Show C fred Pred kratzer of spokane Wi washington ashington was a recent visitor at wallace idaho A working agreement bement has been made between and wittenberg the operators of the quartz lease on the south portion of union nine claim of the dexter company at manhattan nevada and thos willett one of the principal placer operators of the district mr willett undertakes to op erate the extensive placer depos deposits its found on the surface of union nine claim and wittenberg supply the water necessary for such placer operations as thel their foot working shaft makes at pros pres ent about gallons of water per da day y and but a small fraction of this amount is necessary for the operation of their ten stamp mill car careful eaul sampling demonstrates that the thousands of tons contained in the waste dumps on the property will all average from 1 to 3 per ton in gold and that can be recovered by placer methods washing in a sluice box over riffles fiffles rif fles A conservative estimate of the tonnage in the various waste dumps is tons ton s and it is mr air willets intention to first wash the waste dumps through before proceeding with placer mining the surface of the claim I 1 E W cowles of independence kansas has gone to cheyenne wyoming to take active charge of field operations for the oil ang company compan Y |