Show washington an important strike is reported in the property of the addison mining company near keller it was made in a drift from the companas comp anys foot shaft assays essays show values of 97 per cent copper 33 per cent lead and ounces silver picked samples contain wire silver and are said to assay up to 1000 a ton for a price of payable in installments luring during a two year period the belcher mine at republic has been bought by frank babcock of ewan the property is a producer of low grade copper gold ore and has shipped about tons during the past year it was located in 1896 and is developed by about feet of workings gas has been struck in benton county in a well being sunk by the walla walla oil gas pipe line company the find was made at a depth of about feet and the flow is strong and steady great excitement cit ement has resulted the company plans big commercial development george A libby of tacoma is president pies ident and henry B james is general manager the united copper mining company of chewelah Chew elah earned operating profit in 1917 and paid eleven dividends kofl of 1 cent per share each aggregating the company received through the sale of ores and concentrates and its ore reserves were increased by tons ore shipments were handicapped by a three months shutdown shut down of the trail ter conrad colfle ol of spokane is president and manager spokane and JM etaline interests have op tinned the diamond it and della bella may groups near metaline from the spokane lead company at a stated price of the option runs for three years royalties to apply on the purchase price it is said that important showings of zinc ore have been opened in the bella may and some good lead ore in the diamond R the new company is to be known as the diamond R mining company and is composed of R H hutchinson W H crawford E S campbell oscar decamp and T S hutchinson |