Show IDAHO A samples of ore recently struck east of the shaft on the 00 foot level of the Hypo mine have been exhibited in in wallace by samuel linn superintendent the ore is a cube galena g alena in quartz lying in streaks several inches wide the crosscut tunnel being driven by the first national silver mines is is nearing the vein vein according to a kellogg report near where the mine is located it has been driven 1550 feet and lacked feet of the vein several days ago the holdings are large and lie east cast of the bunker hill sullivan properties on big creek A quarterly dividend of will be paid by hecla mine on march 15 to stockholders of record on february 15 it is announced by L E haney secretary the dividend is at the rate of 50 cents a share and will bring Z the total paid by the mine to in 1924 the mine declared four dividends of each tile the march dividend will be the largest ever paid by the hecla the main vein of the morning mine of the federal mining smelting smelling Sm elting company has been cut on oil the 2650 foot level the deepest in ill tile the mine it is lean at the point of intersection ter section as it was on the level above according to a mullan report drifts will be run east and west for the ore but not until the shaft is re timbered in places and cemented this is expected to occupy a month or two A contract for the erection erect ion of a loading platform at the end of the 0 W R N trac track k on pine creek has been let by the nabob silver lead company it will be 12 feet high and feet long with wit tile the approach and will be completed in a few days according acco arding to J T E codd secretary in the meantime use of the elevator line will continue in loading said mr codd the quantity of ore raised by the line has been increased to 70 tons daily which is five tons less than its capacity A lease for fiver five yaa years rs on the charles dickens mine on moon creek near kellogg an and d an option 0 on 11 shares of the stock at have been taken by F lacharme a miner ol of wallace formerly with the hecla mining company according to a report received at spokane from that town the mi mine ne is being re timbered and otherwise placed in a condition for operations and a connection has been made with the lower line there was ore in the shaft and on two levels when work was suspended it is said herman rossi of wallace was recently put in charge of the affairs of the success mining Lining JV company and the property is closed down for the time being W G kennedy who for years has been manager secretary and treasurer of this well known coeur dalene company handed his resignation to the board of directors recently and they elected elecie d mr rossi to the position it is reported all the men have been laid off except the engineer and the pump men who will keep the property drifting on the main tunnel level of the wilbert mine in butte county forty miles from arco has been started according to H S knight who is supervising operations this development work is being undertaken to reach the downward extension of the ore body being sloped on the and the levels production of the company is averaging about tons of concentrate a month values of the product are about 55 per cent lead and from five to twenty five ounces of silver to the ton the independence lead mines property at mullan is making a wonderful showing of ore in the lower levels feet above the main adit tunnel at present two drifts east and west from the dike are proceeding in ore of a good milling grade this ore varies in width from a few feet up to 20 feet and is of a higher grade in lead and silver than the same ore body in the u upper p per workings the company is also running a straight working drift to develop the west ore body the present prospect drift following the ore being too small and crooked for actual mining operations the development of the independence ore bodies on this new level is of great importance both to the company and the district in general it proves the continuance of the ore in in its downward course and proves that the ore bodies are improving in size and mineral contents as greater depth is dtta attained ined |