The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-09-30
MINES OF OKAyOGAN.
4 Hundred Men at Work On
Ruby Mountain.
THE NEW Ael.Noron MILL
lmmesse Ore EsAy In fke Arfinzfon-
The YsarsA Of ymfy a.a wsoloe-
znsei.s slew Up spi<ndidiy-



y<sssss The sanpzoTes os TIE Arlington
eorss.arsy there ars stost Essy Faea Al sosz
CT EabT hi. The Arlington has forty
os.s men working IN the hsickyaTe and n
tie rslgisfte. Whea work has begun 1rcn
the nssu proper more men vii be pct C.
This vo7k wssl lass gel into Deesm1~r
sssd when Il 10 eaxed the running OF the
YsasIs ard rsasns under the rev systszn .Al
require larger payroll than any camp Il
okanogan county has hitherto seen
This property i situated CO the ~esi
slope Of The divide between the Loop-LooT
And the coneonuIiy. The edge pitches
into the hin. The Development work con-
sists first oi an incline shalt: then IN order
70 tap thls incline at depth OF 30 fees, q
tunnel IL run from tie xes:. The foot val
4 encounters! as q distance Of SIS feet. aud
tie hanging wall thirty seven feet beyond.
The ore body shown by cs0zs-ezf = six feet
vide at this point and II wedssd about
Equally against foot and hanging wall by 3
eofsin-shapei horse OF ground. as proved
by subseanens Development work on tie
foot val a drift has been run sosth a Gss-
taaeeo 30 feet Al poins Is feet from the
station, where the taanel cuts ledge. the
vein 90 the hanging sails intsEsects that q
the foot wall Frosa the station 30 t@nnei
. drlfs extends north along foot waii dis
tanee Of 13s feet. Here eross-egt shows
the ledge 20 b. 81 feet vide. A. paint Isl
feet sroTn station q er0sa-eat shows an ore
body ~ feet ia width. 40 this point the
horse OF ground" entirely disappear.
Tests made Show that the entire body be-
tween foot and hanging walls exposed by
this crosz-cut wi mill u onnees, and q
third ~ the same can be selected that will
mil rs ounces 90 TIE Ton. The character
Of ore u brittle ard ruby silver. about Ter
cent copper. ! y per cent. lead. and gold TO
the extent o. g. OF 81 per toa.
The condition az the mine is such that
an average daily output OF Fifty tons can he
had at present. and by the time the mill Is
completed q hundred tons wilI lie mised
without difficulty. The maximum COS, Of
reducing tho ores. as proven by thorough
tests. 10 fixed at $50 Per ton. This in
elaeies every expense mining. Training
81 the mill aud milling
In order that one may form an idea Of
the yastnsss Of thu ore body. let him con.
slider the fact that there 10 on the dump
10000 worth ot mineral, necessarily re-
moved In sinking an incline OF go feet and
removing sss fee. OF drifts along the ledge.
The ledge exposed varies In width from six
10 thirty four feet. and extends from the
south end Of the claim. little more than
one-third the length Of the same. gaining in
strength going north. The development
work shows the ledge TO increase in width
and quality Of ore as depth is acquired.
The result Of such inquiry Is the convie-
ton that there Ia an ore body confined
horizontally by the parallel end lines Of the
claim. which ere so feet apart. and lin
tied vertically by the surface above and
the hot regions below.
The Arlington coEnpany's mill building
proper viii be 20 feet square and will rise
In eight successive terraces TO q height of
100 feet. The mill viii start up with Ca
paeity for treating eighty tons of ore
daily. which can be increased without In
convenience Ia the capacity of the Settled
furnace employed. which is Us tons. IL is
expected 10 have the mill in running order
within the nexthve months. All the avail
able teams In the vicinity OF Davenport
have been secured To bring in the freight
IL Is estimated that the amount of machin-
cry, supplies, etc, to be brought in within
the next sixty days viii exceed coo tons
salt being the principal factor.
The Fourth Of July has a shaft down loo
feet, az the bottom Of which drift runs
south n distance OF ioa feet drift ex-
tending north from the bottom OF the
shaft shows at distance of ~ feet feet of
ore. The ledge has been stripped on the
surface for several hundred feet. This
property is remarkable for the large guam
tty Of high grade orc II possesses. The
dump shows more than Go tons of excel
lent mineral, a number IL tons OF which
have been assorted with so much care that
the lot vii probably mill near Zoo ounces
H. the ton.
Manager Hel4eish. Who l. working the
WooloomooIoe. under bond. says lac has a
shaft IS feet derp. a cross cat at the bottom
Of whleh shows the ledge 80 he l. feet in
width. 4 test assay Of the entire ledge
gives ~ ounces 10 the ton A drift has
been run IA seet from the incline. about Is
feet from she surface This work exposes
Oil ore chute Is inches in width. which Will
run about - ounces 10 the ton. The char.
sctsr Of the ore - black sulphurets 4. r..
Aarksl, 81 Portland, party largely inter
sstesi IN he property. is expected this
week 70 vjew The work, There Is little
Doubt bat whss the bond will be taken AN
snd the property transferred