Show washington an indication of the faith of spokane mining men in the chewelah Chew elah camp sixty miles north of that place is the fact the owners of the hecla copper silver mining milling company have just shipped a consignment sign ment of machinery to the mine with which to prosecute considerable development included in the shipment are a f four our drill compressor an 85 horsepower boiler a 25 horsepower reversible mine hoist and a small electric lighting system the ithe company will sink a foot shaft ana will do about feet of drifting the property already has been developed to the extent of feet of work the officers all residents of spokane are J C argall president and fred F foster general manager in the near future the stockholders will go to chewelah Chew elah for an inspection of the property spokane mining men report a revival at the blewett camp near wenatchee We natchee in central washington where millions in gold have been taken out during the last quarter of a century F leroi thurmond who w ho has had a lease on the golden eagle mining property and mill at blewett for the last year has brought out a gold brick and deposited it in the tumwater Tum water savings bank of leavenworth for shipment to the united states assay office in seattle the brick weighed about thirteen ounces mr thur mond says it is the result of a tank of thir ty five tons of ore which is an average ot of approximately 5 per ton he says also that he has taken a five year lease on the property and expects to operate the mill until compelled to close down on account of freezing weather the ore out of which the run was made is low grade the ore in which they are now working shows an a assay s test of 25 per ton so that the next run is expected to show a larger gold yield he is working four men but expects to run the mill to its full capacity next year |