Show washington what is considered the most important copper strike ever made in the pacific northwest has just been reported from the chewelah Chew elah camp in the united copper and copper king properties first news of the strike came from conrad president of the united copper who states he had found the vein in position feet from the portal of the tunnel started twenty months ago he said the ledge from wall to wall is twenty seven feet wide carrying the same values as those in the upper workings thus convincing him that it is the same vein three machines are at work on the ledge another important strike la Is reported from copper king which adjoins united copper according to S P domer of spokane president of the company the discovery was made at a vertical depth of about feet in a drift south on the lower level f from rom the no 3 ore shoot within about feet of the united copper lines where a four foot vein of gray copper regarded as the best ever opened in the mine was encountered it is believed by superintendent spedden that the vein is the same opened in the lower level of the united copper the ore will average approximately the ton the operating force on the copper king is to be increased at once the ton should be completed in another month N negotiations have been concluded in spokane for the purchase of the mine a and nd mill of the san poll mining company at republic by the hope and knob hill miring mining companies also at rep republic bublic for payments are to begin immediately funds for the installments to be provided from shipments of low grade ore from the hope and knob hill mines each each of 0 which has contracted to produce not less than fifty tons daily the returns except mining milling and transportation costs to go to the stockholders of the isan poll company the san poll mine will be closed down but the mill will continue to be operated at capacity tons daily under the supervision of a governing board consisting of thomas A white pre president aident of the knob hill company bob mabry president of the hope company and ralston mccaig president of the san poll company operating department of the great northern railway takes over the okanogan Oka nogan valley branch and establishes tab lishes a tariff which will enable the shipment of ore to the smelters shelters sm elters the owners say they have men at work now and soon will commence hauling the ore to okanogan Oka nogan with auto trucks they expect before the summer is over to install a 50 ton stamp mill and reduce the ore before shipping jonathan bourne jr former united states senator from oregon is about to resume operations on his mining property on ruby mountain lil in the same district mr air bourne has been interested in the property for twenty years or more and has gradually acquired a great many claims on the moun tain owing to lack of railroad transportation in the valley he has not attempted to operate the property on a large scale but it is said he will begin shipping this summer |