Show BRITISH COLUMBIA reports at hand are that the utica mine illine in the ainsworth district has struck two iian new streaks in their lowest level noa tunnel one of them is 24 inches and the other 18 19 inches wide both are in clean ore of 6 good milling Z quality according to reports received at spokane wash an ail important gold strike has been made in the bayonne group b of mines owned by j john ohn B white of spokane and associates the property is located between salmon valley and kootenay lake west of sheep creek A contract has been given iven to the kootenay engineering and construction company 01 of nelson for the erection of an aerial bucket tramway at the mcallister mine sandon the mcallister is a silver lead property and carries high silver values allies also some gold in a gray copper for formation malion W B pool of spokane washington president of the reno mines at sheep creek who recently concluded a tour of t the properties says that six additional miners have been taken on to open up tip no 1 and no 2 veins both of which show good 6 gold old values the program Z 1 of winter work is designed b to prove tile the extent and richness of the ore bodies preparatory to embarking on a more ambitious scheme A big body of high 6 grade copper ore has been discovered in the monarch mine owned by the spokane mining and development company according to C al managing director 1 the I lie property is on falls creek creek seven miles west of nelson A crosscut a short time a ago 60 struck a large body of ore which has been penetrated six feet beyond them the the crosscut will be continued until the hanging t wall is reached and then drifting 6 will be commenced it is estimated that the ore can be mined shipped and smelted smelter at 8 a ton its assay content is said to be 21 a ton chiefly in copper |