Show BRITISH COLUMBIA MINING NEWS W written ritten for the mining review by the mines exchange limited Limite ct nelson B C lardeau mining division at the ethel mine the working force has been cut down to five men who are busily engaged driving a long crosscut and who are experiencing considerable difficulty in their labors on account of the exceeding hardness of the rock the tunnel is if now in feet and within the next feet the ore body showing thirty feet on the surface ought to be tapped A strike of twenty two inches of shipping ore was made last week on the horseshoe property near trout lake the property was recently acquired under bond by mr L moyer who immediately commenced work with a force of twelve men the horseshoe adjoins the lucky doy boy which also has a force of men at work the new strike of ore resembles that of the lucky doy boy the silver cup people have let the contract to B C riblet of nelson B D C for a tramway to connect with the lower terminal of the present tramway and to run from there to a point on trout lake the tramway now in use is two miles in length running from the mine to the head of the wagon road over this road the ore is teamed to trout lake and thence by steamer and rail to the smelters shelters sm elters the new tramway is about four miles in length and will make an immense saving both in time and expense in handling the ore it is to have a capacity of tons of ore a day fish river camp lardeau there will evidently be something doing in this camp the coming season the calumet B C gold mines ltd owners of the eva mine have all the machinery for their ten stamp mill on the and have engaged a millwright mr J W cline of san francisco to install the plant mr cline comes very highly recommended by the allis chalmers company they also closed contract this week with B C riblet of nelson 13 C for the immediate installation of a tramway from the mine to the a distance of feet the tramway is to be of the most improved pattern and will have a capacity of tons a day mr john knox of houghton mich has resigned his position as chief engineer and assistant superintendent perin of the trimountain Tri mountain mine to take the of the eva he also comes very highly recommended having the unqualified indorsement endorsement indor of both his superior and president mcnair of the michigan school of mines the eva people are most fortunate in having secured the services of two such good men and evidently are of the opinion that having what is regarded as the best property in the camp they want none but the best identified with its management the ophir lade syndicate is clearing the right of way for its tramline the company has force at work also a building a aa aam ac across ross pool creek for the power plant and the stamp mill site is being cleared th the c compressor om plant is reported as having arrived at arrowhead the stamp mill is ig on the he ground and all work is moving briskly A deal for the homestake Home stake group on pool creek has been made by managing director directo W P pool the consideration being placed at the homestake Home stake is considered one of the best groups in this district judge J B curtis acting manager of the northwestern development companas comp anys mines at goldfields Gold fields arrived in revelstoke Revel stoke friday last with a gold brick the result of the run of the ten stamp mill the brick in question was the result of milling tons of ore which occupied about twelve days the weight of the brick was about twelve pounds troy and as the bullion will average 18 per ounce the total value will be in the neighborhood of this makes the net gold value of the ore as at present recovered about 17 to the ton but when the fact that the plates are new and take up considerable gold is considered it may safely be said that the actual value of the rock was not less than 20 east kootenay the special general meeting of the shareholders of the sullivan group mining company was held in spokane on april 25 to authorize the issue of in 8 per cent bonds to take up the companas comp anys debts of and provide funds to carry on construction of the com banys smelter at carryville Marr the the grace dore is bonded to eastern canadian parties for A small first payment was made in december the see sec ond payment was received wednesday and a third payment will fall due in june it is reported that the vein on the grace dore is about four feet in width and carries nickel values of 9 per cent also values in cobalt slocan mining district about a foot of clear ore has been exposed on the meteor the machinery for a compressor plant is being installed at the rambler caribou the ivanhoe made a shipment of some very rich ore last week in a seven ten lot sent out the ore averages ounces silver to the ton and from picked samples the ore would easily give ounces the idaho almo consolidated mines ltd was registered in edinburgh last month with a capital of 9 in 91 1 shares for the purpose of acquiring certain properties fram the scottish colonial goldfields Gold nelds fields ltd the latter company owns and operates the idaho and almo properties comprising in all a group of twenty six mineral claims some of which are the largest and best paying mines in the camp 1 |