Show washington lower freight rates on ore shipped from the okanogan Oka nogan and republic district in northeastern washington to the smelter at tacoma with a refund of claimed over charges in the last two years was asked of the great northern railway by the arlington mining alining company okanogan Oka nogan at a hearing by the department of public works at spokane recently reductions in freight rates asked range 6 from 5 to 10 per cent the case and plea of the arlington 11 mining ining company is representative of all miners and shippers of ore in the okanogan Oka nogan and republic districts den ben olsen was snagging wood on the herman claim belonging to the iron creek mining ining company twelve and a half miles from keller recently when he tore the cropping off a ledge of ore that was found to carry ounces of silver to the ton he came down and asked me to go and look at it said J E angle superintendent of the mine so with several others I 1 went and the men with me became so interested that they worked all forenoon picking away we do not know yet how much it amounts to but it may prove to be a find of great value for this is something we did not know existed and adds considerable to our values the ore is bromide chloride and sulphide iron creek has been working five men all winter and will install a cyanide plant which will take the silver values out of its ore we have had our ores thoroughly tested by the cyanide process the tests being made at the mine in spokane and at the state college at pullman we built a mill last year and when we put in this new plant we will be able to make a good profit out of our silver practically all the the iron creek company is owned by spokane men J R abraham president john W duncan vice president J E angle secre A tary and J E kennedy and H phil brandner directors |