Demand for metal and higher prices in Coeur d'Alene mines
Optimism rises that five years will bring strong metal output in the Coeur d'Alene district driven by plans of major producers, a fixed silver price, and rising lead and zinc demand. Lead leads the way with renewed production, zinc returns to profitability, and the Kellogg Bunker Hill electrolytic plant spurs new mining regions including Pine Creek and Beaver Creek Sunset.
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Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d’Alenes
Europe
Near East
Missouri
Kellogg
Bunker Hill & Sullivan Company
Bunker Hill
Pine Creek
Beaver Creek
Sunset
Ratl
Hecla Mining Declares 15 Cents Per Share Dividend
Hecla Mining distributes 150000 to stockholders as the regular quarterly dividend. Checks mailed today at 15 cents per share, matching the first two quarters and bringing total 2024 dividends to 460000. Strong lead prices and silver outlook support continued production and future expansion with Bunker Hill Sullivan joint Star project.
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Ompany
Hecla Mining Company
Hecla
Bunker Hill & Sullivan Company
Star
Wages Rise in Coeur d Alene Mines and West Districts
The Coeur d Alene mines raise all employee wages to a new eight hour shift rate on October 1, higher than any other metal mining area. Miners will earn $5 per eight hour shift, up 75 cents per day, as Lake Superior copper and Utah and Arizona mines also lift pay by 40 to 50 cents daily. The wage boosts aim to ease labor shortages, with Lake District workers migrating to other fields while auto centers absorb many mine workers.
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Coeur d'Alene
Butte
Coeur -Alene
Lake Superior
Arizona
Utah
Utah Copper Company
Lake District
Lake
Bunker-Chance Plans Development at Wardner Mining Claim
Bunker-Chance Mining company plans active development at Wardner property. Three surface veins, with an upper tunnel vein parallel to the Butler lead, show silver and lead values. Width 30 feet, traced 8000 feet, to be reached by crosscut from the East Caledonia shaft at 800 feet depth.
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Wardner
Bunker-Chance Mining Company
Butler
Caledonia
Osburn Taul
Wardner-Kellogg News
Independence Lead Mine Prepares Buildings at No 4 Portal
Independence Lead Mines reports construction of compressor, blacksmith shop, dry room, and watchman building at the No 4 tunnel portal. The upper tunnel work has confirmed vein and ore body positions to guide permanent development, with more ore exposure and strong expectations for productive No 4 development once market conditions allow.
Callahan Mine to Resume Production With 350 Men Employed
C W Newton, Callahan Mine manager, wired from New York to begin immediate work to restore mine to production shape. About 20 carpenters will repair the mill and 4 crew of Ambermen underground, with older miners ready to return as positions open. Zinc and lead with silver are key products, and demand and prices support profitable operation.
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Newton
Callahan
Moses Alexander Attacks Courts in Idaho Governor Bid
A Wallace audience heard Moses Alexander, Democratic candidate for governor, critique Republican rule and accuse state courts of political manipulation. The report condemns Alexander’s speech for falsehoods and demagoguery, labeling his attack on the judiciary un-American and harmful to Idaho’s governance.
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Moses Alexander
Wallace
Idaho
Alexander
Davis
Democratic Party of
G. W. Walker
Lester
Harrison
Judge Walker
Greece
Rome
Liberty Theater
Alexanderism in Idaho Governing: Funds and Debts Tied
Moses Alexander entered Boise as Idaho’s governor with nearly a million dollars in funds and no warrants. Four years later he left with little cash and debt exceeding the public till. The piece notes his future promises on economy and his past veto record.
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Davis
Alexander
Twin Falls
Moses Alexander
Boise
Idaho
Timber Salvage Drive On Marble Creek
Lumber firms Rutledge and McGoldrick and others mobilize crews to salvage burned pine on Marble Creek after last summer’s forest fire on the St Joe. An estimated 300 million feet of timber burned. workers are being sent in fall and winter to cut and float timber to streams, with pay of five dollars per day to attract labor.
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Marble Creek
St. Joe
Rutledge Lumber Company
McGoldrick Company
Lead and Zinc Market Outlook Reported in East Entry
The East lead and zinc outlook notes lead supplies remain scarce as producers curb output and stocks deplete. Demand relies on stocks, with three firms planning larger production and possible Mexican lead imports. Prices should stay firm with potential modest gains. a runaway market is unlikely. Zinc stays strong with daily gains and predicted near term rise, though labor and transport limits restrain output.
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Vance
Colorado
Apot
American Commander stockholders approve capital increase
At a special meeting in Mullan stockholders of the American Commander Mining & Milling Co voted to raise capital stock from 1.5 million to 2 million shares. Directors were authorized to complete the change and 600,000 new shares will finance further development. A crosscut near the east end of the American Commander ground is used to determine vein position before continued work in tunnels 1 and 8.
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American-Commander Mining & Milling Company
Mullan
No. 8
Big Game Hunt Led by Fred Herrick Near Clearwater
Stanly A. Easton of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan company joins a two week hunting expedition in the Clearwater wilds led by Fred Herrick of St. Maries. A celebratory dinner is planned in this city to recount the trip and adventures.
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Stanly A. Easton
Bunker Hill & Sullivan Company
Fred Herrick
St. Maries
Clearwater
Moore to Speak in Wallace on October 7
Idaho gubernatorial candidate Moore will visit Wallace October 7 with Captain Jeter and Captain Conner. Moore, a former lieutenant governor and longtime legislator, will discuss state government with candor and practicality, urging voters to hear an honest campaign discussion.
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Idaho
Wallace
Moore
Senate
F. A. Jeter
Coeur d'Alene
Harles C. Moore
Death of Eugene Sage Pioneer Prospector and Sheriff
Eugene Sage 1859 Buried Burke Idaho dies at home after long illness He mined in Coeur d Alenes since 1884 later protecting and mining for firms He served as Shoshone County Sheriff from 1894 to 1896 Survived by wife and two sons James killed in World War I funeral Saturday 10 a m at St Alphonsus church Miners Union cemetery services planned in Coeur d Alenes
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Eugene Sage
Shoshone County
Burke
Robert
Detroit
Eugene
Sage
Coeur d'Alenes
Prichard Creek
James
France
Coeur d'Alene
Ann Arbor
Mich
St. Alphonsus
Miners’ Union Cemetery
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