Show MINING TUNGSTEN ORE times wallace idaho the drift which has been run in 60 0 feet on the property of the golden winnie tungsten mining and milling company has developed ore averaging 12 per cent tungsten all the way through according to david gross president of the company who states thit assays essays give as high as 40 per cent and 15 3 per cent metallic values which at the rate the ore is selling would bring the value up to a ton A crosscut tunnel being run to connect with this lead is now in about seventy five feet and has cut a vein averaging from one to two feet in width which carries gold values worth about 12 a ton with about 3 per cent tungsten the management estimates that there is another lead beewen this vein and the main tunnel which will be cut before long 11 two men are engaged in crosscutting cross cutting to the drift said mr gross yesterday the lead was followed for feet and the tun tungsten 9 values were high the tunnel was begun on property not belonging to the company and the crosscut cross cut is being driven to enable us to bring the ore out on our own ground A crusher and tables have been ordered for the property and will be installed about may when I 1 expect to take personal charge of the amalgamating tables 1 I will leave shortly after the beginning of the new year for germany and will take along with me about fifteen tons of the ore the company has received requests for the tun tungsten sten ore from the krupp engineering works at essen germany besides companies in this country I 1 expect to be absent from america about three or four months the property of the golden winnie tungsten company is situated about a mile below murray on pritchard creek and on the line of the new railroad being built through there david gross is president E aa M smith is vice president and manager bert squire is secretary and treasurer and A H featherstone of this city and robert farley of spokane are directors the property was originally developed before bel ore the company took hold of it by E M smith 1 known familiarly in the coeur d abenes as Ar astra smith mr smith is a pioneer of the district having been engaged in prospecting and developing this property for the past fourteen years |