Show washington the northwest company at chewelah Chew elah stevens county is building six miles more of aerial tram adding approximately to the million dollar plant now producing tons of product monthly the gladstone mountain mining company twenty miles east of northport North port has disclosed another chimney of ore while its dimensions have not been determined they are greater than those in any other formation found on the property not enough work has been performed to disclose much of the ore its values are said to be in galena form to an important extent operations have proceeded to a depth of feet in a shaft sunk on chimney no 2 and for a considerable distance from the bottom of the shaft at a fifty foot depth the gold mountain group in ferry county twelve miles northeast of keller gives promise of becoming a silver lead property of magnitude lead values that range from 37 to 70 per cent and silver values that range from 91 to ounces to the ton toll lie in s seams eams within a body of carbonate ten feet wide on the toot wall side of a vein forty feet wide said mr bayle from whom the property was acquired the toot wall is pritchard slate and the hanging all is shale the vein has been traced for 1500 feet crossing the formation is a fissure ire vein thirty feet wide that contains 48 per der cent lead and 56 ounces of silver to the ton toll across oss fourteen feet at a depth of six feet et the vein has been traced for feet beet the three claims of the gold moun baill Q group were patented in 1899 and we bave ave located heated fourteen more about them our dis closures have created a stir in the field property has been overlooked for years probably ro ably because of its remoteness having beell n 4 accessible only by an indian trail but year ear ago aeo a state highway was built within a tall 11 3 ot 01 tho the property py we wm will bund build rod road from tore torb the STOMP group to the highway be engaging extensively in development try irl a enove to save the indus 0 stevens county the american min eral production company of valley fifty miles north of spokane operating extensive properties will engage in the plastic business although the market is calling for a capacity production of refractory from the mines of the district the company has decided to be prepared for a new market which foreign can not compete against and will spend large sums preparing to meet the plastic trade with an output sufficient to warrant the full operation of the mines the first step toward the manufacturing of plastic which will be used for manufacturing flooring and stucco work in building operations is the new kiln under construction at the mine to be used exclusively for burning for plastic in our laboratories at valley we have been conducting for many months a series of tests looking toward the manufacturing fac turing of plastic said mr wierum general manager of the properties we have obtained the results we had looked for and find that the crystalline of this district will make the very best grade of plastic if properly treated according to the formula disclosed through our extensive tests I 1 doubt it if ever in the history bistor y of were so many tests made as have been made during the last few months As a result we are going ahead with our plans for expansion and for engaging extensively in the plastic trade 0 |