The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1919-10-18
THE MINING news

The National Mining Congress will
meet at the Planters Hotel in st.
Louis November 1922. The county
commissioners have received re-
quest to appoint two delegates to
this convention and would appreciate
the offer of any representative and
active mining man to represent
Stevens county.
c. A. Coffin, vice president of the
Enterprise Mining Development &
Power Co., Washington corporation
doing business in British Columbia,
with properties near Paulsen, has
taken a three-year bond on the Chief
Joseph Nos. 1 and 2 claims in sec
tions 7 and 8, township AZ, range
S8. Walter Donner, the discoverer,
and Chas. X. Baeumle of Colville, an
associate, gave the lease. This prop
erty, the discovery of which was no.
ted in these columns in September of
1917, is on Kern creek, IL miles east
of Northport. An outcrop 21a
feet wide, running north and south
for more than two miles, was un-
covered and value Of $51.67 was
found in peacock copper, with little
silver and gold. Exceptional values
in silver were found in the first few
feet, but at depth Of eight feet
the copper was encountered. Mr..
Donner sank shaft on the property,
and at 22 feet depth noted diminu-
tion of the copper showing At 80
feet he took assays, and found 200
ounces silver considerable antimony,
with little copper. The property is
four miles from the Electric Point,
and four miles from road. Mr..
Coffin has had two engineering re-
ports made on the property, and
states that it will be developed.
Mr.. Coffin has also purchased out
right the Coyote Nos. /, 2, 3, 4,
claims in 16-38-42 from the discover
er Walter Donner. This is apparent
ly chimney or dixie formation, and
samples thus far assayed run 122
ounces silver and 41a per cent lead.
Some samples give promise of
heavier lead content. c. A. Olson Of
Spokane made an examination of this
property last week, and this week
others have visited it, reporting that
there seems to be a mountain of
silver ore.
John 7. Cole has been placed in
charge of underground operations at
the Loon Lake Copper company, Loon
Lake, WASH, under the direction of
W. l.. Ziegler, superintendent. Mr..
Cole is mining engineer. He was
graduated from the Missouri school
of mines at Rolla and has been su-
perintending underground operations
in the st. Lawrence mine, Saltese,
Mont, until recently and was at Jop-
lin, Mo-, before entering the north
west. The employment of an able
underground official has been made
necessary by the increase in the vol
ume of work since the disclosure of
additional resources on the 500-foOt
level and the operation Of the mill
on continuous basis, said di-
rector last week. Substantial results
from the operations are expected to
show in another month.
Some day this winter there will be
the biggest explosion in Stevens
county that ever shocked any section
of eastern Washington, for three
tons of high explosive will be fired
in order to shatter mountain of
dolomite five miles east of Colville.
Weeks or months will be spent in
preparing for the discharge. Paper
mills of the northwest are taking
all the dolomite they can get from
the quarries of the Tulare Mining
company. The company is working
two field kilns taking its dolomite
from two adjoining quarries and is
employing 30 to 40 men. In order
to make the quarrying less difficult
d. Monsarrat, in charge of opera
tions, is to run a 60-foot tunnel into
the mountain, from which he will
run a 15-foot branch in each di-
rection, making a 30-foot crosscut
which will be loaded with $50 pounds
of high explosive to each foot. The
tunnel will then be choked up and
the charge fired. The explosion is
expected to be just great enough to