, 1885-10-03


George and Fred Pfunder haye their house
completed and will develop some mining
prospects this week.
The foundation for the stamp mill at the
Kettle Falls district is nearly complete and
will be in shape for the mill as soon as it
arrives
Joe Kaufman and George Hess are hard
at work on the Eastern Star" having gone
down forty-fve feet and coming to the gran.
ite where their mineral comes in.
Charles Brady sold out his interest in the
boarding house to his partner, Fred H.
Oliver. Brady goes to Portland to WELD
the razor while Oliver remains with the
camp.
The new steam saw mill has arrived and
will be set up within two or three miles Of
the camp. Within two weeks more lumber
will be plentiful, when building will begin
in earnest.
Work is progressing on the Golden
Eagle, Lady Franklin" and other mines
ore is piling up fast on the dumps and
requires no sorting.
A livery stable and several other build.
ings are in course Of construction at Colyille
and as soon as the saw at the new mill
begins to wade through the logs, carpenters
will have a regular picnic at NE embryo
city.
Mr. Dempsie, Of the Mems Emporium,
came up from the Falls Thursday to look
after his mining interests. The "Franky
Boy, " his favorite, will receive q force Of
men at no distant date, and then look out
for something big.
Last week Benoist went over to hook at
the Bunker Hill, and having a few mo.
ments to spare, began prospecting along the
vein, and in short time had discovered
three parallel veins, the widest Of them
measuring four feet across, and Of as good
quality as the rock at the discovery shaft.
The best new find heard of so far was
made last week within a quarter Of mile Of
the boarding house to the west, It is car.
Donate vein four feet wide carrying a fne
grained galena and is in crystalized lime
stone. No assays have been made but it is |
safe to say the ore will pay when the shaft |
is down few feet deeper, the present depth |
being only four feet The locators Of this |
property are 4. J. Godfrey, Mike Mahoney,
George Waldorf and P. d. GTace. Every |
new discovery proves the mineral belt to be
more extensive and also that there is room
for several hundred more prospeetors,
The Columbia Placer Mining company,
beginning work on the ditch the middle Of
March, have completed five miles out Of the
seven, surveyed and turned the water out
on a claim located four miles above, which
will be the main place Of operating next
year BY this move the company expect to
save enough gold to pay expenses, while fin-
ishing the rest and building one and a half
miles Of Gume. To do this work it took
eight men six months. At the point where
hyjraulieing is going on the water is forced
through two aud half inch nozzle by an
so foot pressure although it could have a
fall Of l25 feet when necessary. The water
is thrown against so foot hank, ons-third
Of which is sand we'll mixed with clay, the
rest being gravel. all Of it prospecting one
one-half per cent To the pan in gold. 225 feet
Of sluioes are in use, over them beng used
as undercurrent boxes catching the first
gold. There is no trouble in getting the
waste out Of the way as one Of the best
reoeptaeles in the world for that purpose,
the Columbia river, ,rushes by carrying every
ing with its irresistible force
OLD DoMINoN, Sept. 2s. 1885.