Show BRITISH COLUMBIA the mother lode mill of the nugget gold mines near salmo is able to dress more ore than is being supplied from the mine although five machine drills are on each of two shifts work has been started by the toby creek mining company recently capitalized for on the maple leaf and silver king properties in the windermere country eight men are at work drifting and crosscutting cross cutting about tons of concentrating ore is lying on the dump ready for shipment which will commence soon the silversmith mines near sandon B C shipped seven carloads of ore recently five carloads are in transit and four are ready for shipment returns have been made on two carloads they contained thirty tons each and netted each the mines are producing tons of lead concentrates and tons of zinc concentrates monthly the production of the mill is ten tons daily operations are on a three shift basis in the mill and a two shift basis in the mine A raise will be started from the foot level to connect with the and the foot level will be extended to meet the raise the raise will be on the line of the ore which has been followed by raise mu much ch of the distance between the 1000 and the foot levels |