Show BRITISH COLUMBIA while drilling to what he believed woul nouh I be a deposit of salt J A allen alien of the university of alberta recently uncovered a strata of gypsum at trail at a depth of leet the layer appeared to be of sufficient value to make commercial use practical although it is not known what steps will be taken to place the industry on a business basis according to mineralogists the discovery of gypsum in the british columbia town is the first ever made in the region rube and carl laib owners of the spokane group in the bayonne district near nelson B C are seeking government aid in the construction of a mile pack trail trai down canyon creek to kootenay lake rubs rube laib states that such a trail would provide means for getting ore down from the mines economically and would put on a working basis ore from the spokane property to trail has been carried up a steep pass to the headwaters of sheep creek and out by way of salmo saline the cost of transportation from the mine to salmo has been 45 a ton the ore disclosed in the waverly tan alers mine near ashcroft is worth about said fred W smith after an inspection spec tion of the property the management of which he recently acquired the values are mainly in silver and lead but partly in gold and copper the property is opened by three tunnels the longest of which is the no 3 having a length of feet the no I 1 tunnel and a thirty five foot near its portal exposed a body of high grade ore live feet wide that contains high values no 2 tunnel has cut a large blind lead of carbonate ore and is nearing a point where the high grade body should bo be encountered the no 3 tunnel has cut the big carbonate lead and lacks feel of a point where the high grade body should be intersected the nos 2 and 3 levels are arb connected by a raise feet long made in the carbonate body the mine is credited with a yield of several carloads of ore the property is twenty seven miles from a railroad but a wagon road which will facilitate cili tate the operations will be made the owners of the property are residents of spokane and cheney wash |