Show washington san francisco and yakima interests have purchased the young america mine at boss burg and are said to plan to install heavy machinery and a concentrating plant the deal was consummated by J P mackinson who held an option from the owner mrs C W connell the ground was first discovered about thirty four years ago and has produced considerable ore it is said to contain large bodies of low grade mill dirt slate has been discovered on property at ac valley belonging to raymond allen alien eagle block spokane and it is believed to be of commercial value he says in making a cut during railroad construction a large deposit of slate was uncovered experiments U have proven it to be of good quality and suited to roofing and other commercial uses there is another quarry in the neighborhood from which shipments have been made with satisfactory reports on its quality new machine drills are now in operation at the edna mine of the valley mining alining company nine miles west of valley A force of five men is employed manager harvey M ross says we are driving a tunnel south from the bottom of a SOO foot shaft and have gone feet the ore is improving as we turn from the hanging into the and in the latter we have opened a vein from two to three feet wide the whole appearance is much better than in the past frank C bailey and associates have bonded the property of the spokane tm tin mines company south of spokane at a stated price of they take it on P three years lease and bond basis agreeing to employ not less than four men at any one time in its development A first payment of must be made within ten months and 25 per cent royalty on returns from any ore shipped will apply on purchase price C P robbins is president of the original company C D jones of milwaukee is president ot the oroville copper company organized to operate the 0 K mine north of oroville george A blackwell who has owned the property for twenty five years is vice president the group is a shipper and has been operated under lease by J P gormley who is to be superintendent for the new company the ore carries up to 12 2 per cent copper with values in gold and silver the group has been opened by a seventy five foot shaft and other workings |