The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-02
CHEWELAH DISTRICT
SHOWING ACTIVITY
Mining Region in State OF
Washington Donning
Work Clothes.
CONCENTRATOR MOVES
Twelve New Stamps Double
Capacity of United Cop
per Mill.
CONCENTRATOR MOVES
,pecial TO Tho Tribune.

SPOKANE, Wash, Nov. 1.-The Hec"
la group of claims, located six miles
from Chewelah, Wash, the only work
ing property in that camp outside OF the
big lead that has made ore for the
United Copper and Copper King, is un-
dergoing its first development work
Ben Foster, who discovered the min
eral showing last December, has inter
ested with him several Spokane persons,
among them City Purchasing Agent j..
G, Argall. The Hecla is now being
worked without q power plant, and only
a few feet Of opening has been made on
what Foster declares TO be the RICHEST
copper exposure he has seen in twenty
years of mining,
The bottom of a winze is down eight
feet and streaks Of the ore show all
through the bottom, he says. The sides
of the short drift and tunnel also are
impregnated with the sulphldes, aud the
men interested are enthusiastic over the
possibilities. Buildings have Just been
put up and work Will be pushed this
winter.
Even more recent than the Hecla de-
velopment is that OF the Security Cop
per company, formed by l.. X. Arm
strong and other Spokane men, to take
over another section of the main lead,
On this two tunnels have been sunk
some space apart, and ore taken out.
The Security will be entirely a shaft
proposition, and its owners have now
undertaken the job of dropping their
working straight down to depth that
Will give them the ore IN place.
Concentration Working.
Three shifts day are being worked
in the concentration OF. the United Cop
per company at Chewelah, Wash, which
started operating last week, according
to Conrad Wolfe of Spokane. president
and general manager of the property.
The addition of twelve new stamps
has doubled the capacity of the mill,
and 1T naturally took some adjustments
to put them in operation,' says Mr..
Wolfe. Something over 100 tons of
ore daily goes through the stamps. The
electric equipment is more than suf-
hcient TO handle MI the mine machinery
and to keep the lower tunnel driving at
full speed'
The United Copper is shipping two
or three cars of crude ore daily. The
lower tunnel, now in $500 feet, has
about 1000 more to 20 before striking
the ledge, and will then bring ore out
at the mill. Stockholders expect the
United to resume paying dividends
about December or January.
Oil Power Plant.
Power users of the Republic Wash
camp at recent meeting called to CON
slder installation of Diesel oil engines
Mt central power plant, adopted the
following resolution presented by War
nq
Resolved, That we, the represent
atlves Of the operating mines and
users of power in Republic and vi.
cln1ty are in favor of the organiza-
tion of local power company, to
install an oll-burning Diesel engine
plant, for the production of such
power as is needed for the operat-
ing and developing of the indus
tries of this camp, and to that end
committee of five shall be ap-
pointed by the chair to formulate
plans Tor the organization of such
company and to get plans and
prices from engine manufacturers.
}. W. Turner. chairman of the meet |
nS, appointed as committee Ralston |
McCalg. p, II, Walsh, S. r. Domer- y |
NJ. BeWley and George T. Bailey. The |
men who attended the meeting repre.
'ented operators using horsepower.
Club Is Active.
J. W. Turner, Frank c. Bailey, E. p.
3pauldlng, j. W., Mcbride and T. A.
scott have been ehected trustees Of the
spokane Mining Men IS club for the
'nsuing year. The new trustees will
meet IN the near future to elect pres.
dent vice president, secretary. treas.
lrer and manager, and financial. mem.
'ership and other committees. Praise
u the mineral conditions deyeIonad -