Show 0 TWO MILLIONS FOR EQUIPMENT special correspondence murray idaho dec 22 two million dollars will be expended by the montana smelt ing company in the construction of a smelter a railroad from libby mont to tife the snowshoe mine and in the improvement and development of the property according to ernest H wilson consulting engineer for the corporation recently organized which has taken over the holdings of the pacific coast smelting smelling refining mining company the snowshoe values are in lead silver and gold and mr wilson eap exp expresses himself highly pleased with developments at the property which he has been operating about nine months much development work also is in progress in the coeur dalene district robert president of the jack white mining company states that a lower tunnel will be driven through the first ore body the company is installing an 80 horsepower gasoline engine air compressor and other apparatus after which a concentrator will be erected the company has worth of ore on the dump forty men are at work workmen are erecting a ton concentrator and installing a horsepower gasoline engine at the black horse mine the bear top mining company also is installing a 60 horsepower gasoline engine and additional dit ional machinery for air compression two hundred and fifty tons of ore a month is now being mined by the company and the capacity will be largely increased by the i improvements |