Show SHOWING IN THE MARSH MINE Sp special ecal correspondence burke idaho dec 13 11 0 five and a half feet of ore of which more than 50 per cent is of ship shipping grade has been opened in the crosscut on the foot level of tho the marsh mine at this place the ore which one of the longest and widest ore in the coeur dalene district and their development already has resulted in dividend earnings of more than besides the main vein the station and crosscut on the level showed two stringers of clear ore six feet apart which appear to be widening with deeper development in the same way as the mam main ledge the improvement is so great as to encourage the belief that they will eventually make a second strong ledge parallel to and not far from the main vein the company has plans to push development as rapidly as possible there will be no drifting on the foot level until the shaft is down to the foot level since completing the crosscut the work of sinking has been resumed and will be interrupted ru apted only when the foot level is reached to make another crosscut to the vein at that point no effort will be made to resume operations at the mill till about april 1 by which time the tonnage blocked out in the mine and the opening of three new levels will permit of production on such a scale as to run the mill at its full capacity is a high grade steel galena has an average value of between 70 and 80 a ton experts in the district say it is the most important strike of the year and means fortunes for the owners including united states senator dixon and C L cowell of missoula mont eugene carroll and B IT plummer of butte and edward and J V pohlman and john A white of spokane the great significance of the strike lies in the fact that its development at depth is revealing a similar enlargement of the ore bodies to that proved in its neighbor the hecla in the latter property no important body of pay ore was found until a depth of more than feet had been at bained in the workings above that level the ore bodies were short and narrow just as in the marsh on the same horizon the deeper levels of the hecla mine now show |