13 Apr 1901
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Newspaper
Silverton Silvertonian
Location
Silverton, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Apr 13, 1901
Page
1
Hewett mine suspends operations as storage capacity is reached and ore cannot be shipped due to road conditions and no tramway. About 17 men laid off, 15 remain for development in lower workings, with plans to rehire once ore can be moved and sold.
Twenty tons added to Bosun shipments this week led by John Tinling in Lone Star group. Reports from Sondon note a big strike on Avco. Work on Silver Tip erony near Twelve Mile Creek. 120 tons sent from Sandon last week. Hampton claim interest offered by sheriff. Fisher Maiden group to begin work May first. Bosun employs over 20 men with steady high grade galena shipments to the smelter. Lead imports for January-February total 7,661 tons with Mexico supplying 55.7 percent and Canada 37 percent of ore and base bullion. Road break-up reduces lake ore shipments, Bosun and Emily- Edith may still send cars. Pete Sinnott visits town after freighting Idaho mine. snowslides blamed for delays and layoff.
Nelson business trips and local visits. New bridge on the Silverton to New Denver road. Seed sales, confectionery openings, and a census effort across multiple camps. Smallpox reports and a rising mining economy with plans for a 100 ton concentrator at Ten Mile site. Community notices include church service, auctions, and hotel development in St Leon Springs.
A. A. Webb and G. A. Jackson left for Blairmore after securing a contract from the FP Gebon Company to supply the CPR with thousands of tons of coal daily and hundreds of tons of screenings weekly. Webb, an experienced coke man, will lead the open process operation with a works crew.
The Watseca mine in Montana, owned by the Save Syndicate behind Galena Mines, with foreman S C McClure, yields antimony rich ore and free milling quartz on upper levels. A remodeled mill achieves 98 to 99 percent gold recovery via coarse cyanide processing, Huntington mill, plates, and Whirley classifiers, with a 40 ton daily capacity and extensive productive ground along the lead.
Miner Graves syndicate plans May 1 recommencement on Red Mountain Rockland ledge with testing of Eight Mile creek gold copper prospects. Delays include late season and unfinished wagon road though district mining men expect thorough effort. Success could boost Red Mountain development and influence ventures between Silverton and Fight Mile.
The March issue of Chamber's Journal presents world gold production data showing a stationing trend through 1890, followed by a marked and steady rise across major gold producing regions. Figures list annual outputs from 1890 onward, highlighting substantial gains in the ensuing years.
Shipments of ore from Slocan Lake for the year 1900 totaled 4980 tons. The year 1899 shipments are listed as 5078 tons. The figures indicate the mining district output and traffic for that period.
R. Insinger who runs the Hewett mine business was hospitalized in Spokane with typhoid fever last Saturday. Despite illness the marriage planned for Monday proceeded on schedule. The bride Mia Jolie t Whiteman is William Nettleton's daughter, a longtime Spokane resident.
The article warns that salting mining reports has replaced old mining salting. It explains promoters grease engineers to mislead investors, selecting friendly inspectors who lack mining knowledge. Enthusiasm on site obscures truth, and syndicates divert funds from development by salting reports rather than the mine itself.
The English price for lead is £12 178 and silver is 28d. Copper at £68.128. New York on April 11 reports bar silver at 591g. Copper at $17.00 and lead closes at $4.3719 as the firm fixes selling prices for miners and smelters.
John R Barr known as Scotty killed himself at an Idaho mine on Monday. He had been mentally unbalanced from excessive intoxication. A coroner's jury ruled the death was by his own action.
A dialect riddled reflection contrasts rattraps and cheese with human vanity and money. It cites forgettable morals, pride in labor, and envy, noting how fortunes and libraries appear in modern dreams. It frames wealth as power to fund universities and libraries.
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