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Show IMOHMD ; ILL WILL CLOSE 1 ! j , Big Coeur d'Alene Property J 1 Is Planning Some Needed Jl ',' Repairs. ! Special to The Tribune, j , SPOKANE, April r.O. Becauso of ' iho Jow price of lead the Morning niino ' I and mill ni Mullnn. Idaho, ono o tUo larycFt properties or! tbc Federal Mining 1 & Smelting company, will c.loso down , , iibout May 1 for neoded repairs to tbo , lritf mill, hoist and shaft, according to word ruooived ia Spokane. So far as nn be learned tho shutdown will no ( ! for tbroo to nix weeks, although no dpfi- j nito information is givan out. Closing i tho jnino at this timo ivill result in the ', least Joss to the company. While a i larger perr-cntace of values aro being 1 saved at the Morning mine now linn i ' nt any previous time in its history, iL I jh understood that tho ores on tho low- J 1 or levels aro difficult lo treat and that J any drop in tho jiricc of fho.mota! scn- ! ouslv affects the prolits of the mine. I Thai the suspension is not to bu per- iimucnt is evidenced by the larje amount of mino supplies on hand for future use. Among the improvements contemplated is the installation of a jiew jiir compressor undergrouiwi at tho Xo, 6 station, and representatives of i machinery companies arc submitting es timates on the equipment, which will , lie either thirty or forty-drill capacity. This now compressor will furnish additional addi-tional air properly to ventilate the ex-1 ex-1 tensivo underground workings which the Grouse creek compressor was unable to supply. Military Group Bonded. 1 ' The Military group of claims at tho ( head of Military gulch, northeast of Burke, Idaho, anil lying abovo the Mis-j Mis-j fioula Conner company's ground, i hns been bonded to F. Gushing Mooro and. associates of "Wallace for 9100,000, According to the agreement, 5 per cent of the amount is to bo paid on or before be-fore August 1, 1914 ; 5 per cent on or before February 1, 1015; 5 per cent by August 1. 1015; .10 nor cent before February Feb-ruary 1, 191(3. and tho balance of 75 per cent on or before August 1, 191(3. Active Ac-tive work will be started on the propel prop-el this spring. The active work on tho Missoula and other properties in tho copper belt has mado this property an attractive one, and tho same veins that havo been opened up in these properties prop-erties may probably provo in the Military. Mili-tary. The Lucky Calumcl in tho Tdaho Coeur d'Alenea is making preparations to continue work on the property. At present there is a small crow of men employed cleaning up and planking tho main tunnel, and getting everything in readiness to start on the compuny's plnns to drift 1S0O feet to the west, toward to-ward the Xational company's lines, in tho hope that the vein on which tho work iu tho past has boon conducted will develop a portion of tho National ore deposits. Improves With Depth. Belief that tlioy are on the right track is strengthened by the fact thnt j last fall the work in this drift increased the value of tho ore as depth was made. A depth of JiiOO feet will bo developed "bv this funnel when completed. About a dozen men will be placed at work as" soon as the roads are open so that supplies sup-plies can be hauled in. The Ilypotheek Mining coinpanv has completed negotiations for a mill site near Pine creek, in the Idaho Coeur , d Alnne.s, and will make that the ship-i ship-i P'.'JS point when it again produces. It will necessitate, a tram of one and one-half one-half miles, while the proposed building ; of the Spokane. Wallace & Interstate railroad this summer will probably shorten this haul some. |