Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1890-04-20

Robert Dunlap, james II. Bresln. Phillip
q. Peabody and host of milliOnares AS
subscribers and hackers. We read this
and then the following which we elm
from the Wallace Free Press of the 18th
inst We know the chances for ores in
the Cascade region. We know that Fair
haven is the peer of any city in the matter
of cheap smelling and suitable ores and
iluXes, and know that her future will be
history of unparalleled advancement.
Please read this:
THE soUTH FORK
Four years ago the first day of April
there had not been one pound of ore ship
ped from the South Fork mines. In fact.
there was not at that time. technically
speaking. mine ON the South Fork. The
stampede To the CPur d'Alcnes was "A
placer gold stampede aud the parties who
sent out the discOverer of the Bunker Iii
and sullivan mines at Wardner were in
dignant that he had fooled away his time
in hOthering with galena lodges. They
grub staked" him To look for gold and
not for lead or silver. The first silver
lead ore from the CTur d'Alenes was
shipped from the Bunker Hill and Sull-
van mines during the summer of lSs,i. and
since that time one after another of the
South Fork mines have been pouring
their silver nuggets into the Golfers of the
world wealth until at the present time
the waters of the South Fork of the Caur
d'Alene river and its tributaries are turn
ing the wheels Of ten concentrators. one
gold mill and dozen sawmillS. The out
put OF these ten cOncentratOrs has been
more than Sl.OO0U0 per month duriRg the
past year, aud for the year 1850 will
are the Bunker Hill aud sullivan. the
Emma and Last Chance. and Stemwinder
go at Wardner. The Tiger. Poorman.
Granite, SAN Francisco and Gem "a at
Gem aud Burke. The Morning aud Even
ing. and the Gold Hunter at Mullan 60,
total ten ca entrators. which are max
ing daily sliip' entS from twenty to forty
tons of cOurei Tales each. Aside from
this thels daily shipments of
rich ore. ~ goes to the smelt-
ing furnqets Without concentrating.
-. HDUSE
The-ssf = dfSb town To be located at
the Boston nl'nsr.in the Cascade District
will probably be named Rouse after the
hardy and lucky prospector, Geo. l..
Rouse. We viii say more of this town
hereafter II will be "a grand tributary
TO tairhaven.
Among the many bound for the Cas-
cades, Adolph BelTens, than whom no
Skagit river man is more widely or more
favorably known. intends establishing
his headquarters at the Cascade Summit
as soon as weather will permit. The
Pacific Northwest has its eye upon this
point, and the fact that leading and rep
resentative men of Washington. Montana.
Idaho and Oregon are preparing for the
developments sure To come as soon as
spring opens. argues much for a heavy
immigration to this new field We pre-
diet a population of 1000 active. represen-
tative men at the summit by Aug LIST.
1890
cAsCAsE OR BUST,
George Rouse. Jack Rouse. 4. L. Aub-
rex..Iack Brannan. O. q. Hill. A. L. Ben
4 t4n. George Scheeklcr. II. +. Dennis,
sf7rbert Landre. Jack Duraud. II. c.
fs.slbS
!. So ll7oRANoGAN CLIPPINGS
Nfht camp is assuming considerable ac-
Z n>ity, and preparations are icing made
fasNrting up the different mines. The
Fourth of July is attracting considerable
attention at this time ON account of the
high grade ore that is being mined on
that property There are now ten tons or
more OF ore ON the dump. recently taken
from this mine for shipment. This test
has been assorted with considerable care.
and will mill To exceed 5000 To the ton. 1t
is estimated that with the present show
ing. seventy or eighty tons of similar
grade and character could be mined with
out difficulty. There is a large amount
of low grade ore on the dump which will
run from so to $500 TO the ton. The
work is being prosecuted under the direc-
:, tion of MIR. John Welch. who took charge
of the property in February. Though
. quite a young man. Mr.. Well h thoroughly
understands the process. of showing up a
mine to the best advantage. and under
|~his brief management the Fourth of July
presents an excellent appearance. This
! property is owned by wealty syndicate
. of Montana. The present general man
s agement and other members of the con-
Il pany are expected in a few days to visit
lt.af IA
4 viewing their possessions and formulating
4 pa' for the systematic development Of
n tn same
I'd Maxwell aud Gus Sgmund are do
& ing assessment work ON the Evening Star
lode, situated in the gulch above town.
~ j. NJ. Byrnes has bonded the Red Shirt
.<and Pride of the Hills claims. In the
"a Methow district to Dennis Mcdonald, of
Butte. Montana, who will proceed to open
mp the mines In shape.
"A development work is being prosecuted
*on the old reliable Turf Nut by means of
AN eNtenton on the tunnel, which Is now
lin 2l0 feet. Mr.. Forester. one of the
/Dwncrs, informs us that arrangements
Twill soon be perfected which win result
a IA extensive development of this promis-
jug property.
The War Eagle mine ON Palmer noun
B Hahn, on which work has been conducted
#all winter, continues to improve as de-
.{Neopment progresses. The ledge. which
@3Nas quite narrow at the surface. is con-
= ttantly Increasing in size and quality as
depth is attained. From the eighty
70; level they have drifted south fifty
MONTANA MINING ITEMS
Here are some good solid facts regard
ing the output OF the famous Granite
Mountain. which will doubtless prove in
Mresting to the stockholders and the
General reader The total output of the
mine TO date in dollars Is s23, AZ, 800. rep