, 1889-10-24
IN THE MINING FIELD.
A Rich Strike Reported IN the Spo-
kane, Owned in This
City.
Cinnamon Driven From Their
Placers in the Moose Greek
Country.

l. j. Brant has just arrived in the city
from Warm Springs, b. C. Mr.. Brant in
formed q REVIEW reporter yesterday that
rich strike had been made in the Spo-
kane, which belongs to the Pacific
Bullion Mining Company. The find,
he says, consists of solid galena from
four to five feet thick, of very high
grade. He informed some of the officers
OF the company of the find and they feel
quite elated.
Mr.. Brant reports rapid Improvements
in that country and says considerable
progress is being made there.
James 5. Johnson, one of the oldest
practical miners on the coast, says the
Okanogan Outlook, spent several days in
town this week. Mr.. johnson has pros
pected in Old and New Mexico, Texas,
Arizona, California and Colorado, but is
now tired ofpacking his blankets around
and has finally located in this new Col
gonda.
Mr.. Johnson has been in all of the
noted mining camps in this country and
has decided that the Okanogan mines
now offer the greatest inducements and
widest possibilities of any of the great
ore-producing regions.
Mr.. Johnson has recently been engaged
on the Wndfall mine, which was dlscov-
cred last Fourth of July by Hill Thomas
and Ed Harvey. The surrounding for
nation is sinite on the hanging and
porphyrite granite ON the foot Sinite
should not be confounded with granite
as is sometimes done by inexperienced
and ignorant prospectors. This sinite Is
q purely mineral; bearing formation.
Mining men are 10th to take hold of
mines in granite, from the fact that the
mica becomes mixed with the quartz
and has tendency to freeze the mineral
out of the vein. lin the Okanogan coun-
try, however, this objection has no basis,
for the deeper the shaft is sunk the ore
increases in quantity and appreciates in
quality.
The Windmll ledge runs north and
south and dips 10 the west ut an angle of
SIS degrees, crossing at right angles a
large dyke which continues through the
country for at least six miles. The ledge
is about % inches wide OH an average.
The components OF the ore are antimonial
silver black sulphide, chloride and gray
copper The ledge at first was frozen TO
the country rock, but after sinking 80
feet it became free, with the clay gouge
! Oii tiit lHt lSdBt COll-
tinued to produce good ore for u depth
of 35 feet, when break occurred ON the
ledge, which became stratified, but at
the depth of IS feet it again consolidated
and the pay streak is now "A inches
wide. On either side OF the main voin
are parallel veins running in the same
direction the east vein being about 20
feet from the main shaft, and the west
vein about 40 feet
There are now about fifteen tons OF as.
sorted ore on the dump.
The mine Is about ono mile from the
mill site on Sweat creek, which has an
abundant supply of water for milling
purposes all the year round. Timber Is
abundant, and the topography of the
country is extremely favorable for build
ing wagon roads at IA small cost.
Cinnamon have been working placer
claims OH Moose creek for some years
says the Idaho County Free Press. Some
two or three weeks some prospcc-
tors concluded there was too much
money there TO longer allow the Celes-
tials to enjoy possession, so they located