, 1889-10-31

es iiVN'AUNN Va l'hnNs
limDer Is very plentiful and the belt
Is uo,leu WIN many small lakes and
% nun nui'lper Oh sinall streams orcroeks,
imose VI ,honl ieaulhS eastward 10 thc
okanoBnn river; Tho valleys or coulees
are eoVeiep WIN pullcll grass, aiiordihg
aou,iuuins ..,i. 'eeu ior i've s'ock throughout
Wy o,'',,' o,.,,,o Sg"r muny thoushhu head
oL Ii noIsvs i;s anu ca''ie are being raised IN
''ils ~, uis.L,V.' -.
are enhou n,i seoHrapnlcai veltls, or as
SILL ,..,,i'o n,irs ,,. oa,i .mumi, olanket leads,
VIII VIII v'"oIS all,ateu..y ",e true assure
Iin,,i,o IL, Srho S.a'es, iiluSSl9l'e , anu
,In;,', sLo,y .n,,o,ni Ia niu oIu ooiiona
ooa 10 t,.o ,oo, ~ are re"svs yaIy ihg rom
ono ,, W .mo iGu. ~ ore, prihcipnliy chal-
caci.n, assuy iis i'or,, W 70 iioo ounces
II, ,h an,u, ,,,,,, "a piai,,,a ", t,ic Mork on
.ioSo .i, ~ o'Ia,hs iad '"s 9ce. y, strlpplng
nei o.o o., 80 'tsS 49,, " VI s.nhi'S sew
ora' ra c,,, .e, ,,otay ~ ewonay ,eV SHAFTS Ihefc
az a.. I'm I'm ,, Iw,."y vi VI .niltS yialins III
.'iG ia,,lu voie n,u ~ W. SnnW sl'hiiar ores,
. ueo,i ~ - o"u ih5 ,o i',psI OF
,',,, W. ,,,hi oi,n,, '''o '''"''ou ueNoi'
oPTinnj. PTnj,,, W., ,,,o n,iIos ,or,,, ~ p,h,
the mouth of Toars coulcc, the sun
posed ancient bed of the Slmilikameen
river is Palmer's mountain, rising
northeast from Palmer's lake On this
mountain and adjacent thereto are n
number of good'showing claims, some
OF them having shafts OF 100 or more
feet in depth and tunnels nom twenty
20 100 feet.
The country rock Is granite, horn
blendic ana micaceouS schiSts, serpen-
tine and choritic rock, etc. The ores arc
both gold ana silver, OF good grade. The
gold Is generally found in u honey.
combed quartz partly us free gold and
trates from this KIND of quartz run from
y to per cent OF the pulp and contain
from 500 TO flOOO per ton of concentrates,
the ireo gold In the quartz running IRON
one to twenty ounces by amalgamation
in ilne or invisible gold, while many
pieces are found with coarse or string
gold, wire gold and small nuggets. Most
OF this kind OF gold rock Is found ON the
surface or at depth of from ten to
twenty-five ieet, wheh the ore changes
TO sulphides still holding gold. Tho
silver claims. show, antimonial copper
a. ,u ahtlm0niul lead ore carrying silver.
SILVER sulphides, .such as argentities OF
silver glance, are IN the lyanhoe i'll large
quantities.
Stephanite, sulphide of antimonv
and silver is of frequent occurrcncc
Tetrahedritc, a sulphide of copper and
antimony, carving up to per cent
silver.
| vari. l., ,.,,.. ,, ,
claims 70 q consi5orptin oy,oDn M o,,I euypIn ~
,,'' aims '' W co'siuoLuDlo tAleh'' anu III
,,or,, 80 H. hia shi mIu iIo.h Mltlou,
Of tIe nrnnor,,, Gai,,,s ,"s ~ r., w. ii'os,
noor rn,nr 6 ois65.i,i ~ Wv .n.iuS vi VI
hoor dnua @ o.iY oisn;., nS1essii.ellt work mas
Lu, rr &c a,, .ro VI .Ho S.u,iils
thcir cIai,ns for nono ~ ,,nt to,,o
n,a,rniI ,ot ,,U.,o us Se. ii''Sc iooheu
nat,,.'.' r. - si,o"' " at az.
limo ~ VVania,,, io 1"No nlnu Snu ny prltisn i,
~, 20 % W "'',StV nv iuNo, soil'c iour illlies
oight n,;iaS so,,th ~ ,Io nr;,;ah anI i; siN ol
nnSnhnr , 20 ~ u VIZ nii'isi' iilie'
sitnnted oround tbis Iatns ''''''' "''
S",,c,.,i ~ ,.,,,,,,a''ida 80 'aNS'
ized and extansivo VII, H diienny =. @ Nlgah, ga i,
- @ go. to''' s. WI 10 ltVHl,aeu III
pany from Chicago, with a capital OF
$500, 900, have Il group of four claims
and have recently put down a sixty. We
| foot shaft. The Layinn com many, with
| n capital of $3.50, 600, have one claim with
| free-milling gold rock assayinry by mill
test Sl29 per ton. Other companies have
good silver prospects which they are
now developing to IL limited extent.
a great many prospectors have been
holding on to their claims for one, two
ana three years, unable TO do more than
their assessment work, inasmuch as
buyers nave been scarce while transpor-
tation mas been altogether too expensive
ior shipping ores to any reduction
WORKS.
custom works somewhere in the coun-
Try would enable many a miner to dis,
pose OF his ore and continue the develop
,,i,il, l,ien. vi ms Cl.'iih' Ihere Is no doubt
w.'o.vneI u'it thnt .ilore ln"n SuTlclent
O;,,, Is',' De nav ~ .uiS way lor large
aii',o Nun mHIN'ls pooh golu ana
''' "a, "a pun di'!aisntiHli ~! or reaching
t.oa. tloOoSs n'li WoIh 'ro oulA vi lic ores ol
'''e Sl, e',iire ~ uis'ttvt. t -,,,.
iJ"N's nav uotil pluit SO tnat inc
c go No''iu pO IIIaeul'S hIulcu 10 lne mlll
ION } lnIst , Loe,'ii'lcs "hu not much pack
tnS mt mou,u tioNe 70 W uolie, US sue roads
S"', ai e"S''y w iii'"o III 'i'e hhaJorlly oi
'aseS'
There is no reasonable doubt but that
tunnels run in from the base of Ruby
hill will find extensive ore deposits at
depth of 20OO or 5000 feet, and as work
has been done on the top of the hill
along the line two or three miles in
,ciS.n wl'n spienulu results, tilc oppor-
Unity ior GN'chsNc tunnel WorA cah be
"PiloVia'cu'
Coal has been found in several local
tiles in the Lime Belt and awaits de
Velopment. Fine iron ores, hematite
and magneticoXide OF iron are abundant
ut several points near here.
Manganese, nickel and bismuth ores
nave been found in paying quantities.
Good ciays Tor brick making are pIenti-
ili, one yard being started last year and
nn3ther prolecteu, the brlck being fur
Lumber is sold for from Sl2 to S16 pei