, 1889-09-26
A RICH LEDGE.
Progress of Development of the
Lone Star Mine in the
,,o Okanogan Country.
The Home Stake and Tough Nut
Urgent Necessity of q
Railroad.


G. Mason in the development of the
Lone Star mine. Already s27, 900 have
been expended ON this mine. A shaft
has been sunk 800 feet, and fully 400
feet have been drifled
"The ledge averages very we'll, Mr..
Lawrence said. ''At the surface, where
II Is broken, II Is some forty feet wide,
At depth of 40 feet, II is twenty y-seven
feet wide, and above, at and below that
point the ledge continues very clearly
detined-in fact, 1t Is beauty"
1T rs RICH ALSO.
elbow much will the ore mill?'
at averages very rich. While most
Of the specimens run over $50, have
placed the value of the ore at $50 per
ton"
'And how much does it cost to mine
anil reduce this ore?"
"lt costs about 81 per ton to mine it,
and from s3 to s5 to reduce It,"
'At this rate there must he many
millions imbeddcd in the Okunogan
county rock2 How Is it there is not IL
gold or silver fever and why is not the
Conconully country being opened up
more rapidly?"
LEADING QUESTIONS.
"Thesc are leading questions" Mr..
Lawrence replied "but they can be as
easily answered as they were put. There
are untold millions slowed away i'm the
Conconully mines and at the present
rate the country will be developed in
pretty short order. ] do not look for u
gold or silver fever, simply because
Washington has many other resources
that can be turned into gold mine.
$50 far lack of transportu ton has been
the great drawback. The situation is
Frightening, however, and in few
months we look for branch of the
Northern Pacific to penetrate the mining
country.
RAILROADS COMING.
"Thc branch of the Northern Pacific
from Cheney will pass through Emira,
which will bring railroad connection
within seventy miles of the richest min
ing camp i'm the Northwest At present
our nearest station is Davenport, about
100 miles distant.
"You say You have expended s27 900
so far on the Lone Star mines. AT what
per cent reduction could this same work
have been done If you had had railroad
facilities?'
1.-THE lowest estimate would be 40 per
cent. At present we have TO pay from
2H to cents per pound for handling
goods, supplies etc., from the railroad
to our camp.
MANY ADVANTAGES.
However, we have many advantages
Mt our camp. There is an abundance OF
timber, and excellent cooking coal is
found on the divide between the Salmon
river creek and Methow, about fifteen
miles distant.
"All these things count. They are
practical advantages. Then there is
considerable lead in our ore, which aids
materially in facilitating the labor of
nd u Iltl. INC t:1 n. Tie
ore, but not in sufficient quantity to
scarcely deserve mention.
"At present all our salt used in reduc-
ing together with supplies and machin-
cry, must be brought in by wagon and
connections at Elmira, this item of ex-
pense would be greatly reduced. How
ever, ii the road is built i'm anything like
a direct line from Cheney to Elmira 1t
will pass right through the heart Of the
Conconully mining country"
IN GENERAL.
Mr. Lawrence reviewed theJgeneral out.
look of the Okanogan mining country,
and stated that 1t averaged up better
than anv other section In the North.
west
''The ledges are large and we'll de.
fined," he said, sand you find more ore
of IL higher grade, and in larger bodies
the deeper You sink the. shaft. All the
MINES opened proved thls 70 be true.
TOT ,on nhs.anee .ne hriing.on mihe
where iGo niei, are now employed SINK,
!hg Shafts ana OPENING roaus, some @ oi
the assays nave run up as hisn US NloVo
aha s-ooo per ,on. WIN lalr trahsp9r.
tauoII arir.,igenhents, r tnis oIe co"iu DC
"ioVeo ior ifoin 70 W 20 per TON
rAcoMA's INTERESTS.
Speaking of Tacoma's interest in the
Conconully mining country. Mr.. Law.
renee said:
"rhe Homestake and Touph Nut
mines are owned principaIly bv Tacoma
uarties. Most of these parties have been
waiting for some one else To develon III q
country. They sbould pct In and do
this Themselves. This mining district
canals n not surpasses the Birfle noun.
IAN district. and the world knows how
MANY men werc made rich when n rail.
road reached the Butte minin .
canine
hAiLhoAp Sohhnh'
II don see now tacoma can AFFORD 10
lose the coiconuuy niiiihB country
trade. IN orner 70 secure u, y railroad
should DC puiit.nrough 10 that country
10 tap IT,
~ have gone all ever the route, and |
find that the grade would he very ensy