Show BRITISH COLUMBIA the boundary red mountain mining company is driving a 2000 foot crosscut tunnel to tap ores feet below the foot level according to reports received in spokane the mine is located on the washington british columbia boundary line in skagit county and was formerly developed by western capital men are being taken on at the rossland copper gold mines closed for the last year and are cleaning up the mines preparatory to a full resumption as soon as the new concentrator at kimberley starts operating on august 1 according to reports received at spokane wash employment is is given to several hundred men when the mines are operated at capacity ore in a body eight feet wide has been struck in the iva fern group on cultus creek according to J W locator and superintendent the strike was made by the standard silver lead company of spokane wash which has an option on the ground for samples brought to the spokane office are well charged with lead and it is believed at the property that four feet of the ore contains 20 per cent lead 15 ounces of silver t to the ton and 7 per cent copper the ore struck at the cork province mine recently has a width of 13 feet according to a report issued recently by W H burgess secretary at kelso this is at a depth of of feet reached by a foot shaft from the tunnel lev level le vel ui since crosscutting was completed a few weeks ago drifting has been in progress said mr burgess the top bottom and sides of the drift are in ore and no wall has been seen since the crosscut was left the mill is being operated on a 16 hour basis and a crew is being recruited for the third shift the annual meeting was held at ke kelso keko l july 18 |