Show TO REMODEL SMELTER AT KELLER special correspondence spokane wash june 7 plans are under consideration by the northwestern mines development company a recently organized spokane corporation to convert the old smelter at keller washington into an electrochemical electro chemical plant for the treatment of ores of the keller nespelem region the smelter was built seven years ago when it was anticipated that the colville indian reservation er would be opened and a railway constructed ted into the district but the furnaces have been blown in the plant including the electric power station cost approximately and it is said to be in excellent condition still watchmen and caretakers having been in charge continuously since it was completed it is provided with facilities for handling tons of copper ore and fifty tons of lead ore daily the property was taken over several months ago by the northwestern mines development company which at the same time acquired the manila and rebecca groups of copper lead silver claims nearby near by if we put the smelter in operation as an electrochemical electro chemical plant it will necessitate changes in the equipment that will cost not less than but it will obviate the shipment into the camp of coke which would be an expensive accomplishment said harry J neely secretary and one of the heaviest stockholders in the company we could begin operations with an initial capacity of fifty tons of ore daily and the output could be increased easily as the demand justifies there are plenty of good properties to supply a smelter in that locality the iron creek mining company is hauling ore fifty six miles to republic and shipping it to the smelters shelters sm elters this ore runs ounces in silver and 16 per cent lead tle the walla walla copper company is working three shifts and has a large body of high grade copper ore the summit mine has ore in considerable quantities the manila has as large a body of copper ore as the granby and only needs transportation it is feet wide as shown by diamond drill prospecting it carries per cent copper william E malm formerly with the federal mining and smelting smelling Sm elting company is one of the chief stockholders and manager of the northwestern mines company and lives at keller william E johnson a mining man of nevada is another large stockholder and is superintendent of the smelter |