Show washington more activity is being shown in the mining industry in the oroville district this fall than has existed during the last 10 years according to horace B smalley who is interested in the rainbow t group located 12 miles west of oroville 1 I estimate that about miners are now employed aloyed in the mines around oroville said mr smalley the properties operating are all silver lead carrying high values in silver most of the mines are shipping to the tacoma smelter the united silver copper company operating near chewelah Chew elah has followed high za grade silver copper ore for 65 feet on the 1400 foot level accordi according ng to E A manager also it has followed ore of the same grade in a sunk 25 feet below this level the high grade streak is a foot to two feet wide and contains contafi n s an avera ge of 70 ounces of silver to the ton and 11 per cent copper y said mr IVol some of the silver values run up to to the ton |