Show washington the republic mine owned by the rathfon reduction works was sold by the sheriff of ferry county november 22 to satisfy a judgment of in favor of fred delbaum Kei Kel baum john T hollis and frank babcock this famous mine of the republic district has passed through several stages of prosperity and misfortune it caused the great rush to the district following 1 ng its location by james clark of spokane 1 in n 1896 an offer of for the silver queen and snowstorm mining properties in the deer trail camp of stevens county made by C S turner of davenport has been received by M E jesseph receiver until recent years operations on the property have been conducted by the silver basin mining company of which mr turner was president the mine is familiarly known as the silver basin it has produced worth of ore an advance of sixty feet or more is expected to put the deep tunnel in touch with a vein on the lucille dreyfus mine danville wash according to J J oconnor superintendent A car containing thirty eight tons of ore was shipped recently to determine the value of the ore and tons removed at the same time is on hand this ore was taken from a sunk a short distance from the upper workings and contains 22 to 75 in gold and copper to the ton the body is four feet wide the electric point mining company of northport North port is preparing for a steady production of ore in 1920 says roy A young president we expect to have the preparations completed by the holidays the oro ore body opened recently at the surface lias has been tapped at the 50 foot depth and we are getting into it at the foot level the electric point company has five other bodies of ore some of which have been to t opened to a depth of feet according statements made in the period of the their ar development 11 two carloads of colville valley coal have been distributed in spokane and additional cars are being loaded at valley says sam eslick a director the cold weather has hardened the roads and facilitates baul bau ing says james gray superintendent if nothing interferes we will hoist fifty tons of coal A depth of feet has been attained attain in the slope and sinking is pr proceeding oce eding with wl three shifts at the rate of five feet a day d running an entry north at the foot depth dept and abad south at the we are turning a room off the north level W E allen alien of spokane announces that the bead lake gold copper mining company has purchased the conquest mine for cash has consolidated three important mining groups near newport is putting in an milling plant and with all its debts paid is ready to enter on a production and dividend period as soon as its plant can be installed some time ago it purchased the comstock group for approximately and the western unions mill for the mill has been moved and jigs more tables and other machinery have been added which will make it an up to date concentrator cen with a daily capacity of tons |