Show washington exploration and development is proceeding steadily on the property of the gladstone mountain mining company since the resumption more than a year ago the com corn pany owns sixteen claims twenty miles east of northport North port the work has resulted in the disclosure of twelve or more chimneys a greater number of which contained ore but few of which have been explored far seven men are employed the american Refract ories company with headquarters at pittsburg pa which are operating a mine near valley fifty miles north of spokane has more than doubled capacity of its truck lines hauling the product to the railroad eleven of the heaviest trucks on a twenty four hour basis are being worked considerable time and money have been spent in putting the roads into condition for hauling haulin 11 so that trucks may run as late as possible into the season if the winter is good the trucks will be able to operate continuously until heavy rains in the spring make toads roads too slippery W S hawley and associates have organized the big west syndicate for which they have secured a large acreage in the new copper camp of the olympic mountains of washington engineers declare the mineralized erali zed area is from fifteen to twenty miles long and five to ten miles wide with a vein twenty five feet wide which in places is feet wide the big vein has returned assays essays from its capping of 2 per cent copper the vein is in a contact of shale with a diorite dike running through the country in an easterly and westerly direction cutting the formation t at almost right angles the vein is easily traced across the ravines the capping is pronounced a red hematite and manganese it is said the ore will show a high average ferromanganese ferro manganese content the corn pany has started a tunnel which will t give zw feet depth below the top showings five men will work this winter and in the spring ll 11 be Un detal more ex extensive operations will en mr hawley has offices in the hutton hubon building spokane wash |