Show I iUSINBSSL MINI GAN STOCKS A W McCimes Recital of the Wealth of the Kootenay Country THE MINING EXCHANGE l 0 Sales Recorded but Gradual Grad-ual Advances Noted In Several Stocks L THE SEARLES GOLD MINES Encouraging Showing in These Arizona Properties The BulllonBedc and Galena Dividends Divi-dends He Made Good Time Quick Descent Into the Kcd Cloud Shaft Bndsret of 3Iereiir Xeivfe Capital Seeking Investment In the Camp Vork Beinjr IUShCdTILC Ontario Drain Tniinel Worlc of Hetlmher lug to Be Completed January high Grade Confidence Ore Xorth Mountain Cyanides The Cleopatra Cleopa-tra The April Fool In Not 01 the 4 5IarUet Doinss lit the Dalton Ore and Bullion Silver and Lead Mining Notes and Personals Ever since the return of Hon A W McCune from the Kootenay mining region in British Columbia he has been electrifying his friends with Arabian Nights recitals of the wondrous wealth of that country In an interview with a Herald representative repre-sentative yesterday Mr McCune stated that he had just purchased the remaining re-maining half interest in the Payne group of four claims in Siocan district for which he paid the sum of 75000 In this property he states there is 2 I large amount of ore in sight and Kvhen he came away there were 800 sacks of ore on the dump at the mine that was very high grade the carbonate ores assaying from 90 to 110 ounces in silver and 45 per cent in lead to the ton while the hard ores ranged from 150 to 225 ounces in silver and from 40 Ito Ito I-to 75 per cent lead to the ton In fact said Mr McCune there are now I 3000 tons of ore in sight in the mine that will carry average values of 75 to the ton net Mr McCune states that he is interested inter-ested in at least 40 claims in the este Kootenay country quite a number of which are very valuable among the I number being the Mountain Chief which just made a shipment of a ca J I load of ore that carried average values i S of 175 ounces in silver to the ton and t as this mine laid a dividend of 18000 j S in September Mr McCune is pleased to class it among his bonanza propositions I < L proposi-tions On the Best lode another property prop-erty in which Mr McCune is interested S a 5foot body of ore has just been encountered en-countered in doing development work 4 that averages 1000 ounces in silver to i the ton and i is with such statements as these that the Kootenay bonanza Icing is exciting the mining fraternity i of Salt Lake The Nickel Plate is another mine in I which Mr McCune is interested This property is a heavy producer and in i order to expedite the extraction of the I precious metals a second hoist has just j I been put in at the mine i Mr McCune speaks very highly of the Kootenay country and says that as far as mining goes this region is I hot stuff |