Show washington spokane men have incorporated the white stone mining company and this winter will prospect claims twenty miles west of republic and in the spring do some extensive development work the ore is silver the company is incorporated for M H oconnell OCon nelI has a force of men taking out ore from the drum lummon mine on the south side of crystal buttes near miles lincoln county the ore is so rica in silver that he will truck it to davenport and from there ship by rail to a smelter the copper company is installing large machinery for the operation of its mine near the detillion bridge on the former spokane indian reservation james keeth manager is putting in a large pump and air drill compressor with sufficient engine power to operate them the mine is near the north star state highway projected from davenport to meyers palls falls which is partly built and will be completed next year the western industrial chemical company of everett owners of the large dia toma cious earth deposit two miles north of riverside is shipping another car of earth to the factory at everett this being the third one in the last thi ee months the everett concern uses the product in the manufacture of cleaners case hardeners gardeners and as a dust for chickens there are also other large deposits of the material in this section C A gray manager of the addison copper company now developing a property at keller says in a new tunnel at a point feet from the mouth we drifted twenty two feet and picked up a ledge of ore containing two feet of copper silver and lead ore averaging to the ton through the entire period of the war we kept from two to eight men at work on this property and now have seven working this company has completed the installation of a plant 1 I am well pleased with conditions at the property of the loon lake copper company especially with the mill which is complete says henry M lancaster lain inin ing engineer after spending a day at the mine conditions underground look well particularly on the foot level I 1 think the new discovery will lengthen the ore shoot by at least feet it will give a great deal more tonnage between betwee n the and the foot levels than was figured on before the discovery |