Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-05
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TBs PR0DCCTs OF EAsTKRy ORE.
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Your readers have oftsn been told {
the great resources of the Kittitas an
YAKIMA valleys, the great Columbi
river basin, ard the magnificent Wall
Walla valley, as all being tributary I
Seattle on the completion Of the brane
line Of the Northern Pacific Railroe
over the Cascade mountains, but I d
not remember having seen in your col
umns any particular mentien Of tha
wonderful country lying east Of q
Blue mountains, and known a. Easter,
Oregon, and especially Of its being trib
utary TO the Queen City of the Paoid
upon the completion Of the great system
Of railroads now under way. Therefore
With your permission, will give tn
readers of the Posi- T-INrxLLIoKxcn
sketch of my observations in EasteFl
Oregon during weeks ramble in tha
section.
MINING INTERESTS.
Having been selected by the Copper
King Consolidated Mining Company o.
Seattle to 90 to their copper mine il
Union County, Oregon, make oarefn
and critical inspection Of Il and reporI
TO the company the situation and con
dition of the mine, will first call ths
attention Of your readers TO the present
and prospective mining interests Of the
section, az l viewed them.
Ifosnd the copper mine Of the Seat.
lie company, situated nearly on the
summit of what Is known az Eagle
Creek Mountains. The mine ia in Union
County, not far from the line between
Onion and Baker Counties. The pres.
ept appearance of the mine Ia an out
cropping of feldspar, In many places "a
white as plas.ered vail, and in some
places of pinkish or flesh color. These
croppings can be seen and distinguished
from the surrounding surface, a mile or
more away, and can be traced In a
northeasteriy and southwesterly direc-
tion. a distance of over twelve thousand
feet. | measured these c1Oppings In
one place with tape line, and found
them to be 100 feet vide by 800 feet in
length. drove "Rad" into this fields
par in some dry places, and In every
instance found at depth OF from one
to six inches copper ore which assays
from GO to 80 per cent. copper, and
from $35 to $75 per ton in gold and
silver. II is said that the width and
perm anency of a true copper vein is
determined at a depth of sixty feet.
Competent judges say that three foot
vein of such ore as Is found in these
croppings will prove q bonanza to its
owners il properly worked. l am OF the
opinion that not less than ten foot
vein of first-olass ore will be found
there before snow hies, ~ force Of
men are now at work Running a tunnel
into the mine. IL this mine proves
what iis owners confidently believe il
win, It's outpat alone would pay for the
construction of such smelling and re-
duction works at Seattle as | see pro-
posed in the Seattle papers. 1t is prop
Or TO state here that company of bust
nesa men in Walla Walla also owned
several claims Oh this mine, and that
Cant. Hoaston, of the Lake Superior
Calumet copper mines of Michigan,
claimed two or three mines on the vein,
and that consolidation OF these sew
eral interests has been effected on eight
claims, eaeh COO feet wid, by 1500 feet
long, giving to the Seattle Company
one.iifth, the Walla Walla Company
one -fifth, Capt. Hoaston one-fifth, leav-
inc two-fifths TO be sold, IL necessary,
for working capital. AZ there il none
of this stoak In the market for sale, il
being all taken up by those interested
In the mines, these remarks cannot be
construed as an advertisement to cell
the stocks. ! should have aaid In the
proper place, for the benefit Of prospect
ofs and mining men, that the formation
In that section consists OF slate, sand
stone aud granite, according to location,
the granite and sandstone extending 10
the summit of the mountains, and the
slate lower down. towards the valleys.
Among the paying mines now being
worked will name the Free Gold Ledge
Of Glove Il Duncan, situated about u
miles from the copper mine. For oveI
two years these men have been working
this mine in the primitive method OF
an arastra, crushing with force OF
four hands 100 tons of rock every thirty
DAYS that has averaged *a6 per ton, oI
eltOO per month. The Connor creek
mine, owned by Sim Reed and Jno. A.
Fault, Is quietly bat surely adding %.
lidity To its owners bank account in the
form Of gold bricks. The Gold Ridge
mine, owned by Capt. j. @. Ainsworth
end under charge Of Captain Joseph
Nyri,k, hear named AZ ono of the Bo.
nanxas. While Captain Myrick did MOI
ssem inclined to give me the output oi
this mine. am satisfied that Captain
Ainsworth would not continue the worh
on IL from year to year without onefine
The mine for sale II Il did not pay DIG
dividend.
Thousands of dollars In value ars
daily being taken from the old grave
channels by Odell 4 Gardner, L: w
Nelson, Carpenter & Co, Baisley q Dai'
u, and many others whose names have
heard mentioned but cannot call q
mind. Mr.. Odell told me that hts mine
averaged 5000 per month in gold dusl
end nuggets, and that the mine was moi
for sale. visited most Of these Rravel
beds, and saw five dollars and upward,
h value of gold washed from . single
IN Of dirt. ! saw q nugget Of gold thai
Nd lust been taken from one OF theol
mines, which Mr.. Virtue ansayed TO b
vpeth &355. Mr.. Virtue told me Of an
other nugget, which was taken from IN
ether mine. that assayed over $500.
rode in q buggy out to q quarts ledge
only nine milea from Baker City, thl
sss from which assayed $999.N par ton
NJ. Virtue, q leading citizen and hank
o. In Baker City, has cabinet Of min
ernl ores tAken from the rcspecttvl
mines adjacent 10 Baker City. vhiol
would be . credit 10 ANY mining distfic
ON the Pacific coast. Nearly every per
seu that fourd working his mine I'd
mittsd 10 me that he suffered great Loo
from waste, owing 10 his primitive "a.
Of working his mines, but sAid his min
paid him we'll enough, and he he'd no
Time (besides. the freight expense va
no great) TO 20 after improved machi
~. saw enough OF the mines. thA
we within f1ve TO thirty miles Of Ba
kse City iu every direction, to convin0
NJ that the city IL in the center Of |
vsry rich belt. and that within te1 year
sha will be the Denver Of the Pacifl
eeast I found In Baker City four o
I've representatives OF Chicago compa
uisa. inspecting, bonding, or buying Sh'
mines in and about the plscs, and @it
lomysclf, are the capitalists In q Rip
van-Winkle slesp that they are lettinl
tAs Seattle, Walla Waila, and Chicag'
capitalists walk OF with their crsau
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