Show northwestern NEWS the insecurity copper company operating upon a section of the big copper lead at chewelah Chew elah has decided on an extensive development policy and will install machinery and equipment to sink its shaft downto down to feet at a recent meeting in spokane J F mcginnis of hillyard was elected president of the company A H treasurer W W gifford secretary lr K armstrong m manager and fred kiesling member of the board of directors the hercules mine near burke idaho last month took second place in the tonnage production among the operating mines of the coeur calenes dA lenes according to reports received in S spokane P okane the property outstripped the bunker hill sullivan and fell only tons short of the amount produced by the federal companas comp anys mornin morning 11 and last chance chalice mines the figures for the month follow federal orning Mi Ml last chance hercules bunker hill fiill sullivan M C company soon stewart areen green hill cleveland interstate callahan hecla 1900 tamarack ouster custer 1600 success 1500 snowstorm 1195 sierra nevada 1200 gold hunter 1050 ontario 1000 marsh yankee boy 35 total 46 negotiations pending for the last few weeks have resulted in the bonding of the jay gould mine a chewelah Chew elah property which has been in the hands of the receiver since 1906 to dr C A hauber G brouillett and others of chewelah Chew elah for a consideration of approximately the company will be organized ed and incorporated to handle the bond the jay gould is one of the oldest e mines in the camp and was at one time highly rated as a shipper and producer it is located in the mining belt and east of the chewelah Chew elah standard claims shipments will begin from the virginia mine patrick burkes lead zinc property on sunset peak near wallace idaho a as S soon as the roads are in condition two six horse teams with trail wagons and full equipment left spokane last week tor for the property spokane men associated with mr burke in the operation of the virginia group say that the condition of th the e mine has been improved considerably since development was resumed several months ago and they predict that shipments will be maintained steadily provided provid edthe the property holds up to present showings A satisfactory contract with the smelters shelters sm elters is said to have been secured by mr burke and it is planned to forward consignments consign ments as rapidly as the ore can be gotten to the railway at wallace nine miles from the mine since striking the ore the united copper management has been drifting both ways three shifts a day raising and preparing to sink also to prove out the unknown limits of the ore body A drift north ori on the vein for twenty feet has exposed four feet of gray ray copper much richer than where the vel vein n first was opened A GOO ton storage bin is being built at the portal of the tunnel n near ear the mill |