Show washington between and mining men and other business men of spokane went to the Chew chewelah elah camp sixty miles north on may 26 and 27 on the joint excursion of the chamber of commerce and mining mens club the trip was made in automobiles the exe excursionists were taken through the mines which have attracted such great attention of late by the united copp copper er and copper king strikes reports from orient state that the galena hill wining mining company has encountered its ledge on the foot level revealing four feet of good ore this ore shoot has been opened up on three levels the erty is situated on the east bank of the kettle river at Roc rockett rockcut Rock keut cut and the bottom of the shaft is feet below the bed of the river this depth affords excellent ground and the property being equipped with a concentrator and within feet of the railroad siding it will probably mean the commencement of production at an early date F M shields and mahlon mccain ct spokane have made application to the ferry county commissioners for a franchise for an electrical transmission line between republic and danville to connect with one between the international boundary line and bennington falls B C interested te in the project with shields and mccain are P T sweeney a mining man of great falls montana and T W mcgowan of spokane the length of the proposed transmission line is about thirty five miles it is said that the promoters already have negotiated with the west kootenai power company for current from bonnington falls the estimated cost of the proposed line is about and if a franchise is secured a company will be organized for the construction and operation of 0 the system there is a great demand for power at republic not only from the mines but from irrigation and manufacturing interests te rests |