Show washington miners in the republic district total ing about men have petitioned for an all advance of 50 cents a day from the prevail ing schedule of to raer the demands the mine owners have formed an all association of which S H richardson general manager of the knob hill company is chairman and D ML drumheller jr general manager of the west hill company is secretary walter J nicholls company of kane who recently acquired options on a number of properties adjoining the electric point mine at northport North port following their purchase of a quarter interest in that property are organizing a syndicate to develop their holdings A report on the ground by larson lakes states that there are a number of promising showings of carbonates on the ground E H belden an attorney of spokane is forming a syndicate to revive the old spokane belle silver mine located near clayton and which is one of the oldest mineral loc locations actions in the state recent assays essays of samples taken from the dump made during the early period of development more than twenty years ago show values of 25 the new company will sink the shaft from the present foot depth to the point where crosscutting to the veins will be undertaken the laurier mining company which owns and operates the laurier mine located near laurier a station on the kettle river branch of the great northern railway is shipping two carloads or ore weekly to the granby smelter at grand forks british columbia according to E K erwin secretary of the company he states that the shipments extracted in development average 5 to 6 per cent copper and 4 ounces silver and that the net returns are about 25 a ton |