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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ...Office and mine: Virgilina, Halifax Co., Va. Property is the Wall mine, which made small shipments of ore in 1900. Probably idle. HALL MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD. BRITISH COLUMBIA. Offices: 1, Leadenhall St., London, E. C., Eng. Mine office: Nelson, B.C. Employs 125 men. Registered June 6, 1900, as reorganization of Hall Mines, Ltd., with capitalization 325,000, shares 1 par; issued, 275,000. Debentures, 50,000 authorized; issued, 24,500 first mortgage 6% bonds, redeemable at 105 on G months' notice, at option of company. Lord Ernest W. Hamilton chairman; C. Harvey, consulting engineer; A. E. Ashley, secretary; J. J. Campbell, business manager; M. S. Da vies, mine superintendent; Robt. R. Hedley, smelter superintendent. Lands, 506 acres, on Toad Mountain, including the Silver King, Hall and Highland mines, also a quarter interest in the Emma mine, near Summit. Mines have auriferous and cupriferous silver-lead ores, the Silver King, carrying bornite above and argentiferous tetrahedrite below, the lower levels not looking so well as the upper workings. The smelter, at Nelson, near the mine, has one large and one small furnace, with hand and mechanical roasters, but is not thoroughly modem. Product is an auriferous and argentiferous lead-copper matte of 33% to 50% in combined tenor. Mine and smelter have both steam and electric power. For year ending June 30, 1904, production was 6,155 tons of pig lead, 130,800 Ibs. fine copper, 1,137,709 oz. silver and 9,331 oz. gold, in addition to which the Silver King, leased to tributors, yielded ores carrying 318,124 Ibs. copper and 92,856 oz. silver. HALLIWELL COPPER CO. MICHIGAN. Office: Cleveland, Ohio. Organized 1901, under laws of South Dakota, with capitalization...
