Show TO DOUBLE CAPACITY special correspondence 14 the bunker idaho nov lV wardner ardner leill sullivan mine at wardner east of which has produced 12 per cent Sp S okane of the Q total tal lead output of the united states the last few years will double its capacity thus putting out 2000 tons of ore every ell eight gh a t hours or tons a day stanley F easton aston manager of the property which is controlled by spokane idaho cali fornia and eastern interests headed by F W bradley of san francisco made the foregoing announcement while in spokane the other day adding the improvements we will make will bring those results we are building a large mill feet south of the present mill along the oregon railroad navigation companas comp anys tracks and when completed the first unit of the mill will have a capacity of tons of ore a day the machinery has been ordered and is the most up to date it is possible to buy work on the second unit will be started as soon as the first is completed and with the completion of the second unit the mill will have a capacity of 1000 tons a day the output of the mine will then be handled by the new mill and the old one will be remodeled and put in up to date style when all this work is completed the capacity of the two mills will be 2000 tons a day and the capacity of the bunker hill sullivan mine will then be doubled the cost of the new mill will be but by increasing the capacity the dividends will be increased this property has paid dividends amounting to in the twenty three years of its development and is now paying a dividend dividen drate rate of a month the payroll amounts to a month and this also will be increased with the additional numbers of miners necessary for the working of the mine when the capacity is doubled the company now employs men at the mine and is out 1100 tons of ore every eight hours the ore averages 14 per cent lead and four ounces in silver with no zinc in the product the development work during the last few months has exposed new ore bodies greater than was ever expected by the management with the uncovering of the new ore bodies the necessity of enlarging the capacity and crew has become more and more evident the morgan just recently opened has exposed one of the greatest ore bodies in the mine in territory unexplored heretofore and the working of this one shoot alone means 1 the employment of many more men and d th the e need of more mill capacity for or a single mine the bunker hill sullivan stands supreme among the lead lines nes of the world with the increased capacity the greatness of the mine will be more noticeable than before in the records of the mining industry |