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Show BIG PRODUCTION OF INLAND EMPIRE SPOKANE. Wash.. Jan. 5. - Forty-two million dollars is the estimated vnluo of the minerals produced In the Inland empire em-pire In 1909. according to L. K. Armstrong, Arm-strong, a recognized export of Spokane, nnd concurred In by owners and operators oper-ators In other parts of th- district, which takes In eastern Washington nnd Oregon, Ore-gon, north and central Idaho, western Molilalia and southeastern British Columbia, Co-lumbia, including the boundary country in the pro ine. The Coenr d'Alenes wa the lender dnilnp iljn year, with the Boundary second. The output In Washington Wash-ington Is valued nt from J3.500.000 to i4.00n.noo. Considering that It has born an ofT year, as the result of the tariff agitation and other causes. Including strikes and car shortage, tho operators rtre pleased ami they look forward to ,u better yem than "ver before In the history of the country. The operating mines are being equipped to Increase, their output and In addition there will be several new shippers, not only In the Coenr d'Alenes. but also in other parts of the country. On the whole, the outlook out-look Is bright. |