Show IN NORTHERN IDAHO by our regular correspondent wallace idaho july 11 the hecla mining company operating at burke has disbursed a dividend of this payment has increased the for the year to and the grand total to according to a statement from L E hanley secretary the dividend just disbursed is no the company is delivering about tons of ore daily to its mill at gem or at about 80 per cent of capacity according to an unofficial report ore was reached recently in a drift run on the 2000 foot level the scene of deepest exploration this oer body has the great length of levels above the consolidated interstate callahan mining company of wallace will resume operations erat ions soon according to reports operations on a large scale are contemplated it is said an order to resume was issued several weeks ago but could not be executed because of repairs in progress the period of their completion is believed to be near operations on the property located near the dobson pass have begun the property has been idle for months but future development is expected to be prosecuted vigorously the main tunnel has penetrated the mountain some feet in an attempt to locate the rex lead where it leaves the lucky jim which lies east of the property the mine is controlled by portland people and was formerly known as the silver eagle A new ore shoot producing values in both silver and gold has been discovered on the silver cliff property near lookout according to reports the strike was made almost feet in and near the main tunnel the report says the face of the drift shows considerable copper with galena scattered all through the ledge the ore body is said to be large the idaho gold and ruby mine a placer property situated in the coeur calenes dA lenes will be washing gravel by august 1 according to reports from that district A crew of thirty five affire men is working on the flume and riffles fiffles in the canyon below the camp and the pipe for the pressure line is on tife the ground and is rapidly being put into place between twenty five and thirty men are continuing development work on the ajax mine and satisfactory progress is being made reports from the coeur dalene state the company has been working two shifts since operations wert were resumed a month ago the mine has been shut down for eighteen months the bethlehem gold mining company a property in the coeur calenes dA lenes will begin development work in earnest at once the concrete work for the installation of a compressor is completed and the machinery and pumps have been put into place A 40 horsepower gasoline engine will be installed which will furnish the power to run the pump and at least two drills continuously two auxiliary receivers and two breasting and drills are a part of the equipment large bodies of ore are believed to lie deep in the big hill it is thought however that good shipping ore will soon be reached in the lower tunnel 0 |