Show IDAHO we have put in a hoist and compressor said william beaudry manager of the wardner leasing company which is mining under the town of wardner and will rush our shaft to the level and then crosscut we have a chance to strike a vein in sinking but do not count on that we hope to reach rich ore bodies in the fall this year william A nicholls of spokane washington has taken an option on the holdings of the elk mining company about two miles from mullan and work has been commenced fenced under the supervision of rush J white the first work to be done is upon a showing of good ore near the portal of tile tho upper tunnel on the ground the ore is a high grade galena and will undoubtedly develop into an important deposit with development the alma alina ray mining company nas lias commenced sinking on a ledge near the face of the eighty five foot tunnel of its group located just east of kellogg the ledge shows about five feet wide between well defined walls and with tile the northwesterly and southeasterly course of the veins of the district it is regarded as ground oi much promise W W of kellogg is president of the company and charles wiegand is se secretary cre tary trea treasurer surer L A jeffs head of the recently organized western phosphate mining manufacturing reports that the new fac turing company I 1 tunnel started a month ago at the coni com banys holdings near paris faris has cut the first hanging wall A new hydroelectric hydro electric plant located at the portal is ready to go into commission at any time and other necessary equipment is being installed rapidly the company is said to have millions of tons of phosphate rock in its dep deposit ositH and is another answer to the german coast that this country cannot get along without the european product |