Show MINING AROUND MULLAN special correspondence mu lan aan idaho dec 11 the ajax company operating in the burke canyon ot of the idaho coeur calenes dA lenes is starting development work that is likely to prove of great importance the work consists of a crosscut drift from the lower tunnel which will be driven to cut the vein the interstate callahan company on nine mile is shipping sixty to seventy five tons a month the ore is being graded up to nothing less than 50 per cent zinc content the company ani nany is producing at full capacity working three shifts in the mint mine and mill the production of the mine will wili be greatly increased as soon as the company can decide on a new milling plant plans for this have been drawn and the plant probably will be constructed next season the location for the new mill has not been given out by the company but it i is s understood that it will be at or near ena ville the mine is in excellent condition and capable of producing a large tonnage monthly james corbett manager of the silver cable mine east of mullan accompanied by callagan Fal lagan and kennedy of missoula mont visited the mine re bently they report the ore showing to be improving as the drift proceeds west on the vein the last crosscut through the ore showed eight feet of solid zinc that would run at least 40 per cent the drift is being carried in the hanging wall of the vein with one cut ut hole and one lifter in solid ore another crosscut will be driven within a few days to determine the width of the ore representatives of one of the prominent copper mining companies of the district visited the reindeer queen property recently to inspect the new showing of ore being developed in the lower tunnel at that property the property shows from twelve to eighteen inches wide v ide of ore that assays essays 34 per cent copper and about five feet wide or of milling ore carrying the same high grade material the property is located on stevens peak near the head of willow creek and is being developed at a depth of about feet E H crawford of mullan is manager new developments on the foot level of the federal companas comp anys morning mine at mullan Nl show increased ore reserves over the levels above the lower levels are also said to contain better values |