, 1889-05-09
most remarkable veins ever discovered In
the Northwest

most remarkable veins ever discovered In
the Northwest.
THE VIRGIN GOLD
at the surface of the ground clinRs like
moss to the rocks, and the strange phe-
pomenou of free gold ald cubes or lead are
seen clinving fast to each other. Ihere are
fully 1000 claims in that mountain ana
section, that shows ore OF great va,ue,
discovered last year, the miUers have haa
no opportunity of developing their c'aiu's'
and there they lay, their wealth 30 appar
ent but awaiting the pick. In all this vaS1
region there has been very little develop
ment ;about the only work being done ~
that prosecuted by the Ophir Gold Mining
Company. II corporation Of Spokane men
who bought when 1t was but sixteen ttet
deep the War Eagle mine. and the result
of their labors shows what can be done by
u lit e work. Though down but less than
fifty feet ia their shaft the body OF high
grads gold ore they have uncovered
has astonished all the mining talent tnat
have seen the property, They have min
eral in a vein of three feet vide that shows
no gold visible to the eye yet assays as
high as $1,000 per ton, and 1t is claimed
that the entire body of ore will average
SlOO per ton, while there is streak in the
vein two and half inches wide that Will
average $1,000. This ia about the deepest
work on the mountain, the next being the
Black Bear, at a depth of thirty-tve feet,
showing ore OF like character. When
this country is developed the product OF
that mountain alone will add much to our
claims as u mineral producer.
CAPITAL
is bound to find its way into that section.
Though it il at present remote. 1t is easy
of access and is blessed with the most re-
markably mild climate known in the Unit
ed States. Work is bound to go ahead,
for no matter how bearish the mining
men may be, they no sooner see the char
acter of the mineral than they want 20 To-
cate there. This is shown 10y the fact that
all who visit the country buy or locate
property. Mr.. Henry b. Clifford, who
visited Spokane the other day in the inter-
est OF an eastern smelling company, went
with Mr.. Samuel Silyerman into the Oxa'
nagan country to see what the mineral re-
sources of this country were, had not
| been on Wer Eagle mountain two hours
before he had bought the Empire mine,
the west extension of the War Eagle, and
the next morning had men at work on 1t
sinking the discovery shaft deeper.
With the exception of ii few gentlemen
in Portl Ind, Tacoma, Seattle and Spokane
Falls, there mas been no outside assist
ance rendered to that country, and though
but meagrely prospected, the results
justify our asking any conservative IN
vestor to come a long ways to overlook tue
ground. On Ruby Mill there are some OF
the richest discoveries OF silver ore ever
made in America. Instances can be shown
where strong bodies of IN neral from four
to eight inches iu width at the sur.
face assay from 1000 to as nigh as l5OOC
ounces in silver to the ton. Cne mine IN
particular which has been slightly devel'
oped, ie., the Fourth of July mine, nov
down about 100 feet, shows that this
character of rich ore is continuous, no,
only for "A long distance on the surface
but in depth as we'll. The vein is strong
well defined and lies in granite, the best
known formation to contain large silver
mines The Arlington. the Ruby. the
First Thought and many other prospects
are improving with development, which
il they were run by capital would soon be
sending their pro rata OF the world ssuppi'
OF precious metals into the stream OF com
merce. Our greatest need liz to attract
and invite the investigation that will leac
70 inves inent. The REVIEW has no hest
fancy in saying that were
TEN srAMp MILL
in operation to do custom work on tht
mines surrounding RUDY, the Lime bel
mines about seven miles northwest o
Ruby, ana the Salmon or Conconull!
mines in the Immediate vicinity, togethe
with the Wannacut lake gold mines, |
would not only be u paying investment Il
the owners of the mill but would be tn
means of attracting the attention of capi
tai to this portion of Washington.
Mine investors and capitalists readil!
turn their eyes to u district that is actual
ly producing. no matter how small tn
product. il they zee bars Of bullion ship
ped they quickly make 1t possible TO
larger outputs. We nave smelters ut Ia
J coma and Portland, and it Is the desire o
some of our citizens to erect one here. bu
: the lack of railroad facilities has not here
tofore made this latter point feasible, al
J though the day is not far distant whei
; this wilt be a great central smelling point
But the first step to this great prosperit
) must be the development vi the rich dr.
ores that lay 80 far away from transporta
tion, yet as tree as water to the simpes
, milling proposition. There is ~uticien
rich milling ore In Okanogan county b
J keep capital busy pending the completion
of the railroad system that will make |
, possible to haut low grade ores.