of crosscutting the ledge of ore on Claim No. 1, and in doing assessment work on 10 additional claims. The ore runs in parallel bodies across the property, and it is said to assay $80 per ton, on the surface, and as high as $960, at a depth of 20 feet.
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Operations are to be resumed this summer in the First Thought Gold Mine, near Orient, Washington, according to James E. Pickrell, president, 601-2 Columbia Building, Spokane. Chicago capital, in the amount of $50,000, is said to be available for development work. This mine was located in 1898, and has produced $700,000 to the 260-foot level. The vein has been lost, and work this summer, will be to locate it again. The property is equipped with adequate buildings and machinery.
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The Matrix Mining and Milling Company, W. S. Ginnett, president, Anacortes, Washington, has purchased a Fordson motor, a Chicago-American air compressor, having a pressure capacity of 110 cubic feet of air per minute, an Ingersoll-Rand jackhammer drill, with three sets of drills, a drill sharpener, and a column arm jackhammer control rig. The property has been developed by a 100-foot prospect tunnel, a 15-foot shaft, and 13 feet of drifting under the hanging wall. There are two ore bodies, one 12, and the other 14 feet thick, and assays run as high as $68 per ton.
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The Bonanza Mine, five miles southeast of Bossburg, Washington, is said to have been taken over by a new organization, the Bonanza Mining and Milling Company. Considerable development work has been planned, and a modern flotation mill and other machinery has been installed. The officers of the company are: E. D. Thompson, president; Mark Woodruff, secretary; Fred W. Callaway, 541-2 Peyton Building, Spokane, engineer, and L. E. Neale of Libby, Montana, superintendent.
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Evan Morgan of Loon Lake, Washington, is said to have taken an option for a year, on the Blue Grouse Tungsten Mine, north of Deer Park. In the Blue Grouse property, a 1,500-foot tunnel has cut five veins, none of which had been prospected. In the adjoining property, an 800-foot tunnel was driven, and two shafts, one 90, and the other 125 feet deep, were sunk. Ore, valued at $10,000, was shipped from one of these shafts.
At its recent annual stockholders meeting, the Deer Trail Monitor Mines Company, re-elected the following officers and directors: J. Richard Brown, 816 Rookery Building, Spokane, Washington, president and general manager; Arthur Hooker, vice-president; Douglas F. Smith, secretary, Samuel Glasgow, J. O. Ecker, Phil C. Haynes, and David Herman. The mine is in southwestern Stevens County.
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The Boundary Red Mountain Mining Company recently received a check from the mint for $4,557.67, which was the return from bullion produced during the first two weeks of May. The mine is operated on lease by A. H. Westall, former superintendent, and partners. Boundary Red Mountain Mine, via Sardis, British Columbia, work is now being conducted on a sublevel, 90 feet below the main 500 Adit Level. Water for operation of a hydroelectric power plant is obtained from a stream fed by a glacier and melting snow. The mine is in Whatcom County, Washington.
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The Pend Oreille Mines and Metals Company, Lewis P. Larsen, president, Old National Bank Building, Spokane, Washington, has crosscut the ore body on the 830-foot level of the Josephine Shaft for 215 feet, with the face still in ore. All the ore is of commercial grade, some of it carrying 30 percent lead and zinc combined. About 200 feet deeper, the Hidden Fails Tunnel, now in 190 feet, is being driven toward the extension of this ore body.
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Walter and Howard Johnson, leasing the Gladstone Mine at Leadpoint, Washington, have recently shipped two carloads of ore, to the smelter at Kellogg, Idaho. One car contained sulphides, and the other high-grade carbonates. The Johnson Brothers have been working the property for about two months.
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Operations are to be resumed at the Ruby Mine, of Chloride Queen, inc., situated between Nighthawk, and Chopaka, Washington. The mine was a considerable producer during the World War, but has been idle since that time. B. H. Bennetts, 1181 Market Street, Tacoma, recently made a favorable report on the property. The officers of the organization are: D. E. Jenkins of Centralia, president; W. E. Johnson of Centralia, vice-president; L. H. Everett of Walla Walla, secretary, and Chester Tuttle of Chelan, treasurer. W. L. Dunham is to be superintendent.
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A body of ore, containing 40 ounces silver, and $3.72 gold, per ton, has been opened in the property of the Pend Oreille Premier Company, J. Herb Sexsmith, president, Metaline, Washington. The strike was made 400 feet from the tunnel portal, and at a depth of 200 feet. If the orebody is of considerable size, it will be opened by a tunnel, to be driven 800 feet lower. This property is close to the Oriole Mine of the Pend Oreille Mines and Metals Company, in which high-grade gold and silver ore has been found.
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WASHINGTON MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 6 30 1930
WASHINGTON
At the annual meeting of the Admiral Consolidated Mining Company, J. Richard Brown, president and manager, 316 Rookery Building, Spokane, plans were made for extensive development of its property, near Valley, Washington. Some of the work is already in progress. The following directors were chosen: J. Richard Brown, president and manager; Arthur J. Collins, vice-president; J. 0. Ecker, secretary; O. L. Hood and J. S. Avey, all of Spokane; Sam. I. Serigstad, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, and J. H. Hallstrom, Rockford, Illinois.
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The Lincoln Mining and Milling Company, Luke Williams, trustee, 818 Symons Building, Spokane, Washington, is planning to commercialize the body of white crystalized dolomite, a block wide, and half a mile long, as well as the 12-foot shoot of silver-lead ore within it. According to F. M. Handy, consulting engineer, the rock can be used in producing Roman cement, a high grade material that retails for $40 to $55 per ton. A gas, freed by calcining, or in acid treatment of the rock, can be liquefied, and used in refrigeration. Large blocks of white, unbroken rock, for carved or dressed stone, can be taken from a depth of 100 feet, opened by the working tunnel, while the small fragments can be crushed. Both the dolomite, and the metal, are to be prepared for market, on the property, in the same mill.
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The carload of sulphide ore, recently shipped by Walter and Howard Johnson, leasing the Gladstone Mine, at Leadpoint, Washington, returned 74.9 percent lead, and 2.1 ounces of silver, per ton. The carload of carbonate ore returned 24 percent lead. This is the highest silver content ever found in this property.
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The Bonanza Mining and Milling Company, E. D. Thompson, president, Moran Prairie, Spokane, Washington, is planning to unwater the two lower levels, at vertical depth of 300 and 375 feet below the collar of the incline shaft, in the Bonanza Property, near Bossburg. Enough ore is then to be developed, to keep the mill running steadily. The mine is electrically equipped, with hoist, four-drill compressor, centrifugal pump, blacksmith shop, and a 35-ton milling plant. The mill includes a four-foot ball mill, drag classifier, two flotation units, Dorr thickener, settling tanks, and jigs and tables, the last two not being connected at present. A filter is lacking. The ore occurs principally in a high-grade streak, from a few inches, to four feet wide, and hand-sorted shipments have returned 25 percent lead, 16 percent iron, and 8 ounces silver, per ton. This property was at one time operated by G. Vervaeke for unincorporated owners, later by Oscar Nordquist, who built a mill that burned, then in 1929, by Gus King, who formed the Bonanza Mining Company, and reconstructed the mill on a smaller scale. The last named company holds 900,000 shares of Bonanza Mining and Milling stock.
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The Sunset Copper Company, E. A. Sims, president, Port Townsend, Washington, is planning to start work this season on a long tunnel on Trout Creek, which is to cut the three veins below the present working adit. When this work is completed the mill and camp will be moved to the portal of the new tunnel.
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The Olympic Manganese Mining Company has driven its working tunnel, a distance of 2,000 feet. A road is now being constructed from the Strait of Juan de Fuca, to Iron Mountain, which will make the company’s 18 claims in that district, more accessible. The ore body is 300 feet deep, 600 feet wide, and 1,200 to i,300 feet long. Since the working tunnel is on the 4,200-foot level, work can be continued throughout the entire year. It is said that shipments of ore will begin as soon as the road is completed.
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WASHINGTON MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 7 15 1930
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WASHINGTON
Operations of the Shamrock Silver-Lead Mines, Inc., at Keller Washington, are being directed by F. Cushing Moore, 804 Standard Stock Exchange Building, Spokane, Washington, and are being pushed forward by a crew of 14 men. According to J. E. Angle of Keller, mine manager, the double compartment shaft, now under way, is to be sunk to a depth of at least 400 feet.
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The Deer Trail Monitor Mines Company, J. Richard Brown, 316 Rookery Building, Spokane, Washington, has opened a 28-inch vein of ore, that samples 1.2 percent molybdenum. The vein is not to be explored at present, but the tunnel is to be advanced, to reach the main, or silver vein. It is said that molybdenum is rarely found in paying quantities in the Deer Trail District and vicinity.
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The Stillaguamish Mining Company, E. G. Howe, president, 807 Colby Building, Everett, Washington, has leased a property, near Granite Falls, from Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Jacobson, Rebecca Jacobson, Mr. and Mrs. Orie Smith, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Toms, and Elizabeth Smith. The lease calls for mining operations by January, 1931, and 15 percent of the gross revenue, is to be paid to the lessor, with a guaranteed rental fee of $1,200 yearly, the revenue collected to be debited against the guarantee.
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The Royal Development Company, James Naughten, president, Drawer 5, Leavenworth, Washington, is said to have a force of about 125 men, working on two shifts, in the construction of a flotation mill, at the Red Mountain Copper Mine. Material for a concentrator of 200-ton minimum-capacity is arriving, and the ultimate capacity of the mill is to be 500 tons daily. Foundations are being laid for two storage tanks, that can hold 80,000 gallons of crude oil, for two Diesel engines, having a combined rating of 750 horsepower. These engines will supplement the power provided by a hydroelectric plant.
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A five-foot width of copper ore is said to have been followed for 100 feet in Togo Copper Company’s ground, near Fruitland, Washington, Val W. Brasch, general manager. The management plans the extensive exploration of a surface capping of iron, with which gold and silver ore is associated.
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Burt Hayes of Conconully, Washington, is planning to add flotation cells to his 10-ton concentrator, which he recently moved from the Copper Zone Mine, near Oganogan, to the Homestake Prospect, near Conconully.
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The Northwest Magnesite Company, H. B. Rogers, general manager, Chewelah, Washington, has decided upon the name of “Thermax” for its magnesite construction material, which was formerly known as Heraklith, and Magnaboard. It is said that the plant is to be in production in July, and that 75 people are to be employed.
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W. E. Allen, 617 Hyde Building, Spokane, Washington, secretary and general manager of the Hoover Mining Company, reports that on his recent trip to the East, he secured transfer of most of the bonds of the company, to stock holdings. According to E. Alger, superintendent, 100 feet of good milling ore have been opened in the Upper Comstock Tunnel.
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At a recent meeting of the Verona Mining Company, C. H. Groth of Bellingham, Washington, and Charles Grell, of Everson, were re-elected president, and vice-president, respectively, and A. C. Senker was chosen secretary and treasurer. Work is to be pushed on the company’s galena claim on the Mount Baker Highway, and, although disposition of the Sumas Mountain Property has been discussed, no deal has been concluded.
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Brooks-Willis Metals, Inc., Phil. R. Brooks of Portland, Oregon, president, is to resume development of the Lone Jack ,ine, near Glacier, Washington. According to Carl S. Willis, secretary, 2526 Lincoln Street, Bellingham, there is $6,000,000 worth of gold in sight. Rumors that other interests are negotiating for the property have been denied.
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A new steam shovel, and a compressor, are to be installed soon, on the property of the Iagalls Creek Placer Mining Company, 18 miles from Leavenworth, Washington. According to Alfred Caessens, president, a section of Ingalls Creek, is to be diverteo later in the summer, for use at the mine.
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W. J. Quigley of New York City, president of the Howe Sound Mining Company, recently applied for water from Dompke Lake, and is planning to install a hydroelectric power plant on the company’s property, near Chelan, Washington. Last summer, the mine was unwatered by this company, which also operated a copper property in British Columbia. William S. Barquist of Chelan is superintendent.
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The new 100-ton mill, of the Consolidated Mercury Mining Company, at Morton, Washington, will be placed in operation within 60 days, according to President Ft B. Prescott, 1007 A Street, Tacoma, Washington. This plant is being equipped by the Pacific Foundry Company, Ltd., of San Francisco. The mine is developed by five tunnels, and engineers have estimated the tonnage as enough to run the mill a year. Associated with Mr. Prescott in this enterprise are: H. S. Naramore, vice-president; Fred S. Domes, secretary, and H. L. Stitt, treasurer.
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The Rainbow Mining Company, Thomas G. Gibson, general manager, 8100 L Street, Vancouver, Washington, is sinking four shafts, to prove the extent and depth of ore bodies in its property, consisting of 1,440 acres of deeded land, with all mineral rights. The property is expected to produce vanadium, copper, lead, and uranium.
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The Pend Oreille Mines and Metals Company, L. P. Larsen, president, Old National Bank Building, Spokane, Washington, opened the ore body revealed by diamond drill, by means of a raise from the Hidden Falls Tunnel, and the ore is of similar formation to that in the 800 Level of the Josephine Shaft. This discovery indicates that the ore body is continuous, from the top of the hill to underneath the river, a distance of 4,500 feet. At the recent annual meeting, President Larsen stated that he expected settlement of the power controversy within two months. The balance sheet shows current assets of $211,652, and current liabilities of $14,512.
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A. J. Palmquist, West 522 Cleveland Street, Spokane, Washington, president of the Silver Chief Mining Company, reports that in the last 200 feet of crosscutting, in an ore body 400 feet wide, high grade silver-lead ore has been opened in four places. Work has been started on the adjacent Neglected Property, which was recently taken over, because it contains a continuation of the vein. The property is 13 miles west of Colville.
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WASHINGTON MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 8 15 1930
for AUGUST 15, 1930
WASHINGTON
A crew of five men, has sunk 12 test shafts, from 10 to 40 feet deep, in the Murray Group of claims on Buck Peak, 18 miles from Okanogan, Washington. This spring work was started on a tunnel, in which, at a depth of 400 feet, a ledge, containing silver, gold, and copper ore, was opened. Assays vary from $20.88, to $72.71 per ton. There is a good road to the railroad at Okanogan, and a sufficient supply of water and timber is available. T. J. Murray of Okanogan, one of the brothers who prospected the property for 20 years previous to last fall, is connected with the syndicate now operating it.
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The Northwest Mineral Products Company, A. C. Merrill, president and general manager, 205 French Building, Tacoma, Washington, has dismantled its factory in Tacoma, and moved the machinery to Burlington, where it has leased the Norris Warehouse on Avon Street, for a period of five years, with option to buy. It is said that 80 days or more will be required for installing equipment, wiring the building, and other details. The company owns mineral deposits, near Marblemount, and manufactures silica sand for glass manufacture and steel foundries, as well as ganister and Fuller’s earth.
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Property near Oroville, Washington, of the Epso Products Company, later taken over by the Schnelock Company, has recently been purchased by the Northwest Chemical Company of Seattle. Some of the buildings are being torn down, and materials, such as empty cans, cartons, and machinery, are to be salvaged and shipped away. It is said that the kieserite will be mined and shipped to the Seattle refinery. The product, magnesium sulphate, commonly known as Epsom salts, is used not only as a medicine, but in dyeing and finishing cotton goods, and in tanning leather.
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The Olympic Manganese Mining Company, has taken over the old Tubal Cain Mine, in the eastern Olympic Mountains, near Quilcene, Washington, and has started development work under the supervision of L. J. Leonard. A crew of surveyors is now working out a road, to either Sequim, or Discovery Bay. The property has not been operated since the war. Analyses of ore from the upper part of the deposit, show about 87 percent manganese, 5 percent iron, 8.5 percent lime, and 85.5 percent silica.
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The Twisp Mining and Smelting Company, John J. Sawbridge, president, 110 East A Street, Yakima, Washington, is planning to build a tramway from the mouth of Tunnel No. 1, to convey ore to the mill. This tram is to be similar to the one now under construction by the Howe Sound Mining Company. There is a sawmill on the property, capable of putting out sufficient lumber. Electricity is to be supplied by the Washington Water Power Company, and shipping of ore is to begin in about 90 days. It is said that 85 men are to be employed.
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The Pend Oreille Mines and Metals Company, Lewis P. Larsen, Old National Bank Building, Spokane, Washington, president, is drifting from the raise in the Hidden Falls Tunnel, preparatory to raising again, to make connection between this tunnel and the 800-foot level of the Josephine Shaft. President Larsen and Treasurer Lens Jensen are planning to attend the hearing between the Reeves-McDonald, and the West Kootenay Power and Light Company, over power rights on the Canadian side.
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The Columbia River Copper Company has taken advantage of its option, on the stock of the Snowdrift Mining Company, and is exchanging at the rate of 1 share of Columbia for 2.8 shares of Snowdrift. President N. C. Sheridan, 2209 South Lincoln Street, Spokane, Washington, and H. A. Balch, secretary-treasurer of the Columbia Company, have resigned, and are succeeded by Dennis P. Woods, 707 Hutton Building, Spokane, as president, and W. E. Allen as secretary. The Columbia Company has a long-time option on the old Turk Copper Mine, east of Fruitland, Washington.
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Chloride Queen, Inc., operating the old Ruby Mine at Nighthawk, Okanogan County, Washington, is planning to re-equip the mill. The Tuttle brothers of Chelan are directing operations.
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Development of the Three Friends Property, about four miles from the proposed mill site, is to be started soon by the Carlwe Mining Company, of Wenatchee, Washington. This mine contains values in gold and silver, and it is said that a considerable tonnage is broken, ready for shipment.
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The Skykomish Copper Company, William Sharp, superintendent, Index, Washington, is completing an aerial tramway from the camp, to the portal of the tunnel, work on which is said to be well under way. The company is controlled by George Wingfield of Reno, and Noble Getchell of Betty ONeal, Nevada.
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An unofficial report is being circulated that a mill is to be built on the Holden Property, near Chelan, Washington, which is being operated by the Chelan Copper Mining Company, A. C. Munro, mill superintendent. To the present time, no attempt has been made to place permanent buildings on the property, but with the decision to forward production, a good camp will probably be provided.
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The Royal Development Company, James Naughten, president, P. O. Drawer 5, Leavenworth, Washington, has moved about half of its 85 carloads of mill machinery from that town to the property, about 40 miles north. The plant is expected to have a capacity of from 850 to 400 tons daily, with crushing capacity of 1,000 tons. One carload of concentrate is to be produced daily. The capacity of the plant can be raised to 1,000 tons daily, by adding ball mills and flotation cells. The sawmill is turning out 80,000 feet of lumber daily, and when construction of the mill building begins, there will be 500,000 feet available. Drifts and crosscuts are being driven from the raise, now 200 feet above Trinity Tunnel, and the caving system is to be used. The tunnel has been extended around the ore shoot, and equipped with electricity, so that the train will be loaded as it goes around, eliminating switching. Seven minutes are required to run the train to the portal, a distance of more than 10,000 feet, and a limit of 40 cars can be loaded in 15 minutes. A crew of 170 men is employed.
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The Lincoln Mining and Milling Company, Luke Williams, Trustee, 318 Symons Building, Spokane, Washington, has installed a three-drill compressor, and is planning to begin operating it soon. Shipments of the better ore are to be made before the mill is completed, since it will be necessary to remove ore while developing. The ore of milling grade will be stored for treatment in the company’s mill.
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A crosscut tunnel, which has opened two veins in the property of the National Gold Corporation, W. J. Priestley, general manager, Miller River, Washington, is to be extended to cut the third ore body. A test is to be conducted in Denver, Colorado, under the observation of President Kizer and General Manager Priestley, to ascertain the saving that can be made by a Mace smelter on National Gold ore. In preparation for raising funds for further development and equipment, stockholders are being urged to pool their holdings, while finances are obtained. The property contains values in gold, lead-silver and copper.
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The Silver-Lead Mining and Reduction Company, 1627 Fourteenth Avenue, Seattle, Washington, is planning to build a mill, after a 200-foot shaft has been sunk from the inside station, at the 1,200-foot point, in the 1,500-foot Tunnel. The property was recently visited by Mr. and Mrs. John Adrians, of Appleton, Wisconsin, representing the eastern stockholders,
A. E. Hall and son, Lawrence, Edward Van Dyke, Mrs. Pearl E. Canutt, secretary, and Edward Rowan, president of the company.
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The Twisp Mining and Smelting Company, Carl J. Butz, superintendent, Twisp, Washington, has ordered a 300-ton grinding machine, which is to be used in operating the Alder Mine. It is said that at some future date, an electrolytic smelter, which will run out 4,500 pounds of mat per day, separating copper from gold, is to be ordered.
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GRASS VALLEY WA IMPORTANT STRIKE TMJ 11 30 1930
GRASS VALLEY COMPANY PLANS FOR DEEP DEVELOPMENT
Following close upon the discovery of high-grade gold ore at a depth of 388 feet, in the Main Shaft, of the Sunrise Mining and Development Company, four miles south of Grass Valley, Washington. Charles De White, secretary-treasurer of the company, arrived from Seattle, to lay plans for the electrification, and rebuilding of the surface equipment. This property is one of the most promising, of the smaller mines, in the Grass Valley Mining District.
The strike of rich rock was made two weeks ago, but information was withheld from the public, pending the arrival of Mr. De White from Seattle. Since that discovery, the shaft has been sunk to a depth of 435 feet along the vein, with the exceptional values showing for the entire distance. This depth is the limit of the gasoline surface equipment, and the hoisting cable, which must be replaced with modern machinery, electrically powered, to follow the vein where crossing contacts and intersections, will uncover large ore bodies.
Preliminary plans have already been made to bring electric power to the mining property. A power line has been surveyed across country, and will bring the energy to drive new pumps, double drum hoist, compressors, and cars, for which Mr. De White will negotiate. It is proposed to install equipment, capable of sinking the shaft beyond the 2,000-foot depth, At this point, the determination of the dip and values of the three well-defined ledges on the 441-acre development will be known.
Of these three veins, two run parallel in a north-south direction, the vein of the recent strike dipping 45 degrees and located 800 feet in the hanging wall. The third vein runs in an east-west direction, slanting at 55 degrees, and will intersect both north-south veins, beneath the surface of the Sunrise Mining and Development acreage, and at some point above the 200-foot depth. It is these intersections, together with the fact that the Sunrise Shaft lies in the famous yellow slate formation, that is giving the encouragement and enthusiasm to the men in the organization.
This gold-bearing vein is three feet wide at present, but with ribbons and stringers, reaches a width of eight feet, Chunks of quartz, with free gold sprinkled over the surface, already taken from the mine, are of the museum-exhibit variety.
Pending arrangements for the installation of electricity, and placing of modern machinery, De White and his foreman, F. S. Pinch, have commenced drifting at the 400 Station, blocking out ore bodies. That the Sunrise Mining and Development Company property is favorably located for immense production, is readily admitted by local engineers, who cite the Prudential, and Norambagua properties on the southeast; the Polar Star, Alcalde, Normandie-Dulmaine, and Gold Mound, on the northwest, and the North Star, Allison Ranch and Omaha on the northeast.
That this mine, in the center of an active mining area, remained isolated for such a long period, was due to the agricultural outlook of the former owner. Known as the Fuchs Ranch, in the heart of the Wolf Creek Drainage, this acreage was farmed for a great many years. Former owners, interested in agriculture alone, declined to till beyond the grass roots for gold. Within the last few years, the property changed hands, and a group of Grass Valley men prospected the ranch, finding gold ore almost immediately. Among these was Joe Pirtz, of Grass Valley. Lack of resources halted further developments, until the event of the Sunrise Mining and Development Company.
This organization is incorporated in Washington, with an authorized capitalization of 1,000,000 shares of $1, non-assessable, common stock.
The officers are:
Captain W. T. Loughlin, Seattle banker, president;
Mrs. Thora De White, vice-president,
and Charles De White, secretary-manager. Mr. De White plans to move to Grass Valley, to actively superintend the further developments.
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WASHINGTON MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 8 30 1930
for AUGUST 30, 1930
WASHINGTON
The Colville Mining and Milling Company, L. E. Neale, Superintendent, Libby, Montana, recently shipped two carloads of concentrate to the Bunker Hill Smelter. Preliminary assay reports show that one carload contained an average of 41.5 percent lead, and 8.3 ounces of silver, per ton.
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The raise from the Hidden Falls Tunnel, of the Pond Oreille Mines and Metals Company, Lewis P. Larsen, President, Old National Bank Building, Spokane, Washington, has connected with the 300 Level of the Josephine Shaft. Ore containing about 35 percent zinc, and 80 percent lead, was opened. Diamond drilling has been started from a new station, 200 feet from the portal, and drills have been in ore of lower grade, for distances of from 2, to 30, feet. In recent years, this company has completed 12 miles of churn and diamond drilling, two miles of tunnels, 1,000 feet of shafts, and has moved 6,500,000 tons of rock.
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It has been reported that the Bell Mountain Mining Company, United States National Bank Building, Vancouver, Washington, will soon pay its first dividend to stockholders. A new furnace has recently been installed, and part of the crew has been engaged in clearing and grading the watershed. Only a small crew is needed for actual operations. Water from a branch of Salmon Creek, is run over a filter of narrow bamboo strips, and the gold is extracted by a secret chemical process. The sediment is heated in a furnace, and the free gold melted down.
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The Consolidated Silver Mountain Mines Company, Ltd., is prospecting its Tempest property, near Daisy, Washington, by diamond drill. A. J. Koebel of that town, is President and General manager of the company, and is personally in charge of the work.
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The ledge in the northern part of the Clugston Creek property, has been opened by the Silver Chief Mining Company, A. J. Palmquist, West 522 Cleveland Street, Spokane, Washington. Directors of the Clugston Creek Mining Company deny that the Silver Chief Company holds an option to purchase the property, asserting that stockholders refused to ratify the action of the board in granting such an option. If the Silver Chief Company desires to purchase the property, terms will probably have to be settled in court.
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The recently organized Bonanza Mining and Milling Company, has adopted the new name of Colville Mining and Milling Company, but has made no changes in its structure, or personnel. Un-watering has been effected below the No. 6 Level, while machine drills have been installed on the No. 4 Level, and an eight-foot ore shoot is being developed on the Fifth Level. This ore body is believed to be the same as the glory hole shoot which afforded the mine its past production record. Picked samples taken recently, assayed from 20 to 43 percent lead, and 7 to 14 ounces silver. Some cost-reducing changes underground are being carried out. A crew of nine men is working under the personal supervision of L. E. Neale, of Libby, Montana.
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The Metaline Mining and Leasing Company, at Metaline, Washington, has completed its raise between the lower and upper tunnels, a distance of 200 feet, and is getting ready to install a hoist to begin producing. The raise developed ore for 170 feet, the upper 82 feet being a shipping grade, assaying 40 percent lead, and 2 percent zinc, while near the lower level, the ore is the rosin type, containing as high as 50 percent zinc, and 10 percent lead. S. Harry Draper, 52109 Grand Street, Spokane, is President of the concern.
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The Twisp Mining and Smelting Company, which is operating a copper-gold property near Twisp, Washington, has been incorporated with a capitalization of $625,000. John J. Sawbridge, 116 East A Street, Yakima, is President.
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Construction of major projects is being rushed by the Royal Development Company, James Naughten, President, Leavenworth, Washington. The oil tanks, with a capacity of 80,000 gallons, are in place, and the electric welding is nearly finished. The 40-foot addition to the powerhouse has been completed, and one of the 360-horsepower Diesel engines, is on the round for installation. Foundations have been prepared for the crushers, which will have a capacity of 1,000 tons daily, but the mill machinery to be installed immediately will not be of nearly that capacity. Underground, the Trinity Tunnel transportation system is being extended around the ore body to eliminate switching on the Trinity Level and to facilitate loading, and a hoist has been completed to carry men and materials to the 150-foot Level.
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The Mace Smelter, purchased in Denver, Colorado, has been hauled to the property of the Azurite Gold Company on Mill Creek, near Twisp, Washington, and is being installed. It has a maximum capacity of 60 tons daily. According to President Charles H. Ballard, the Tinson Tunnel is following the hanging wall of the Azurite Vein, and is in a seven and one-half-foot width of iron sulphide ore, that is free from waste, and assays an average of $50 a ton. Two men can probably break enough ore to keep the smelter working, making it an economical operation.
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Although information is limited, the Bell Mountain Mining Company, organized a year ago, is said to be working gold mining claims in the Crawford District, in Clarke County, Washington. A somewhat novel process of separating the gold from the gravel is being tried out. The directors of the organization are: W. R. and J. W. Pearsall, John and Howard Lake, E. R. Reynolds and William Howard of Vancouver, and others in Tacoma.
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WASHINGTON MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 10 30 1930
WASHINGTON
The Royal Development Company was to have placed its mill at Red Mountain, in operation October 15, according to an announcement by James Naughten, Jr., Superintendent of the plant, and son of President James Naughten, of Leavenworth, Washington. After a week of adjusting the machinery, the plant will go into regular operation. Through tunnels, raises, and drifts, an ore body 360x250 feet has been outlined for stoping. There will be four stopes in this block, and the management expects to mine about 60,000 tons of this ore, during the winter. Two Diesel engines, with a combined capacity of 740 horsepower, are receiving their final adjustments; the 80,000-gallon storage tanks for oil are ready, and the laboratory, assay office, and other buildings, are in good condition. Trinity Camp is 68 miles north of Wenatchee, at the foot of Red Mountain, and is virtually isolated from the outside during the winter months. Arrangements have been made for airmail service during the winter.
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The Northwest Mineral Products Company expects to have its silica plant at Burlington, Washington, ready for production in four weeks. This plant will have capacity to turn out 10,000 tons of silica annually, and provisions have been made so that a second unit can be installed. The quarries are near Marble Mount, and from all appearances, will support a promising industry. A. C. Merrill, 205 French Building Tacoma, Washington, is President and General Manager of the organization.
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D. N. Schoonover of Soap Lake, Washington, is developing a gold claim, known as the South View, in the Gretchel District. Some ore, assaying as high as $400 a ton, has been mined.
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The General Metals Corporation, James E. Beck, President, Mining Building, Vancouver, British Columbia, is giving some consideration to the building of a mill at the Kaaba Mine, near Nighthawk, Washington. General Metals has been operating this ground the past two and one-half years and estimates that 240,000 tons of ore are developed. Of this tonnage 160,000 tons are milling ore. The vein averages 11 feet in thickness, and is silver-lead ore. It is not far from the tracks of the Great Northern Railway.
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The Mineral Hill Mining Company, Inc., A. E. Elliott, Superintendent, Fruitland, Washington, is making arrangements for shipping to the Bunker Hill Smelter, at Kellogg; Idaho. A jig and loading bunkers have been installed, and a loading dock is to be erected immediately, at the railroad at Davenport. One shift is working at the mine. According to Mr. Elliott, the vein has widened to 18 feet, and indications are that it will widen to about 22 feet. B. F. Parker is President of the company, and Dr. H. P. Furst is Secretary-Treasurer.
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Work has been started at the old Rebecca Mine, in Okanogan County, Washington, by the Inspiration Silver Mining Company; W. F. Henderson of Hoquiam, President. Development is following a lead, which is believed will be of commercial importance. At Keller, Ferry County, work is to be resumed in the lower tunnel, which is approximately 400 feet deep. Here, also, indications point to the opening of a body of ore. Last spring this ground was equipped with 1,000 feet of eight-pound steel T rail, a steel tram, and tools for hand mining.
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WASHINGTON MINING NEWS TMJ 11 15 1930
WASHINGTON
The Admiral Consolidated Mining Company at Valley, Washington, has opened a fourth vein at the 841-foot point, in the crosscut. Samples from the hanging wall have assayed $16 a ton in gold, silver and copper, and higher grade ore is anticipated when the footwall is reached. At the surface this vein outcrops 40 feet, but it has been penetrated only eight feet by the crosscut. J. Richard Brown, 316 Rookery Building, Spokane, is President and General Manager of the concern, and is said to be negotiating with the Union Iron Works for a concentrator, which is to be installed in the spring.
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The surface camp, including living quarters, an assay office, compressor house, and blacksmith shop, of the Elaine-Republic Company, at Republic, Washington, are about ready for winter. A new road is to be built to the portal of the main working tunnel, half way up Republic Hill. The No. 3 Tunnel is being re-timbered, and a new tunnel is to be driven from it, to intersect an 80-foot outcrop on the Jim Blame Claim. W. W. Gifford, W. 2308 Euclid Avenue, Spokane, is General Manager of the company, and F. Le Roi Thurmond is Engineer in charge at Republic.
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The Twisp Mining and Smelting Company, J. J. Sawbridge, President, 116 East A Street, Yakima, Washington, is going to equip its Alder property, near Twisp, with a plant of about 250-ton daily capacity, for leaching and electrolytic precipitation. The ration of precipitation will be 36 to 1, as compared with a ratio of 10 to 1 for concentration. The management will move some of the machinery from its Monumental property in Oregon, and will set up another plant of machinery there. The Alder Deposit is 10 to 82 feet wide and has been opened on three levels, to a depth of between 450 and 500 feet. The ore averages $6 in gold, and 54 pounds of copper to the ton.
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Four men are clearing a millsite at the Mazama Queen Mine, C. C. Hart, Superintendent, Mazama, Washington, and hope to have the plant ready for operation next spring. The mine is easy of access, and tests on the ledge, which is from 3 ½ to 12 ½ feet wide, revealed an average value of $81.17 per ton. The gravity system of reduction will be practiced. Major Winfield Harper, 282 Doneen Building, Wenatchee, Washington, is President.
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The Stillaguamish Mining Company, E. G. Howe, President, 307 Colby Bldg., Everett, Washington, has leased another 40 acres near Granite Falls, from the Lombard Grocery Company, and 80 acres from Aldora Anderson, of Everett. Both leases are for 20 years, and call for 10 percent of the gross revenue from ores mined, and a guarantee of $600, and $1,200, a year, respectively, for each time as property is retained. A road is being built to the portal of the Yankee Boy Tunnel, and construction of a blacksmith shop, and compressor house, have been planned.
Ultimate plans are complete electrically operated machinery. An underground watercourse within 150 feet of the portal of the main tunnel, is to be developed for use at the mine. Tests on the ore are being made, and data compiled for the construction of an electric smelter, at Robe, two and one-half miles east of the Stillaguamish workings, but it is too early yet to make any prediction of the outcome of this project.
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The mine and mill of Brooks-Willis Metals, Inc., at Glacier, Washington, have been closed this year while they were being completely overhauled, and will be ready for work within 10 days, according to Carl S. Willis of Bellingham, General Manager. This property is said to have
produced $500,000 in free milling gold, with only a trace of silver, and is equipped to produce 50 tons daily.
A new trail has been completed, simplifying packing of supplies, and making the total packing distance from the highway, six miles over a much simpler grade. All buildings have been repaired and renovated. Another 150 k. v. a. unit and another compressor of 500 cubic foot capacity are to be installed, and a 900-foot new working tunnel is to be driven, which will reduce the handling costs $3 per ton. This is a closed corporation, owned entirely by President Philip R. Brooks, 441 Montgomery Drive, Portland, and Manager Willis. When operating at capacity, they use 45 or 46 men.
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According to E. A. Coffin, E2512 First Avenue, Spokane, Washington, about 1,000 feet of diamond drilling will be done at the Coffin mining claims in the vicinity of lone. There are two sites on the property where a reduction plant can be built, and the location of the ore by the drills, will have some bearing on which site is chosen. Lead is the principal metal in the ore, but there are also zinc and silver.
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The Consolidated Silver Mountain Mines Company, Ltd., intends to install a battery of bottle retorts at Daisy, Washington, to treat the precipitated fumes from the oxidizing furnace, according to President and General Manager Albert J. Koebel. When the retorts are installed, a complete system of mining, milling and smelting, will be completed for the ores mined by the company. This ore is a combination of gold, silver, lead, zinc, arsenic, iron, and sulphur, and has been refused at the custom smelters on account of its complex nature. To date the mine has been financed through assessments.
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Carl Anderson, of Spokane, is reported to have leased the Tenderfoot Group of three mining claims, west of Colville, Washington, from the Chloride Queen Mining Company. The lease is for three years, with a renewal privilege of five years. Early operators mined the ground to a depth of 100 feet, and Anderson plans to drive a tunnel 60 feet below their workings.
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The Pend Oreille Mines and Metals Company, through its subsidiary, the Reeves-McDonald Mining Company, has surrendered its claim to the development of the Pend Oreille River, at Reeyes Rapids, and has filed on the available power of the Salmon River, above its junction with the Pend Oreille. The West Kootenay Power and Light Company is now free to develop the entire flow of the Pend Oreille, on the Canadian side of the international boundary. On the American side of the boundary, the Pend Oreille, and the Hugh Cooper interests, are struggling for supremacy.
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The Tungsten Mining and Milling Company is installing a 30-ton plant, costing in the neighborhood of $10,000, in Stevens County, Washington. This plant is being equipped with tables, a crusher, and rolls, and will be operated by a Diesel engine. An 18-inch vein of ore has been developed, and will be concentrated at the ratio of about 10 to 1. Some of the ore has been tested by hand jigging, and produced wolframite concentrate of 74 percent content, and scheelite of 78 percent. This is a partnership, including James P. Reed, C. H. Watt, and W. G. Reed, of Inchelium, Washington, and U. D. Jackson of Spokane.
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WASHINGTON MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 12 15 1930
for DECEMBER 15, 1930
WASHINGTON
With a payroll of 100 men, the Chelan Copper Company, James I Moore, Jr., General Superintendent, Chelan, Washington, is furthering developments of a permanent nature. A 2,400-foot tunnel, 8 x 9 feet, is being driven to a depth of 380 feet below the lowest workings. Its portal is within 100 yards of where the camp and 1,000-ton mill will be located. A 36-inch narrow gauge railroad, 12 miles up Railroad Creek, to reach the mine, is also planned in its program. A portable sawmill that can cut between 8,000 and 10,000 feet of lumber a day, is at the mine in operation.
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Considerable new equipment is to be installed at the Cascadia Gold-Copper Mines at Gooseprairie, Washington, according to R. P. Root, General Superintendent. This is to include an air compressor and drills, a Diesel engine, some mill machinery, and a tractor for road work and winter hauling. The Cascadia Gold-Copper interests, last spring, leased the ground which it is developing, from Copper Mining Company, Inc., of which Root is President and General Manager. The workings are more than 2,000 feet long, and have attained a depth of 200 feet. There is a 50-ton gravity concentration mill on the ground.
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General Metals Merger, 1247 Dexter Horton Building, Seattle, Washington, is making provisions to increase its personnel from 6, to 31 individuals. E. A. Gabryel is President; W. J. Galbraith, Forbes Richard, A. H. Dougall, Jr., and Melville G. Henry, Vice-Presidents; and Paul C. Dubuar, Secretary and Treasurer. After the examination of many properties, five were selected and are either conditionally controlled or owned by the merger. They are: the Silver Cord Mine, Point Ashley, Alaska; the Lawrence property in Yavapai County, Arizona; the Alto property in Custer County, Idaho; the Boston American, and the Silver Creek Mines in Snohomish County, Washington; and the Bethania Mines in Mineral County, Nevada.
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The Northwest Magnesite Company, R. B. Rogers, General Manager, is manufacturing “thermax” on a commercial scale, in its new plant on the Inland Empire Highway, south of Chewelah, Washington. The full capacity of the plant is 85,000 board feet daily, and approximately one quarter of this quantity of logs, is used. Four units are installed, two making boards of one-inch thickness; one of two-inch thickness, and one of three-inch thickness.
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The Acme Molybdenite Mine, sometimes referred to as the Crown Point Mine, and the Eureka Copper Mine, in Chelan County, Washington, have come under the control of the Acme Molybdenum Association, a common law trust. O. R. Dahl, Box 187, Seattle, Washington, Economic Geologist and Engineer, is President and General Manager.
Further development of the ore in the No. 1 and 2 Tunnels is planned, and the Crown Falls water supply, on the Eureka Copper Lode, may be utilized as power. The vein in the No. 1 Tunnel has been cut across a width of 75 feet, and averages two and one-half feet in thickness. It carries 6.5 percent molybdenite, and 80 cents gold, to the ton. The vein in the No. 2 Tunnel is 18 inches thick, and average assays were 8 percent molybdenite, and $1.60 gold, to the ton.
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Owing to the condition of the copper market, the Columbia River Copper Company, at Turk, Washington, is idle, according to Dennis P. Woods, President and General Manager, 707 Hutton Building, Spokane. Nothing definite is planned until this condition improves. The last development was the sinking of the shaft, and drifting at the No. 4 Level. Further development will be along the lines of sinking to the No. 5 and No. 6 Levels, and drifting there, in addition to the further development of the levels above. A 30-ton flotation mill is on the ground and will be enlarged as development makes it necessary. W. E. Allen, 617 Hyde Block, Spokane, is Secretary to the company, and is its purchasing agent.
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A double-track crosscut tunnel, to be known as the Wenatchee, will be driven by the Azurite Gold Company, to a depth of 1,000 feet below its workings, on Mill Creek. At 1,900 feet, the new bore is expected to intersect the vein at 750 feet below the Tinson Tunnel, which has opened a seven-foot body of high-grade gold ore, from which a solid piece weighing 4,630 pounds has just been placed on exhibit in Wenatchee. Charles H. Ballard of Twisp, Washington, President of the company, has purchased some machinery in Seattle, and will maintain two camps this winter, one for the Tinson Tunnel, and the other for the Wenatchee. Although a 30-ton Mace smelter has just been hauled to the mine, the recent developments have proven the necessity of a larger plant, and plans are under way for one of 100 tons capacity.
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The Ark Mines Company at Kettle Falls, Washington, is pushing the tunnel with all speed, hoping to reach the ledge before cold weather halts its work, according to J. J. Budd, President and General Manager. The adit has reached a length of nearly 1,400 feet, and is believed within 25 feet of its objective.
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The Matrix Mining and Milling Company, W. S. Ginnett, President, Anacortes, Washington, is driving a tunnel, which at a length of 140 feet, will reach a depth of 110 feet, and drain about 45 feet of water from its prospect shaft. Samples of the ore from the shaft have been sent to Seattle, and to Denver, and reveal a value from average samples of $1 gold, 40 cents silver, and $7.39 in copper, to the ton. In addition to its copper deposits, the company has five acres of red jasper rock, said to be one of the hardest rocks known.
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The Pend Oreille Mines and Metals Company placed the Josephine Mill at Metaline Falls, in operation November 24, under the supervision of Warren Antisdale. It has a capacity of 200 tons daily, and is working full time. Ore for the mill is coming from a deposit in the Josephine Mine, that has been followed 200 feet, and carries 20 percent lead. The vein has been opened 180 feet lower, and both levels are connected by a raise. L. P. Larsen, Old National Bank Building, Spokane, Washington, is President.
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The Royal Development Company, James Naughten, President, Leavenworth, Washington, started running ore through its crusher at Red Mountain, about the first of the month. The machinery had been turning over for several days to check its operation, but no ore was in it. From the crusher, ore passes to the new concentrator.
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WASHINGTON MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 12 30 1930
for DECEMBER 30, 1930
WASHINGTON
The Deer Trail Monitor Mines Company, J. Richard Brown, President and General Manager, 316 Rookery Building, Spokane, is advancing three headings in its property, in southwestern Stevens County. The tunnel is in 725 feet, and the north and south drifts have each reached a length of 150 feet. A gasoline motor and new drills are being installed. Food, gasoline, mining supplies, including a ton of powder, and 600 feet of rails, are on hand for the winter.
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A carload of hand-sorted ore has been shipped by the Hoover Mining Company, at Newport, Washington; Henry Wottlin, Superintendent. Considerable development is planned for this winter, opening to larger work in the spring. W. E. Allen, 617 Hyde Building, Spokane, is Secretary and General Manager.
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The Royal Development Company, James Naughten, President, Leavenworth, Washington, is treating nearly 400 tons of copper-silver ore daily, in its new plant at Red Mountain. This is considerably higher than its rated capacity. Two shifts are mining, and three shifts are driving the 1,000-foot upraise from the Trinity, to the St. Francis Tunnel.
Blok Mines, Inc., operating in New Mexico, has submitted a proposal to the stockholders of the Verona Mining Company, for a 20-year lease of the latter’s galena claims in the Shuksan District, Whatcom County, Washington. The ground under consideration involves 18 claims, and carries gold, silver, lead, and zinc, in varying quantities. In part, the terms of the proposal are that development will be started early in the year and continue two years, hoping at the end of that time to have justified the construction of a 100-ton mill. A substantial percentage of the gross returns from leasing, will revert to the owners. The Verona stockholders also own hematite iron claims on Sumas Mountain, and talc claims on Quartz Mountain, but they have not been mentioned in the negotiations with the Blok Company. C. H. Groth, 2309 Victor Street, Bellingham, is President of the Verona, and Charles D. Wailer, 523 North Kings Road, Hollywood, California, is Manager of the Blok Company.
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WASHINGTON MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 1 15 1931
THE MINING JOURNAL FOR JANUARY 15, 1931
WASHINGTON
The Pend Oreille Mines and Metals Company, L. P. Larsen, President, Old National Bank Building, Spokane, Washington, is producing an average of 30 tons of concentrates, every 24 hours at its Josephine Mill, in the Metaline District. This is about a ton per day for each man employed. The production has been largely zinc, which is being stored on account of the low price for that metal, and the lead concentrates are being marketed. Ore of a higher lead content will be handled later, but, at the present time, it is necessary to mine a deposit of zinc, to facilitate the mining of higher grade lead ore.
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James I. Moore, Jr., General Superintendent of the Chelan Copper Company, at Lucerne, Washington, in addressing the Lake Chelan Chamber of Commerce recently, stated that the company is spending about $800 a day in its Chelan County project. About 60 percent of this sum is for labor, and the remainder for supplies. More than $150,000 of its business has been carried on with local merchants. In the Spring, the force will be increased above 95 men, and the building of houses on the town site, and a church and theatre will be started, in addition to its mining and milling program.
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According to President E. A. Gabryel, of the General Bond and Share Corporation, 1247 Dexter Horton Building, Seattle, Washington, a company is being formed to engage exclusively in financing gold mines. While it will have no connection with the General Metals Merger, operating lead, silver, copper, and zinc mines, stock in the new corporation will be issued, without cost, for the General Metals Merger shares. Only gold properties of merit will be selected by the new concern. In the meantime, the General Metals Merger Mines will remain dormant, and work will be resumed when the market for their metals improves.
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Following a 10-day period of exchanging orders, and countermanding orders between the operating office of the Royal Development Company, at Leavenworth, Washington, and the fiscal office at Hornell, New York, operations at Red Mountain have been practically suspended for the winter. The operating force has been cut down from nearly 200 men, to nine men, who are running the power plant, and keeping the workings ventilated. The mill is closed down. For a few days, Superintendent Leckie, and a crew, continued to drive the upraise from the Trinity, to the St. Francis Level, but that piece of development has also been discontinued.
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The new silica plant at Burlington, Washington, of the Northwest Mineral Products Company, made its initial run on a carload of raw silica, from the Marblemount quarries. Production will be carried on as the market justifies. The company has spent nearly $12,000 in moving from its Tacoma location, to Burlington, to be nearer the quarries, and to where the railroads afford better connections in all directions. A. C. Merrill, 205 French Building, Tacoma, is President and General Manager, and J. C. Granberg is Resident Manager at Burlington.
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The stockholders of the Verona Mining Company, at a special meeting held at Bellingham, Washington, voted to accept the proposal of the Blok Mines, Inc., of New Mexico, for a 20-year lease from the Verona Company. The lease covers 18 galena claims, in the Shuksan District, in Whatcom County, Washington. The lease does not include the Verona’s Hematite Iron Claims on Sumas Mountain, nor its talc claims on Quartz- Mountain. C. H. Groth, 2309 Victor Street, Bellingham, is President of the Verona, and Charles D. Waller, 523 North Kings Road, Hollywood, California, is Manager of the Blok Company.
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The first carload of lead concentrates that has been shipped from the Metaline District, in Washington, since the GrandvIew shut down last January, has been sent out from the Josephine Mill of the Pend Oreille Mines and Metals Company, L. P. Larsen, President, Old National Bank Building, Spokane. The zinc concentrates are being stored. The mill has been operating smoothly since November 24, despite its two years of idleness. One shift is working underground, and the mill feed is being drawn from the 300-foot Level. Between 35 and 40 men are employed.
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The Molybdenum Mines Company is withdrawing all of its stock from the market, according to J. R. Laycock, of Omak, Washington, Resident Agent. W. L. Hull, of Tieton has succeeded E. S. Fitch, as President of the organization. The other officers are: George B. Mansfield, of Sunnyside, Vice-president; and Victor Cresci, of Grandview, Secretary and Treasurer.
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At a recent stockholders’ meeting, the Anacopper Copper Company, James G. Stephen, Manager, 1001 Eighth Street, Anacortes, Washington, decided to promote, rather than curtail development. The pumping equipment is inadequate, and will be supplemented by new machinery, to meet the needs of the company. The greater part of the development will be through the No. 2 Shaft, which will be sunk to a depth of 250 feet. As soon as development is well under way, their intentions are to completely electrify the mine.
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WASHINGTON MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 1 30 1931
THE MINING JOURNAL for JANUARY 30, 1931
WASHINGTON
The Shamrock Silver-Lead Mines, Inc., at Keller, Washington, has located another source of silver-lead ore, through open cuts made at intervals of 200 feet. The ore is from two to three feet wide, and carries from 100 to 800 ounces of silver to the ton. James E. Angle, 620 Agusta Avenue, Spokane, is General Manager, and J. M. Walker is Mine Foreman.
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The new 90-ton Herreshoff furnace, of the Consolidated Mercury Mining Company, at Morton, Washington, has been placed on capacity basis, following its partial operation during the past two weeks. Considerable time was necessary to get the rotating compartments regulated to uniform speed and heat. Then, every crevice in the brick lining was thoroughly saturated, and sealed with the vapors of mercury before the furnace was brought to its present state of production. Frank B. Prescott, 1007 A Street, Tacoma, President and General Manager of the organization, invited several visitors to watch the first large run-off of mercury.
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The Stillaguamish Mining Company has started work on 180 acres of property, near Granite Falls, which it leased for a 20-year period, according to President E. G. Howe, 307 Colby Building, Everett, Washington.
Men are constructing the necessary buildings, camp house, blacksmith shop, compressor house, tunnel portal, and road to the county road, about 500 feet. Additional men will be added as soon as the tunnel work is started, to intercept the ore going down, from the first apex within 500 feet of the mouth of the tunnel. The disclosure of ore at the apex is gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc, and the high grade is worth from $48 to $147 per ton. According to President Howe, the object is to ship ore to start with, bearing in mind the building of a suitable mill as soon as the mine warrants.
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According to Harry Draper, Masonic Temple, Spokane, Washington, the Metaline Mining and Leasing Company will install a new and larger compressor at Metaline, and build a 100-ton flotation mill. Eight men are on the payroll, and development is in progress under the supervision of W. W. Wilson. The ore is being mined from an open pit, which at its greatest depth, is down 350 feet. All development is carried on by electric power.
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WASHINGTON MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 2 15 1931
THE MINING JOURNAL
WASHINGTON
The report of the Grandview Mining Company at Metaline Falls, Washington, for 1930, shows cash in the bank and certificates of deposit aggregating $23,007, with $1,105 in interest on the deposit. After making deductions for depreciation, the buildings and construction are valued at $200,065. With the exception of the 1930 taxes, the liabilities are only a few items. The 1929 taxes amounted to $2,000. The directors of the organization are: John F. Davies, president; Thaddeus S. Lane, vice-president; James S. Ramage, secretary-treasurer; Guy E. Riegel, managing director; all of Spokane, Washington, and Fred L. Wolf of Newport.
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The Molybdenum Mines Company is considering equipping its graphite property, east of Omak, Washington, with milling equipment, according to J. R. Laycock of Omak, a member of the board. A test of two tons is being prepared, and will be shipped to the Bunker Hill and Sullivan Company, in Idaho, where it will be classified and submitted to various graphite users, to determine what it could actually be sold for if produced in commercial quantities. The ore is expected to run close to 10 percent graphite. In addition, the ore carries nearly 1 percent of molybdenum, which will undoubtedly be extracted, if the graphite content comes up to expectations.
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During the past year the Wannacut Rainbow Mining Company has developed approximately 10,000 tons of gold-bearing quartz, averaging $24 a ton, in the Rainbow group of claims, in the Wannacut Lake Distric, in Okanogan County. The organization maintains its headquarters at Wenatchee, Washington.
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Extensive developments and construction is planned by the Chelan Copper Company on Railroad Creek in Chelan County, Washington, as soon as the weather warms up. Among the projects are the building of a 1,000-ton crushing plant at the mine, a reduction plant of like capacity at the mouth of Railroad Creek, and pipeline connecting the plants. Several dams will be built to conserve the water supply. Last year between 100 and 150 men were employed, and extensive underground development, through shafts, tunnels, and drifts, was carried on to determine the quantity and quality of the ores. A tramway was built from Lake Chelan to the top of the hill, and a road built from that point to the mine. The company operates its own sawmill, which can cut between 8,000 and 10,000 feet of lumber a day. It has exercised options on several claims adjoining its original Holden property. James I. Moore, Jr., Lucerne, Washington, is general superintendent.
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The bottom of a 150-foot shaft sunk on the Setting Sun Claim, of the Gladstone Mountain Mining Company, at Leadpoint, Washington, is in high-grade lead, averaging 62 percent, scattered through lead carbonates averaging 15.2 percent. Arrangements are being made to ship this ore to the smelter. Machinery has been installed to mine the ore, and the shaft is to be sunk deeper. Approximately $7,000 is said to remain in the treasury after payment of all bills.
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L. K. Armstrong and associates are organizing the Lead Hill Mining Company, which will operate mining claims in the Slate Creek District, near Metaline Falls, Washington, where promising lead-zinc outcrops have been located. Armstrong is one of the reputable engineers of the Northwest, and maintains headquarters at 720 Peyton Building, Spokane.
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The Boundary Red Mountain Mining Company, A. H. Westall, Sardis, British Columbia, has suspended operations in Whatcom County, Washington, until the spring thaws release water for the operation of the hydroelectric plant. The water comes from a stream having its source in a glacier, and will probably not be available before March 1. The United States Mint has paid $12,478 for the last cleanup, which was made shortly before Christmas.
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The Azurite Gold Company, Charles H. Ballard, president, Twisp, Washington, shipped seven and one-half tons of ore to the Tacoma Smelter, that carried 2.28 ounces of gold to the ton. A Mace smelter, that can treat 100 tons of ore in 24 hours, and a sawmill with a capacity of 15,000 feet daily, are being installed, in preparation of starting production in the Spring.
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Plans are to install a 50-ton oil flotation mill at the Mazama Queen Mine at Mazama, Washington, next July, believing that enough ore will be developed by that time to justify its construction. Last Spring, machinery was installed to carry on mine development, and considerable ore, carrying gold, silver, lead, and zinc values, has been made available for mining. C. C. Hart is Mine Superintendent and Winfield Harper, of Wenatchee, is President.
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It is understood that the Wannacut Mill and Reduction Company, Winfield Harper, President, 232 Doneen Building, Wenatchee, Washington, will complete the construction of the 50-ton custom mill at Wannacut Lake, this Spring. This plant is designed to treat any kind of ore that might be offered from the district, and will benefit the holder of groups of claims which he has had difficulty in financing.
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The Triangle Mining and Development Company has been organized to develop property on the Gobar, tributary to the Kalama River, where gold is reported to have been located. All of the stock in the corporation is held by Fred Pierce, O. D. Peck, Ben Peck, and O. O. Wheeler, all of Kalama, Washington, and H. S. Dessenberger, of Portland, Oregon, who have incorporated the company.
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WASHINGTON MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 2 28 1931
THE MINING JOURNAL 2 28 1931
WASHINGTON
The Metaline Mining and Leasing Company has driven two crosscuts, each 60 feet in length, from the 200-foot raise that connects its upper and lower tunnels, at Metaline, Washington, according to Harry Draper, President, Masonic Temple, Spokane. Both crosscuts were in ore, and besides adding greatly to reserves, have provided more economical means of mining the ore. The upper crosscut was run north and south, and the lower, east and west. The explosion of the compressor, which occurred a month ago, was promptly repaired, and caused only a week’s delay in operations.
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The old American Flag Mine at Mazama, Washington, is reported to have been sold, and the report further states that drilling will be started in the lower tunnel, within a few days. The property belonged to Alex. McLean, Carl Perry, and Mahlor McCain.
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The Pend Oreille Mines and Metals Company, at Metaline, Washington, is producing 1,500 tons of concentrates a month, a notable increase from the production of 1,000 tons a month last December. No stoping has started yet, and the entire mill feed is ore that has been produced from development. It averages about 20 percent in combined metals, and the concentrates are approximately three of zinc, to one of lead. Several drifts are being run in ore. B. W. Loyd, Consulting Metallurgist for the company, is making some changes in the zinc department, of the mill, which will increase the concentrate to 62 percent. Thirty-eight men are working. L.P. Larsen, Old National Bank Building, Spokane, is President of the company.
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The Consolidated Mercury Mining Company at Morton, Washington, is running 100 tons of ore a day through its furnace and will soon be operating it at capacity, according to F. B. Prescott, 1007 A Street, Tacoma, President and General Manager of the concern. The average ore carries 10 pounds of mercury to the ton, although 6-pound ore can be worked profitably. It is estimated that 60,000 tons of ore are blocked out, and a large area below, awaits development.
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The Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining and Concentrating Company has taken an option and bond to purchase 17 mining claims on Slate Creek, 12 miles northeast of Metaline Falls, Washington, according to S. A. Easton of Kellogg, Idaho, General Manager of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan. The purchase price is reported at $200,000, with the payments divided over a period of four years. Preliminary work will be started immediately with a force of from 8 to 12 men, and a program of development will be mapped out, to start as soon as the snow is off the ground.
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The Lead Hill Mining Company, L. K. Armstrong, President, 720 Peyton Building, Spokane, Washington, has arranged with the Forest Service to jointly finance the construction of six miles of road, to its property on Slate Creek, 12 miles from Metaline Falls. The Lead Hill property includes the Bostrom and Luhr claims, which, with the limited amount of exploration that has been done, carry a clean lead ore that will run from 65 to 70 percent, and about 2 ounces of silver, per ton. Further development will be started soon. The construction of a warehouse and mine buildings are also planned.
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WASHINGTON MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 3 15 1931
WASHINGTON MINING NEWS TMJ 3 15 1931
The Acme Molybdenum Association will resume the development of its property near Lucerne, Washington this spring, according to O. Robert Dahl, trustee of the organization, Hotel Kimball, Springfield, Massachusetts. The upper vein is two and one-half feet thick, and the lower vein 18 inches thick. The veins are separated by 10 feet of calcareous granite, which carries 27 percent molybdenite, and $7.20 in gold, to the ton. The organization maintains permanent headquarters at Seattle, Washington, reached through P. O. Box 187.
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The Pend Oreille Mines and Metals Company, L. P. Larsen, president, Old National Bank Building, Spokane, Washington, has started shipping the zinc concentrates that have been stored at its milling plant at Metaline. They are going to East St. Louis, at the rate of five to seven carloads a day. The concentrates now being turned out average 59.5 percent zinc and 76.9 percent lead, and the regular shipments will not average more than five carloads a week after the stored concentrates are moved. The main ore body has been developed beyond what was believed to be the limits of the ore and the ore is still holding strong.
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Negotiations are in progress to finance more extensive operations at the old Germania mine of the American Tungsten Company, nine miles southeast of Fruitland, Washington. Four men are employed, under the management of Henry Becker, and additional men will be employed this spring. The present management has spent more than $50,000 in development, and in installing a compressor, blacksmith shop, powder house and living quarters, and intends to establish a reduction plant in the near future. A recent shipment of 62 bags, or 7,261 pounds of tungsten, consigned to the Pennsylvania steel mills assayed 73.6 percent tungstic acid and yielded a net return of $3,735.44.
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washington mining news emj 10 28 1922
WASHINGTON MINING NEWS EMJ 10 28 1922
WASHINGTON E&MJ OCTOBER 28, 1922
George Wingfleld and Associates Reopen Boundary Red Mountain Property
Bellingham—George Wingfield, of the Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co., and Joseph Pheby, of San Francisco, control the Boundary Red Mountain mine, situated in the Mount Baker district. Development during the war was discontinued, on account of high costs. The mine is equipped with a mill of 60 tons’ daily capacity, operated by water power developed on Silesia creek, about l ½ miles from the mill. The mine is developed by two crosscut tunnels to the vein, the lower tunnel encountering the lode at 500 ft. depth, with drifting on both levels aggregating 3,000 ft. The vein is 3 ft. in width, and is said to return assays of 1.13 oz. gold. In 1917, 10,000 tons was mined, yielding a gross value of $148,600.
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Valley—The Admiral Mining Co. has started development operations at its property near here, with a small force. The lower crosscut tunnel will be extended to a point below the ore developed in the upper workings.
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Chewelah—The Double Eagle mine has recently let a contract to extend the 1,200-ft. crosscut to the vein, which will greatly facilitate the extraction of ore above the level.
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Boundary—Owners of the Melrose mine, on Hush Creek, 3 ½ miles north of here, made a shipment some time ago, and the returns were so gratifying that a three-drill steam compressor has been installed. Regular shipments will be made of ore running high in silver, according to P. H. Graham.
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WASHINGTON MINING NEWS M&S PRESS MAY 14 1921
MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS May 14, 1921
WASHINGTON
Keller.—J. E. Angle, superintendent for the Iron Creek Mining Co., recently found high-grade silver ore in an unexplored part of the property. The ore contains bromides, chlorides, and some sulphides. The company has been working five men all winter, and may erect a cyanide plant.
