Show NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST special correspondence spokane wash june 9 the advance of 50 cents per day in the pay of coeur dalene district miners has resulted in a marked influx of mine workers with corresponding increased activity tamarack and custer properties are working full crews and the hercules is again producing hecla mines are employing men many having been provided through the sons of democracy an organization for returned soldiers another factor in stimulating activity in this district is the stronger silver market the yankee boy and big creek properties are shipping and the north bunker hill company is resuming operations pine creek properties are also showing activity much in terest interest centers about the mining convention to be held at nelson B C june 1921 19 21 the international element will be emphasized by the attendance of delegations from spokane and the coeur dalene district it is also announced that a score of walla walla wash men interested in the mining industry will join the spokane delegation for the trip fresh reports of mining activity are to hand band from the southern B C mining districts at three forks in the slocan the cunningham mill is operating to capacity and handling tons of ore daily the cork province mine at ainsworth has 2000 tons of ore ready for its mill the strike of a new of the paradise mine on toby creek east kootenay is reported to have caused renewed interest in that portion of the province this mine is in the purcell range of mountains forming the water shed between the duncan and columbia rivers the territory has attracted but little attention heretofore the mill at the silversmith mine sandon B C is making a good showing on the seasons run recently started according to a message received here from oscar V white superintendent full time is being worked and from eighty to tons of ore will be concentrated every twenty four hours the company expects I 1 to ship about five carloads montney A net return of to the carload is expected the crude ore shipped is higher in silver vames than the concentrated product according to john B white of spokane one of the principal owners the trail B C smelter received tons in the week ending may 21 this is comparable with tons in the first week of the month production has been resumed on the molly gibson mine of the consolidated mining and smelting smelling Sm elting company at kitto landing B C says a trail report the tramway removed by a has been re stored no production has been made since the influenza epidemic the ensuing summer promises to see a marked revival in mining one of the indications is the gathering of veteran prospectors with plans for summer campaigns in various adjacent districts silver ores will receive special attention incident to the recent advance in market value of silver prospectors pec tors are preparing to go into the silver lead districts of washington idaho oregon and british columbia and from many directions reports are to hand of prospective resumption of operations at properties beneficially affected by the advance in silver T the e low lo price of lead is offset in many instances by the increase in the value of the other ore content the management of the noble five mine near sandon B C cut a road through dead man slide in the sandon cody trail which lad had been blocked for two months the body of one of the men killed by the slide on march 17 was found may 6 fire losses have been sustained at two mining properties recently the cook house and dining room at the florence mine ainsworth B C were destroyed at an estimated loss of new and more modern buildings were at once commenced the buildings at the silver cable property upper duncan river section east kootenay were also wiped out by fire and the operations delayed while the structures were replaced the property shipped high grade ore last year and is now doing further development work |