Show THE MARSH MINING COMPANY special Cor correspondence nd ence spokane wash oct 26 C L cowell of missoula mont president of the marsh mining company operating in the coeur dalene district announced at the close of a directors meeting in spokane on october 22 that shipping from the mine will begin about the middle of november adding there is every indication that the property will be on a self sustaining basis before the end of the year drifting on the foot level is under way the vein was tapped recently with a crosscut from the foot level of the main shaft being sunk from the no 2 tunnel the ore body at that point being five feet in width more than 50 per cent is of clean shipping grade A skip has been installed to take the th place of the bucket used to hoist ore and an ore pocket has been cut out on the foot level another improvement will be ventilation by means of an upraise from no 2 to no 1 tunnel a distance of feet it is expected the work will pay for itself as the raise starts in a five foot ore body containing eighteen inches of solid galena our surface improvements including a new blacksmith shop and a chute from the tramway to the ore bin on the railroad track also are finished said mr cowell we have recently installed a patent drill sharpening machine and made numerous other additions to the mine equipment so that everything now is in shape for continuous operation by the time we get the drift and opened up on the present lowest level we shall resume work in the shaft to deepen it feet mor |