Show washington the Z canyon mine of the duplex mining S the situated fourteen miles north of metaline falls and near nea enill 30 tan t international boundary is to be equipped with a the g according to william manager of spokane plant is being beina re removed moved from wolf creek two miles south of Al metaline etaline falls it consists of a crusher ball mill and two tables flotation may be added hauling and freight absorbed too much of the profit said mr this was determined in the movement of a carload to the snow storm mill at troy mont and another to the bunker hill at kellogg idaho the mountain lion mine at republic stevens county the scene of large mining and milling ling operations more than twenty years ago has been acquired by thomas murray of spokane and charles A phillips recently of boise idaho under a bond and lease for five years the price was not made public but for many years during the life of the early owners it was the mountain lion has been bean opened to a depth of feet by shaft and the shaft is connected with the no 3 tunnel level at the foot depth the old were carried to a width of twelve to twenty feet and probably averaged 6 fourteen feet according to the report received at spokane the early operators were after a large tonnage rather than high grade they used stamps and huntington mills the values were in gold and silver of which it is estimated that 60 per cent were saved the tailings of which there are tons contain about to the ton the heads contained 10 by estimate some ore was scoped from the foot level the was opened but not scoped the quantity of ore below the foot level is estimated at tons |