Show BRITISH COLUMBIA ITEMS special correspondence the second relief gold mining company represented by A B cooper of nelson B C has bonded the second belef mine at erie B C to a syndicate of wisconsin capitalists ita lists headed by R W allen alien and represented by A D westby of minneapolis the price being the first named concern will now confine its operations to working the aurora mine a lead silver property at moyle moyie B C while the new company will devote its energies to developing the bonded mine the property was located in 1897 and has been a regular shipper to the trail smelter john A finch and A B campbell of spokane worked the property several years selling it to the present owners in 1906 the shipments to date this year are 1670 tons of milled ore of which tons is credited to the week ended march 27 properties tributary to nelson are much in the public eye at present and there are many indications that tae entire boundary country will be active this year spokane and eastern capital is being interested in the sheep creek district where several properties have been taken under bond since the beginning of the year recent arrivals from the district say it has all the earmarks of a great gold camp F B E collins who was interested in the summit group which was bonded for recently is in spokane and re ports that the latest strike on the sum mit group was made on a cross vein at a depth of feet this was in a threefoot vein feet from the portal of the tunnel there was a six inch streak which according to an assay made for N J kavanaugh who was interested in the bonding of the property runs to the ton almost entirely in gold the sacked ore taken from this vein runs to the ton the main vein is from six to twelve feet wide and runs from 12 to 36 mr collins said aid that the queen which is the oldest mine on sheep creek is also the best equipped there is a twenty stamp mill at this mine and a ten drill air compressor the mine has been opened up at a depth of feet A new ore shoot has been encountered and the body is now six feet wide and assays essays more than 40 the ton the kootenay bell and mother lode which were lately bonded to a cobalt mining man are now under active development lower tunnels are being driven on both the properties on the kootenay bell ten new stamps have just been installed the mother lode has shipped twenty cars averaging the ton the nugget mine from which a gold brick worth the result of a three weeks run of tour four stamp mills was taken to nelson last week has also been making r shipments to the smelter of about tons a month this shipping ore runs to the ton negotiations are under way for the bonding of the golden faun a free milling proposition as are all the others other in tho the camp the deal will involve the claims adjoin the nugget mine on the bayonne slope the same belt an area of ten by forty miles is the echo group of six claims which has been bonded to N J kavanaugh a nelson broker who represents eastern interests C E bennett who has just returned from tonopah To where he visited various properties and also went out to the broken hills mines says there is a great improvement of the ore with depth and the great depth attainable in the sheep creek camp the reversal of the decision by the 1 13 C cooper company to close its smelter at greenwood and its mines nearby has restored confidence and the outlook is bright the total shipments from all camps in the nelson district for the week ended march 27 was tons making the total for the year to date tons the boundary shipments amounted to tons of which granby had mother lode and snowshoe 2800 tons |