, 1890-10-30
THE COLVILLE MINES
A Locality That Is Richer Than
II Has tho Reputation
of Being,
A Mining Man Discourses on the
Difference Between Mining
Mon and Miners.

OF the West, and who has been n
continuous resident and prospector
OF the Chewelah and Colville Sec
tions since 1884, has been In the city
for several days on mining business.
MIR. Embrey was the discoverer of the
Eagle mine, property of Messrs. Ide
d Kaufman, of this city, which Is
now handsomely remunerating Its
owners, after they had expended
considerable capital on its develop
ment.
Asked as 10 the outlook of the
Chewelah and Colville districts, Mr..
Embry said.
"The outlook was never better,
and never looked brighter for n
healthy and lasting boom. The
boys are going in on their muscle
and showing up come fine
prospects. The great difficulty we
have there is that quite number Of
people, and many of your towns
men, have the idea thas one man
can look just as deep into the ground
as another; while this may be true,
experience teaches that the man of
long and varied experience is the
most successful, and the average
practical miner is Invaluable in his
place. but the simple knowledge of
how to WELD pick or hammer is
not sufficient to find ore or operate u
mine economically.
Money, experience and determina-
tion are three requisites which con-
stitute n combination that cannot
fail to prove successful, If directed in
the proper channel, instead of going
by guess work. Theirs are cer-
tain rocks, indications and
laws that prove to the
man of long experience, nine
times ovt of ten, or | will go farther
and say ninety-nine times out of
100, whether paying mine exists
in n certain locality or not. Whilst
with the man who thinks he knows
it would be purely guess work or
luck.
"Since the look-in-the.ground
theory has about played out In our
section, the mine owners have been
paying more attention to contacts
and tissure veins, and not depend
ing upon lime stone pockets as
formerly, as they have proven so
uncertain and of great detrinent to
our Colville country by giving min
ing men and capitalists the impress
sion that there was nothing in that
region that would do to tie To.
There never was more more
erroneous idea set afloat. There
re true contacts of lime, porphyry,
quartzite, slate shale, granite and
cyanite, In fact all the rocks that
are found as country formation
in and around the largest and most
productive mines of the world.
Why, | know of II half dozen or
more as favorable prospects as ever
lay out of doors, which with u small
amount of money judiciously ex-
pended, would undoubtedly be good
paying properties.
1t is singular fact while our
camp Is one of the largest producers
of the state of Washington, it has
not near the notoriety of numerous
wildcat camps throughout the
state. The Eagle mine alone
has been shipping right along
ioi iiioiithp DuoN lI'tll iout
to eleven car loads of first-class ore
per month. While other parties
and myself have property near and
adjoining, the Eagle mine could do
fully as well were our claims u little
more developed. From the Eagle
north on the contact of lime, por-
phyry and quartzite, there are at
least six claims carrying copper,
galena and carbonates, which would
undoubtedly make fine paying
mines If developed.
Messrs. Alexander Il Ansel, of
your city, are the fortunate owners
of claim that certainly has most
favorable indications for becoming a
paying property with a small outlay
OF capital.
L can see no reason why they
should not enjoy the luxury of u
brown stone front in the near fu-
ture. By calling at the mining ex-
change, samples of our ore can be
seen which speak for themselves.
Mr.. Embrey returns soon to Che
welah, where he will continue to
prosecute work on his Eureka mine,
in which he firmly believes he has
sufficient wealth to make q half
score of persons rich and happy.