| Show new smelter and other idaho news SPECIAL correspondence wallace idaho april 8 A message has just been received direct from president fred W bradley of the bunker hill sullivan company in san francisco cal stating that he and his associates have decided to build the companas comp anys new smelter at kellogg idaho where the mines and mills are located and that construction will begin as soon as possible the site already has been purchased and plans have been prepared by bradley bruff le barthe a san francisco engineering firm the smelter will be unique among western lead reduction works in that it will include a bullion refinery the company having decided to ship no base product turning out only refined lead and silver the plant will be absolutely modern in every essential and every appliance known to metallurgical lurg ical practice will be incorporated to guard against loss in both the slag and fumes the initial capacity will be approximately 1000 1000 tons of ore daily sufficient to care for the output of both the dunker bunker hill sullivan and caledonia mines and provision will be made later to handle custom material power to operate the machinery and to supply the needs of the electrolytic refinery will be secured from the washington water power company of spokane which has an extensive system of high potential transmission lines into the coeur dalene region and already is providing current rent for the bunker hill and caledonia mines and mills surveyors now are setting the stakes and ground for the smelter will be broken in a few days said stanly A easton general manager of the bunker hill company the plant probably will be completed and ready to operate early in 1917 and will furnish for not less than men the works will be built on oil the Ding bingham liam and giovetti Gl ovett ranches a tract of acres but a short distance from the main portal of the mine workings and the mills the equipment will consist principally of sampling and roasting departments the latter provided with dwight lloyd sin bering machines and wedge turret ro asters there will be three blast furnaces and a re enforced concrete stack feet high bag houses will be constructed to catch the fumes and recover the values and there also will be an electrolytic refinery to desilver the lead bullion A large part of 0 the structural material 11 already has been delivered on the ground and orders have been placed for the re e 1 bainder ma inder which will be available as soon a as it is needed when completed the will be the most modern of its kind kin 1 I I 1 in n th the le world A small army of workmen w will ill 11 b be required in its construction I 1 expect to have not less than employed in a fe few weeks the mineral zone gold mine A recent cleanup clean up of a fifteen days run of the three stamp mill at the mineral zone gold mine near elk city resulted in the recovery of 2300 net according to a report from G L L baskett manager of the property there are ten men employee employed in the mine and mill and the report states that much richer ore than was encountered encounter ec in the upper workings is being opened in the foot level about 1000 feet of un grounds der have been run to date and plans for the coming season contemplate opening the ore bodies at greater depth by continuing the main shaft the mineral zone formerly was owned and managed by mrs M A parr a pioneer of the central idaho region who died in october 1914 it was under lease and bond for for a time four years ago to J R painter and bert austin said to have been representing fred W bradley president of the bunker hill sullivan mining company an initial payment of was made but after working the property intermittently for several months the option was allowed to lapse mrs parr then resumed the management and at her death was succeeded by her son in law mr baskett who has been in charge since interstate callahan makes record thel interstate callahan mining company owning and operating the consolidated interstate and callahan properties in the nine mile district of the coeur calenes dA lenes rated as the second largest zinc producer produce r in the world established a new record for output and net earnings in march according to charles W newton superintendent the best previous record was made in february when the total shipments werl were tons of crude ore and concentrates which netted mr newton estl esti if mates the march earnings at not less thai tha conditions at the property are satis factory in every way and it would be har ban to im improve prove them said mr newton the th main shaft from the no 6 level is to be ei e tended feet and this now is being sun sunt at the rate of five feet daily the ne new hoist has been installed and is working splendidly materially facilitating operations operation and also reducing operating costs this equipment necessitated practically re building the shaft and the excavation 0 an immense underground station on th tb main level to accommodate the giant ma chine ro roual oa march 31 the interstate state callahan 16 ir company paid its last dividend tile the share or making the total payments 0 imenes for the first twelve months distri aalt aution aution or 7 the share on the isil sued capitalization of shares at the rate of 70 per cent on the entire outstanding eting capitalization of new tungsten district the district surrounding murray is attracting tr considerable attention because of rl extensive tungsten deposits being develop 01 ed and it is predicted that the region will become a formidable rival of the california ll 11 and colorado camps that heretofore have 4 had almost a monopoly of the production YE of this metal the golden chest one of 14 the oldest mines in northern idaho exten ti developed years ago for its copper 1 gold values which by the way proved to UI be far less important than anticipated is il rated as one of the big tungsten mines of e the northwest and there are a number of 01 smaller properties nearby that are reported to have excellent showings although they have been under development but a comparatively ively short time robert horn manager odthe of the golden chest a few days ago shipped two tons of extremely high grade scheelite to vivian green one of the owners of the property in new york and another consignment is being prepared for forwarding the metal according to advices advises received by mr horn has been disposed of for better than 90 a unit or practically double the figure received for a shipment forwarded several weeks ago the golden chest was reopened last fall after having been idle for years and it is said that a considerable tonnage of good grade tungsten ore has been found on the old dumps where it had been deposited during the former period of activity of the property the management at that time not noi being aware of the nature of the material this is to be worked over as soon as facilities for treating it can be installed at the annual meeting of the tamarack custer consolidated mining company in this city the directors announced the initial dividend of two cents the share or payable may 1st ast to stockholders of record april the authorized capitalization of the corporation is shares at 1 each of which shares are issued the old officers and directors were reelected elected re t jerome J day being continued as president general manager and treasurer eugene R day vice president and harry L day secretary these with ramsay M walker E H knight frank M rothrock and edward boyce compose the directorate the caledonia mining company with mines near kellogg on april 5 disbursed the regular monthly dividend of 3 cents the share or according to official announcement no by charles mckinnis general manager this made the payments for the current year and increases the grand total of |
