Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-03-17
WASHINGTON TERRITORY HIHzS.
A DESCRIPTION OF THE
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EDITOR CARSON APPEAL. CARSON
| NEVADA. Hg Deer Sir:--Aaswer-
ing yaur inquiry for general inform
alton respecting the mining inter
ests and Developments in Ohanosan
county, in this Territory, which by
their magnitude are attracting SO
much attention, l know you will
kindly allow me, in order to clearly
reply. to briefly review the facts
corrected viii tleir discovery, To-
cation and subsequent deyelop-
ment.
oKANOGAN COUNTY
Compr;zss all that part of Stevens
county West Of the Columbia Riy-
er.
i Guide Meridiaa. It does not APP
pear ca any map OF Washington,
IS il Vas only created by an Act OF
Legislature passe,: at its session of
1867-SS. For many years, myth
teal stories OF deposits Of rich ga
lena silver found ia that section,
were current; but it then formed a
part CT the Noses Indian Reselya
ton, ana neither prospecting nor
white men we're allowed within its
precincts. In 1886, howey er, this
Reservation was vac&ied by Ezecu-
tive order, and during that autumn
some hundreds or more mineral
claims were located on the Concon-
uliy (then called SaImon) river. In
1887, further locations and new dis
coverles were made, and last yeaf
there were opeceG within a radius
Of thirty miles from Conconullv,
five other miniug districts; the
country in which mine als are
found embraces a strip thirty miles
wide ard probably at least a hun
dred miles long.
SALMON RIVER MINING DISTRICT
Was the first mining district organ
lied in this County, and the various
mining locations Upwards OF a
thousand in number) made in this
district, surround the town OF Con-
conully, which is now the County
seat OF Okanogan County. There
are three routes from the Northeln n
Pacific Railway by which these
mines and towns may be reached
the better route for Winter travel
is from Spokane Falls to Daven-
port by rail, and thence about one
hundred miles by stage, the trip |
about two days and |
nights; there is also stage route
from Sprague, but as it is little |
it is not a popular route. |
In the Spring, Summer and Fall, a
very pleasant means OF travel is,
from Ellensburg by stage to the
Columbia river, thence by steamer
o the mouth of the Okanosan
river, and thence by stage to Con-
CHARACTER OF THE ORE.
In ell OF the developments made
Inns far, the ore is a Galena silver,
howing gray copper, brittle silver,
md bismuth silver, with occasional
cams and pockets of chloride.
This rock carries from ten to fifty
Der cent lead; traces of gold, with
i little iron and zinc; Professor
Price, the eminent Metallurgist OF
San Francisco, pronounees it the
leanest smelling ore which he has
.ver handled. The grade of the
re in silver, varies somewhat; but
t may safely be called a high grade
as assays taken gener-
lily from the various lodges which
ave thus far been developed, will,
believe show an average value Of
t least forty ounces to the ton.
he veins have general direction
t Northeast and Southwest, dip
ing from twenty to forty degrees
last, and are composed of live
uartz and quart:.ite, with well
efned walls of clay or tale in
orphyry, phorpbyritic granite and
ranite country rock. The pay
freak in the ore chute varies from
ighteen inches 20 four feet in
Tidth.
The Salmon River Mill and