Show MONTANA libby news frank came down from lils his ranch yesterday and brought with him some very fine looking copper ore which he has found about three miles from his home mr intends to do som shuib ue work this winter and from his statements he has a very likely looking property libby news information of a reliable character has been received in libby that the snowshoe mine will soon be in operation this is about the best piece of news which has come over the plate this season it is understood that the deal is fur fir a lease and a bond to purchase just when operations will begin is not known but as soon as all of the details of the deal have been completed the chances are good that it will then be but a short time until the of this famous old mine will again be alive with miners and the wheels in the concentrator will again be grinding out the values from the snowshoe ores lewiston argus the enormous pound water tube boiler for the cumberland mine at maiden is today safely planted upon its foundation and the air compressor and rock crusher are also on the ground man ager A S wright who has been pushing the construction of the mill now sees daylight and is satisfied that he will have the plant completed during january as originally planned it is an immense undertaking 1 ng to assemble all the heavy machinery and material in such a country as maiden and it has taken a lot of strategy to succeed but the worst is now over the cumberland mill will have a capacity of tons but for the present the tank capacity will be limited to tons and in the spring this will be enlarged and the mill operated to the limit the cumberland is in splendid physical condition but development work has been suspended pending the completion of the mill when the compressor is in operation it will greatly facilitate work on the tunnel and in other parts of the property |