Show SILVER TRAIL MINING CO special correspondence evans washington august 9 the organization of the silver trail mining company to take over the old clugstone Chug stone property eight miles east of this place has been completed by spokane mining investors and preparations are being made to start regular shipments of silver lead ore to the trail smelter directors of the corporation are albert 0 smith now in charge of the property dr robert bell M S teeters peter reid arthur T hooper dr john aa M gunning and alexander bell all of Sp spokane the company is authorized to issue shares of capital stock at 10 cents a share shar par value the clugstone Chug stone is one of the oldest properties of the colville district having been opened in the early by the late colonel I 1 N peyton and associates between 1890 and 1898 it is reported that about worth of ore was shipped A small crew has been at work on the mine for the last sixty days on the lower tunnel completed for feet about feet of the tunnel drifts along the vein which is stated to be from two to six feet wide |