Show washington I 1 operations have been suspended at the san poll poil mine at republic optioned option ed several months ago by the west I 1 jill hill mining company J W turner president of the company says we could not get our ore up I 1 to high enough values to make it profitable it I 1 we had expected it to go 8 a ton but ran about which was the exa exact C t tr treatment e t charge we paid expenses but that was all it may be possible to do something with this property if a shaft be put to tile the level at which depth better values have been found in other republic mines president george use ilse of the granada gold copper company states that new machinery will be installed at once at the companas comp anys property located a few miles from orient and that the present seventy five foot shaft on the hercules fraction will be put down to tile the level A crosscut will be run from there to the vein the company has worked the ground intermittently for several years secretary frank G crane of tile the loon lake copper company operating near loon lake in stevens county states that the company has authorized the expenditure of in further development tile the mine is to be opened to feet greater depth and levels run at each level A fifty horsepower Lorse power boiler and engine are now being installed to operate the hoist and pumps together with a compressor and ventilating ti system the company is shipping regularly and receipts from ore are expected to help furnish funds for the new development work mr crane says we have decided on these plans because of the encouraging showings encountered recently on the level where a shoot three to seven feet wide and about feet long has been sloped to a height of thirty five feet the ore shipped averages 12 per cent copper |