Show international GETS BUSY IN IDAHO spokane wash dec 10 the internal dional mining and metal corporation with headquarters here has put miners to work j on its proper properties ties in the northern part of the coeur dalene belt on what is known as the i inland property and on their hecla property near chewelah Chew elah in stevens county countr wash these properties were taken ovet over eighteen months ago from the inland mink 4 ing company and the hecla copper silver mining company limited on the inland property there has been feet of development work done the lower workings a foot tunnel feet below the outcrop and an eleven foot exposed an eight foot well defined vein of zinc lead silver ore said C A gray secre tary and acting manager assay of ore from the lowest workings gave 27 per cent zinc 24 per cent lead and nine ounces silver the high grade lead silver went 60 per cent lead and 25 ounces in silver this ore is coming from the top of a shoot which was exposed in the drift at the end of the foot tunnel mining engi j and geologists who have seen it state that we are on top of a bit big ore shoot and wi as we sink on the vein zinc lead silver ore will replace the quartz and cit erite which is the gangue of the eight foot vein it is the plan of the management to continue the work on the properties we are now driffin drifting 0 west on the vein and t the lie s perm perin advises that the vein is get t etting j bigger every round of shots and that za j and lead is leaching through we e expect hect ta break into the sulphide ore at any shot py PI fal a plans have been made to install c i clit chinery nery and sink feet on the vein the now started on 0 the hecla property the company cont contempt emOt 40 I 1 un watering the main shaft now down feet and drifting on the vein and ore |