Show ines ines and dividends dl vl bends of the great northwest SPECIAL correspondence spokane wash june 25 the million dollar smelter and refinery constructed at kellogg idaho in the coeur calenes dA lenes by the bunker hill sullivan mining concentrating cent rating company is ready to begin operations it passes directly to the wedge roaster or to the dwight lloyd sintering wintering sint ering machine he here re the greater portion of the sulphur is removed and the ore sintered into a porous coke like mass throughout the plant is recognized by be manager of the smelter with M H sullivan superintendent richmond dividend the richmond mining milling reduction company has declared its regular monthly dividend of this is at the F 41 A 11 3 fig ENI 42 N et 44 4 4 ti 4 t ot A 4 su sullivan lilvan mining company at kellogg Kellog gr idaho mills of the bunker hill the big plant will handle tons daily prom from the concentrators par the mine tunnel the ore is conveyed to the smelter over a mile track to the receiving bins adjoining these is the automatic sampling mill through which all the ores must pass and be sampled from here the ores are carried to the roaster bins from which the roaster charge is made up the ore being db delivered livered upon a conveyor by means of automatic feeders which accurately regulate the proportions the conveyor carries the ore into the top of the roaster building where engineers as the most modern smelter and refinery in the united states every possible saving known to science has been incorporated corp orated the plant will employ approximately men when in full operation in addition to handling ores from the bunker hill mine contracts have been taken take n to handle ores from other mines in the district one of the largest contracts yet reported coming from the hecla company at burke idaho stanly A easton general manager of the bunker hill sullivan company will rate of 2 per cent on an issued tion of the disbursement will be made on july ath to stockholders of record on june this payment will increase the total disbursements to the property is composed of seven patented claims in the east coeur dalene district hedley dividend the hedley gold mining company operating the nickel plate mine in british columbia has declared a regular quarterly dividend of 2 per cent and an extra dividend of 3 per cent according to advices advises from new york the total sum to he be paid is it will be disbursed on june to stockholders of record on june this payment will raise the disbursements of the year to and the grand total to 2 transportation for mining districts an area half the size of an eastern state and lying on both sides of the columbia river between hunters and pateros in washington a distance of about miles is to be provided with transportation by the miller navigation company a corporation composed of spokane and eastern washington men more than persons will be served and an outlet provided for many mines orchards farms and industrial plants the boat will serve the deer trail mining district in which several properties have been developed to the point of response the hunters district near which C boy gassier cassier crown a group owned by james cronin and the amargosa amargoso of which I 1 have charge the rocher de boule has received eipl net smelter returns from its ore the shipment of which began two P years ago the concentrating capacity of the united copper mining company at che belah is to ta be increased at once possibly doubled said conrad of spokane president of the company the capacity of the plant is to tons a lay day of which tons is in the main plant and to tons in the tailings mill the increased capacity will be to tons daily the quantity of ore in sight is equal to net at current prices for the metals according to a recent estimate this is at the rate of 2 a share or per cent on the capitalization of the empire copper company operating gr k milk S 1 U al A 4 YI Y I trestle ore bins and one of the mine openings of empire copper co mackay idaho photo by will C higgins F 0 merriam of wallace idaho and others have completed a concentrating mill on the cleveland mine the kellar district where there are several responsive mines the stray dog canyon where weber and associates are opening a mine and other mining fields some 0 of these mining districts are a few miles from the river but many miles from a railroad the hazelton district ninety per cent of all development on rocher bocher de boule mountain hazelton district of british columbia and vicinity is being performed by american capital and a large part of it is from spokane or under the management of spokane men said E P spalding mining engineer on his return from the district where he spent about a year among the properties represented by spokane capital or spokane men are the silver standard rocher de boule highland near mackay idaho is developing large mineral resources that promise an important production according to robert M bell state mine inspector who was in spokane this week more than men half of them lessees lessels les sees are engaged on the mine the lessees lessels have accumulated thousands of tons of shipping ore which have been delivered at the surface pending removal to a smelter prospective expenditures for development and equipment will run into six figures it is proposed to invest at once in the installation of an aerial tramway three miles in length to connect a new opening near the alberta tunnel with the railroad terminal near mackay this will reduce the transportation cost several hundred per cent by declaration of two initial initial dividends at the rate of 1 cent bent a share payable july and august loon lake copper company operating forty five miles mile north ot of spokane becomes the nearest dividend pay ing mine to this city wresting that distin distinction from united copper company of che he belah about twenty miles further north loon lake coppers disbursements will add another to the dividend paying mines ot of the state of washington which until this tinie time has numbered but three within its boundaries the capital of the new dividend payer is in shares of par value of 25 cents nearly three fourths of the entire capitalization is held in pool and in declaring dividends under such conditions loon lake copper has established another precedent in this part of the world |