| Show T TUNNEL NOT ABANDONED special correspondence wallace idaho may 24 denying the application of the stewart mining company for a commission to fix the value of a tunnel site through the coeur dalene development companas comp anys ground judge W W woods sitting in the district court at wallace found that the tunnel of the silver king mine was not abandoned the court sustained the plea of the defense that the tunnel work was discontinued solely because of litigation that tied up the stock of three directors arid and not as the result of an unfavorable ore showing as alleged by the stewart people albert dirch birch of berkeley cal an general manager of the silver king mine who was the chief witness for the defense testified that surveys recently completed by oscar PI 11 hershey have disclosed the presence of two distinct veins of ore on the property one of these which was exposed by the old harrison tunnel could be worked lie he said by means of the silver king tunnel it is given out that the case will be appealed to alie supreme i court of idaho ij |
