Show washington charles H moore owner of the old mammoth mine six miles out of northport North port is working four men extending the tunnel to greater depth it is reported the assay from a picked sample showed a trace of gold ounces in si silver I 1 and 34 per cent lead the old property has been renamed the northport North port bunker H hill ill it lies on the west side of the columbia and a few yards yard s from afie new county road I 1 i at the queen mine in the deer trail district of stevens county workmen recently broke into a ledge in which there were 10 inches of ore that carried an average of 1080 ounces of silver to the ton and some of which ran as high as 1900 ounces this property which was a rich producer 20 years ago ago b is now owned by the silver basin mining company in in which charles turner of davenport and associates are the stockholders mr turner is working it with seven men H M howard president of the ahchan bee silver lead mining company of spokane which owns property adjoining the queen in the deer trail district davs we have traced the queen ledge across our eight claims and find that it strikes within 60 feet of the face of our tunnel we are getting fine ore and will have shipments ready as soon as metal prices justify them in a few weeks we will install a compressor and other machinery and push the extension of the ti tunnel ninel which is now in 7 feet and continue other developments |