Show northwestern NOTES special correspondence spokane wash july 22 the united copper at chewelah Chew elah sixty miles north if f spokane is shipping one car a day of ore and concentrates coming chiefly from the upper workings after august 1 according ng to report the shipments will be increased to fifty cars a month with the ultimate idea of mining tons a day the che belah consolidated has let a contract tf to W L Fick for fifty feet of shaft which is now being sunk in the first fifteen feet according to reports from the camp silver lead ore was encountered the mine is twelve miles north of the town of chewelah Chew elah reports received in spokane from kellogg il idalio idaho state that the new compressor recently installed at the ray jefferson property on nine mile creek has been tried out and found to be in almost perfect working mcgrath McGrat fl order according to daniel manager of the mine who states that he a anticipates being able to drive seven feet a day with two shifts from now on ony only one shift is being worked now but another will be added soon some promising shoff ings were exposed in the ray jefferson last fall and the lower tunnel now being driven is expected to tap the vein about 1000 feet in at a vertical depth of approximately feet if the ore is encountered and proves to be as good quality as in me upper worie ings ing s the company contemplates erecting a 8 mill in tile the next ten or twelve months rumors are circulating in spokane mining exchange circles that the directors of the national copper mining company own ing and operating the national mine and mill at mullan idaho had held a special meeting recently in wallace idaho and had increased the capitalization of the company from to shares it is said that the funds derived from sale of the increased capitalization will be devoted to purchasing the nellie ground adjoining the national provided the deal can be consummated negotiations for the purchase of the nellie have been on for several but the deal has not been closed eugene day one of the owners of the nellie delaying negotiations it is said contending that certain formalities would have to be complied with to make the transfer legal the le rol roi no 2 has been granted an option by the glant giant Call california fornia company on the two claims giant and california near rossland B C and has commenced to work them the deal was reported under way a few weeks ago when the meeting t was held in rossland and adjourned to july 14 when it was consummated those thosa attending being A L white and C Q A smith of spokane representing the giant california company representatives of the le rol roi no 2 and other rossland shareholders the agreement covers several years and necessitates practically continuous work by the option ees the le rol roi no 2 administration will direct operations chiefly through the workings of the josie mine owned by them since three of the josie jose levels abut on california ground adjoining the annie claim |