Show washington forty five men have enrolled in the twentieth annual three months mining session at the college of abines university of washington ashington Wi lat at seattle their ages vary from twenty one to fifty six years averaging thirty three all but ten have had mining experience they register from all parts of the pacific coast from arizona to alaska the great majority are quartz miners but several placer miners are present and a few coal men H S of who owns an old smelter plant plan tand and s site i te about seven even S miles from that city and also a water right on the spokane river is interesting inte capital in the proposition of erecting an electrolytic zinc plant there he originally intended to utilize his water power but the washington water power company has made him an attractive offer of horsepower or more for a period of five years which lie he will probably contract for instead of installing a power plant the promoters of the new enterprise ligure figure on a heavy production of zinc in the northern part of the state as well as a considerable tonnage from british columbia for the proposed plant |