Meeting of Engineers Discussed Questions in Idaho Mines
The Columbia section of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers held a meeting in the Day building last Tuesday evening. Topics included shifting the quarterly meetings to the Coeur d'Alene district with Kellogg or Wallace as possible sites, and methods to attract labor to mines amid shortages due to migration to surface jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
Raymond Guyer
LK. Armatrong
Spokane
Coeur d'Alene
Kellogg
Wallace
Snow On Sunset Slowdown Forces Return To Butte
Ko B McGregor and A E Hale left Sunset mine for Butte after a heavy snowstorm halted ore shipments and blocked the road. They planned a surface ore show near the shaft but snow blocked progress. They will head to Lemhi county Idaho, a district they’ve mined before, with associates George Snow William Snow and Bengon Evans. McGregor, a former Idaho University student, notes Sunset holds the record for heavy snowfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ko B McGregor
A E. Hale
Sunset
Butte
A H J. Bachman
Lemhi County
Idaho
George
William Snow
Bengon Evans
Thi
Lemhil
McGregor
Idaho University
Stinset
Nabob Mine Progress Pushes Toward Production
Nabob reports from Denver level raises near the surface, extending four feet of ore estimated at 40 percent lead. Under William A. Beandry the development aims to supply a large tonnage for a steady mill run. High lead and silver prices plus a favorable outlook for zinc support plans to monetize the ore and related metals soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Nabob
William A. Beandry
Wince
Free tourist camp fees debated by board of trade
Discussion on discontinuing free use of the tourist camp continues with a proposal for a 50 cent per car charge for the first night and 25 cents for each subsequent night. An alternate 60 cent flat fee was offered, while others urged letting council set any fees. A separate note supported a 2 cent per gallon gasoline tax to fund highways, noting current benefits and future county gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. DeLong
G. W. Walker
EB. F P. Mackey
R. T. Strachen
H. J. Rossi
Board of Trade
M. H. Sullivan
Kellogg
Shoshone County
Cedar Creek Drift Extended 100 Feet Toward Ore Body
William Weyer reports Cedar Creek Mining plans advanced as east drift in No 3 tunnel extends 100 feet with two clean galena stringers exposed. A crosscut toward the hanging wall reveals a two and a half foot ore shoot. pay ore body width estimated at about 30 feet. Zinc disappearance noted. crosscut to hanging wall to prep sinking 200 feet and shaft follow ore, then mill readiness.
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William Weyer
Cedar Creek Mining & Development Company
Cedar Creek
Highland Surprise Director Denies Negotiations Extension
Spokane report says F. W. Callaway seeks to extend his option on Highland Surprise control which expired last month. Director and major stockholder H. M. Huemann denies any proposal or pending negotiations. Directors consider placing Highland Surprise on a productive basis but face trouble selling the product. ore is a lead silver zinc mix and profits hinge on zinc market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
F. W. Callaway
Highland-Surprise
H. M. Huemann
Huemann
Discovery near Osburn yields lead-silver vein on Jewel Gulch
Prospector Jasper Allamno reports a promising vein on Jewel Gulch near Osburn, opened on the surface and nine feet wide with about a foot of lead-silver ore and significant iron. Development is planned to proceed rapidly.
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Jewel Gulch
Eugene Thomas
Jasper Allamno
Two Mile
Osburn
Vein Nearing What Is Sought, Water Signals Progress
Russell Collins visited the C. and FR. from Burke on snowshoes last week. He found contractors pounding the crosscut with water gushing from drill holes in a color of iron carbonate, suggesting the vein is near. Conditions favor ore, and progress is closely watched as the C. & R. lies east of Sunset within the eastern mineral belt toward Hercules.
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Russell Collins
Burke
Shoshone County Wins Recognition in State Legislature
Shoshone county delegates gain chairmanships on key committees including mines and mining educational institutions and appropriations in the Senate and House. Donald A. Callahan heads privileges and election. RL Brainard leads educational institutions. RE Thomas chairs mines and mining. Strong assignments boost local influence.
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Shoshone
Senate
Callahan
L. Brainard
R. E. [Thomas
Shoshone County
Donald A. Callahan
Thomas
Brainard
Caldwell and Utica announce stockholders approve sale terms
Chas H Caldwell, a North Side pioneer, stated in Spokane that Utica mine stockholders ratified sale to Major H H Armstead of New York at Kaslo B C. Shares total 1,950,000 at 9 cents each, payable in 18 months. No stock remains in other hands. Armstead has bought the Utica lease held by Thompson for 15000 dollars.
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Chas. H. Caldwell
North Side
Coeurlene
Dowle Ay
Spokane
Utica
Kaslo
B.C
H. HH. Armstead
New York
B. C
Major Armatead
O. C. Thompson and Associates
Major Armstead
Thompson
Bonded to Callaway in Nabob Idaho and Jumbo claims
Fred W. Callaway has secured a three year bond and lease on the Idaho and Jumbo groups of claims on Pine Creek between Nabob and Lookout Mountain joining both. The owners are George H. McKinnis of Kelso and his brother Charles McKinnis now in Texas. No development has occurred recently though an earlier surface geiena discovery near Idaho was noted as the best ore showing on the property. The Nabob company previously held a bond, and a crosscut from the Nabob tunnel to the Idaho was begun but not reached. Callaway plans to start development without delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nabob
Pine Creek
Fred W. Callaway
Lookout Mountain
George H. McKinnis
Kellogs
Charles McKinnis
Texas
Idaho
Nabob Company
Idaho and Jumbo
Callaway
Guggenheims Get 77 Million in Chile Copper Deal
The Anaconda Copper Mining Company will pay 77 million dollars for control of Chile Copper, issuing 100 million dollars in 30 year bonds to fund the purchase. The deal grants Anaconda 2,200,000 shares at 35 dollars each. This described as the largest industrial block in history.
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Anaconda
Chile Copper Company
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
New York
Chile Copper
Guggenheim Brothers
Montana Idaho Copper Company Reports Deep Tunnel Finds High Grade Ore
W J Kirby secretary writes stockholders review of the big tunnel enterprise. He reports the tunnel over 1800 feet deep with a shoot of high grade copper extending from the old Monitor vein. Assay values show gold 16 oz at 20.67 per oz, silver 1.96 oz at 1.96, copper 26.6 at 136 per pound, total $77.01 per ton. Development plans to put Montana Idaho on a productive basis. Tunnel near Adair by Milwaukee railroad, claims span Idaho Montana divide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tter
W. J. Kirby
Spokane
Montana-Idaho Copper Company
Monitor
Kirby
Montana-Idaho
Milwaukee Railroad
Adair
Idaho-Montana Divide
Eldorado Mine Leases Property To Frank Drummond
Eldorado Mining and Smelting Co leases its property to Frank Drummond of Kellogg for three years. Drummond plans to extend the main tunnel, install band jigs and a compressor, sink 200 feet, and begin shipments soon. Ore is gold bearing with low treatment costs, the site near Kellogg station, with J C Waddell as president and other directors from Wallace and Kellogg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Drummond
Eldorado Mining & Smelting, Company
Kellogg
Drummond
Eldorado
Kellogg Station
J.C. Waddell
Rose Lake
Eldorado Company
John Hamlin
Wallace
G. W. Dougherty
Mark Curran
J. A. Patterson
Lancaster Returns to Saltese and Missoula for St. Lawrence
Henry M. Lancaster, manager of the St. Lawrence Mining Co., arrived last Saturday and visited Saltese on business, with plans to travel to Missoula before returning to Wallace. The Saltese-area mine has been idle for some time, and Lancaster offered no definite resumption plans. He has spent the past year on mining ventures in southern Oregon, based in Grants Pass.
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Saltese
Missoula
St. Lawrence
Henry M. Lancaster
Wallace
Lancaster
Oregon
Grants Pass
Notice to Delinquent Stockholders Oreano Mining Co
Notice to delinquent stockholders of Oreano Mining Company Limited Wallace Idaho dated January 18 1923. Delinquent assessments of two and one half percent per share levied December 9 1922. amounts, certificate numbers, and names of stock represented.
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The
Oreano Mining Company, Limited
Wallace
Idaho
Mineral man Earl Greenough shifts to Montana oil fields
Earl Greenough, long tied to local mining, visited the city early this week and announced his pivot to oil development in Montana. The piece notes the first ship to have wireless installation, the San Martin, in 1897.
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San Martin
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Meeting OF Engineers
Bolse
Legislative Committee
James F. McCarthy
Robert N. Hell
Rush White
Tan
Caldwell and
Guggenheims
Montana
Wallace, Idaho
Aunt Blake
W Carter
Kate E
Duns
Dunn
Radd
Joseph R
Firestone
Gnaedinger
Hewitss
Lilian
Hodgman
Harriett
Joseph
Jakobson
Gustav Bao
Jakobsen
Vietor
David A
Bao
Menhenick
Gertrude
McRae
Flattier
Peterson
Emma Sat
Chas
Somerville
Ramg
Coeur O'Alene
Spokane Exchange
Caledonia
Cork Province
Iz Florence
Independence
Marsh
Rex
Richmond
Silversmith
Ids
Stewart
Success
Ajax Cs
Alameda
Benton
Boundary
Constitution
Copper King
Douglas
Tyanhoe
Jack Waite
Laclede
Lead Blossom
McGillivray Creek
ST Moonlight
National Copper
North Bunker Hill
Oreano
Sidney
Sherman Lead
Stanley
Tamarack
United Silver
West Hunter
Western U Mining
Chris Grimsmos
Paragon
Saxton
Che Worstell
Owil
Forhans
Euthymos
Kolynos
Boradent Lyons
James F. Howarth
Wallace and
Coeur D’alenes
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